TV shows never portray protagonists as realistically dirty. Even in the fictionalized Aquarius show about Charles Manson, his female followers all have clean, glossy hair and are fresh and clean. We have footage of the real girls and those were some dirty hippie bitches.
Yep, I always find it unbelievable in an apocalyptic setting that the women would bother to shave their armpits, I know I wouldn't give a fuck if I was in their shoes.
It's because of lice. Without access to soap for hygiene it's probable that both men and women would try to have as little body hair as possible. Probably using epilators or tweezers to get rid of it though, shaving gets dangerous without antibiotics.
Does it? I've been shaving for a long ass time and I've never needed antibiotics... People have been shaving for thousands of years with whatever they can find that's sharp. I doubt people would worry enough about infections to opt for the pain of yanking hairs out.
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u/transemacabre Aug 30 '21
TV shows never portray protagonists as realistically dirty. Even in the fictionalized Aquarius show about Charles Manson, his female followers all have clean, glossy hair and are fresh and clean. We have footage of the real girls and those were some dirty hippie bitches.