When she finds herself in a hairy situation with a creep, it’s her hair that keeps her safe.
Orim, who frequently posts body hair-positive videos on her TikTok along with content about her plant-based diet, recently shared a tip for shaving yourself from an uncomfortable encounter, The Sun reported.
In a video posted in May that has over 11 million views, Orim says her natural body hair is a “pervert creeper repellant” that has a “90 percent success rate.”
She then recalled an incident in Home Depot with her mother that made her hair stand up on end: She felt like a man was looking at her “like a piece of meat.”
“We walk into an aisle, and at the other end, there’s an older man. Immediately, he’s staring,” she said.
“My mother is oblivious to men staring in public, which is really strange, because she’s gorgeous, and I know men do stare at her, but she’s just in her own world, which is great, but I personally have a hard time ignoring it,” she continued.
Orim said the man was with his wife, but that didn’t stop him from looking her up and down as though he’d “never seen legs before.”
She eventually got close enough to the man so that he could see the hair on her legs.
“I caught the moment I saw it where the lustful thoughts just completely faded… his face…and he just looked away.”
“He was done…and the satisfaction that I got from that, immaculate. That moment where he was no longer seeing me as a sexual object, beautiful.”
“Being sexualized, being looked at like you’re a toy, it’s incredibly uncomfortable,” she said.
“It can make you feel scared, sad, angry,” she explained.
Orim said she thinks men think women “want attention” but don’t realize how much “unwanted” and “gross” attention women get.
She said rather than being sexualized, women want to be “respected” and seen as “human.”
“It’s sad that sometimes it takes body hair to make you see me that way, but I’ll take it,” she said.
She went on to talk about beauty standards that are “ingrained” in women at a young age dictating that they should make themselves look a certain way to impress men.
“Don’t be too big but don’t be too small,” she said. “Don’t be too loud but don’t be too quiet.”
“Be hairless. Dress in an appealing way but not too appealing,” she said, continuing to list all the “stupid” beauty and behavioral standards women face.
She encouraged her fans to take their power back by doing what feels good for them, not what feels good to other people.
Her followers thanked her for getting to the root of their feelings.
“Be hairless…except don’t shave your head. The comments ppl gave me when I went bald is wild,” someone wrote.
“I agree!! I wish I could be hairy again! Honestly might start getting into it but I lifted my arm to show my hair multiple times when men stared at me,” said another.
“Hairy Mary club here too! It’s taken years to not care how hairy I am,” said a third.
Orim isn’t the only influencer celebrating the power of her body hair. Scores of Gen Z content creators are ditching their razors and going au naturel.