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Summary of Question:	I Like Wearing Skirts - So I Wax My Legs - Wot Is Wrong With That
Category:	Hair
Date Posted:	Sunday, 6/16/2002 4:23 PM MDT

Hello, thankyou for taking your time to answer my question.

I have been reading some of your replies regarding hair and as a Sikh, i aslso know myself that it is wronf to cut or remove hair.
However, i think that i have got nice legs and like to wear long and knee lenght skirts. Therefore i remove the hair of from my legs. I usually wax my legs because this leaves my skin feeling silky, and i like my legs to be waxed.
Therefore, the thing which i wanted to know was, wot is so wrong with removing hair from your legs. I mean if you've got nice legs and you like wearing skirts, your obviously not going to wear the skirty with hairy legs. Therefore you are going to remove the hair from the legs.
What i want to know is, what is so wrong with that?

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Sat Siri Akaal, Ji.
You have answered your own question. You would rather show off your lovely hairless legs rather than admire your legs in the mirror, hair and all, and wear skirts anyway. It is your personal decision.
I have, by the way, known non-Sikh women who REFUSE to shave their legs and still wear knee-length skirts with hose, etc. BTW, shaving legs started when hose were made of sheer silk and women found it difficult to wear them without ruining the hose. Shaving/waxing hair on a woman is as much about western fashion dictates and baring all as it is 'showing off your legs.'

Shaving/waxing is altering the body given to you by Waheguru. Guru instructed Sikhs not to alter the body because it is the temple through which we know God, so why mess around with such a gift? This is why observant Sikhs don't shave or cut hair. Your relationship to Guru is your own, and your question tells me that you have some defensiveness about waxing your legs. Don't take it up with Sikhs, because we are taught to keep hair. Take the issue up with Guru, in your heart, and leave it at that. Guru rakha,
-DKK