how many statues, paintings, etc., of women have you seen that have body hair?
the idea of body hair removal being a modern thing is a fabrication
Got a source? I remember reading about a crusader knight who was amazed to have a local barber shave his pubic hair, he was so impressed he forced the barber to do it to his wife as well.
An account by the 12th century chronicler Usama ibn Munqidh;
"I heard a similar case from a bath attendant called Salim from Ma'arra, who worked in one of my fathers bathhouses. This is his tale:
I earned my living in Ma'arra by opening a bathhouse. One day a Frankish knight came in. They do not follow our custom of wearing a cloth around their waist while they are at the baths, and this fellow put his hand, snatched off my loin-cloth and threw it away. He saw at once that I had just recently shaved my pubic hair.
'Salim!' he exclaimed! I came toward him and he pointed to that part of me.
'Salim! You shall certainly do the same for me!' and he lay down flat on his back. His "hair" was as long as his beard. I shaved him, and when he had felt the place with his hand and found it agreeably smooth, he said: 'Salim, you must certainly do the same for my Dama'. In their language Dama means lady, or wife. He sent his valet to fetch his wife, and when they arrived and the valet brought her in, she lay down on her back and he said to me:
'Do to her what you did to me.' So I shaved her pubic hair, while her husband stood. Then he thanked me and paid me for my services.
