Is shaving the pits? One in four young women say yes

Nearly one in four female millennials no longer remove hair from their armpits. Times have changed, says Deirdre Reynolds

Is shaving the pits? One in four young women say yes

WONDER Woman whipped the competition, taking almost €200m at cinemas worldwide during its opening weekend. For some viewers though, it seems the biggest wonder of all is how Diana of Themyscira found the time to shave her armpits while saving the planet.

Ahead of the release of the first female-led superhero movie in over a decade, one trailer teased the new Wonder Woman lifting a car above her head and tossing it down the street. But it wasn’t the character’s superhuman strength or her iconic golden rope that lassoed attention.

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