December 13, 2013 at 6:14 pm
#801101
JTB
Participant
In Modern Painters (1856) the Victorian art critic, John Ruskin, said in decrying how science can despoil an appreciation of natural beauty, “We cannot fathom the mystery of a single flower, nor is it intended that we should; but that the pursuit of science should constantly be stayed by the love of beauty, and accuracy of knowledge by tenderness of emotion.”
Richard Dawkins, commenting on Ruskin’s view in Unweaving the Rainbow (1998) said “Somehow this all lends plausibility to the theory that poor Ruskin’s wedding night was ruined by the horrifying discovery that women have pubic hair.”
For my part, I think however people choose to groom and adorn themselves as a positive self expression is just fine.