I dumped my date because he said I was too hairy - I haven't shaved in five years

Esther Calixte-Bea, 27, stopped removing her hair five years agoShe has now revealed how it affected her dating life  The Canadian-based artist said it has caused issues in her dating life

A woman who hasn’t shaved in five years has revealed how she dumped her date for calling her ‘too hairy’.

Esther Calixte-Bea, 27, stopped removing her hair after becoming frustrated over the societal belief that women should be completely hairless.

After hitting the headlines for her fuzzy chest, the Canadian-based artist has now revealed she feels sexier than ever and doesn’t let anyone tear her down – not even her potential lovers.

Esther has lifted the lid on how embracing her ‘hairy’ lifestyle has prompted some issues in her dating life – adding that she has even dumped a date after he said he doesn’t agree with her fuzz. 

Esther Calixte-Bea, 27, has revealed how she dumped her date for calling her ‘too hairy’

She stopped removing her hair after becoming frustrated over the societal belief that women should be completely hairless

After hitting the headlines for her fuzzy chest , the Canadian-based artist has now revealed she feels sexier than ever and doesn’t let anyone tear her down

She recalled the horror dating story: ‘There was one time when I was seeing this guy who did make a comment saying he wouldn’t date a girl that’s hairier than him.

‘And I thought how odd. So I ended up ending that relationship entirely because I didn’t feel like that was productive or that I wanted to be with a man like that.

‘He was not a very kind person.’

However, while there have been a few bad seeds, Esther noted that most men are more than accepting when it comes to her body hair.

The 27-year-old added: ‘Other than that there have been plenty of men who have been okay with my hair.

‘There was a guy who was really into me and I had never told him about the fact I had chest hair.

‘I decided to tell him because I kind of knew he was in love with me, so I thought that by telling or showing him that I have chest hair, he would stop liking me because I didn’t like him.

‘Once I showed it to him, he still liked me, he was like “I really don’t care.”

Esther has lifted the lid on how embracing her ‘hairy’ lifestyle has prompted some issues in her dating life

However, while there have been a few bad seeds, Esther notes that most men are more than accepting when it comes to her body hair.

‘I had never experienced that before.’

She explained she decided to stop removing her body hair five years ago after becoming frustrated with the removal process.

Esther noted that she felt like she was always in a losing battle against her thick locks.

‘I decided to keep my body hair because the more I was removing it the more I was getting more hair,’ she said.

‘My body hair became longer, thicker, darker, blacker so I was going crazy! If I’m supposed to remove it, why is it growing back?

‘That’s what I’ve been taught since I was a kid and I never questioned it because I have to remove my body hair simply because I’m a woman and that’s that – I didn’t question it.

‘But then I started questioning and realising that those ideas didn’t come from me, but from society telling me that something is beautiful.’

Esther recalled constantly being bullied for her body hair, even as a young child, and noted that she still received negative comments to this day.

‘There was a moment in elementary school where my friends had seen the hair on my stomach and I remember their really exaggerated reaction that made me feel really insecure,’ she said.

She explained she decided to stop removing her body hair five years ago after becoming frustrated with the removal process

Esther recalled constantly being bullied for her body hair, even as a young child, and noted that she still receives negative comments to this day

‘When I got to high school I remember seeing so many girls getting bullied or teased because they had hairy arms or body hair, so it made me shy and insecure.

‘I was making sure that nobody could see my body hair.’

The 27-year-old revealed she was frequently branded cruel names.

‘There are the typical things like “monkey”, “Chewbacca”, and “ape.”

‘Another time someone had filmed me as a joke. And other times people just stare at me really badly.’

Despite this, she decided to embrace every hair on her body and show it off with confidence while vowing to never shave again.

‘I think that in society, we’ve been taught that body hair, specifically on women is unhygienic, it’s ugly, it’s undesirable,’ she said.

‘I had to question growing up, why did I even hate my body hair?

Despite this, she decided to embrace every hair on her body and show it off with confidence while vowing to never shave again

Esther explained that letting go of any societal refrains filled her with joy

‘I had to realize it was society – like I hated my body hair but I also hated removing it because it was so painful. But now, I feel free.’

Esther explained that letting go of any societal refrains filled her with joy.

She added: ‘I’m much happier today, I’m able to analyse certain things in my life and what’s good for me and what’s not, so no, I will never go back to how I was – ever. When we embrace ourselves, we are much stronger.

‘It’s important to have more confidence in ourselves, to build that confidence so we’re not swayed by false ideas and detrimental ideas as well – to our health and our mental health as well.’