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My body is my own

After a hard day followed by a long swim last Wednesday night, I sat in the sauna enjoying a few moments of relaxation. Sort of. No sooner had I sat down did I hear a male student, who was sprawled on the bench to my right, remark, "Yeah, even my sister shaves her armpits with it. It works real well." Note: we are in a sauna - it's warm, it's small, it's full of wet bodies in bathing suits, it is very quiet. While I stretched my hamstring muscles, the same guy repeated with a muffled laugh, "My sister shaves her legs with it. It works real well. She also shaves her armpits." Were they talking about me, I wondered? I looked down at my unshaven legs, shrugged, and started some crunches. Then he added, "Man, you could shave an ass with it."


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