I can't believe it has taken me 27+ years to figure this one out. I know the real reason why some women refuse to shave their legs. It's no feminist act of rebellion.  It's not "hippy," nor any indication of some earth-mother goddess wannabe. It's not dirty. Some women don't shave their legs because they don't shave their legs. End stop. They're busy and, frankly, that tiny window of ten or twenty free minutes a day is better spent reading the newspaper.