Having said that... let me now defend the guys who like pubic hair (because mostly I'm one of them myself, though I don't at all dislake shaved vulvas; each vulva has its own special charm, if you ask me).

I agree 100% that the idea that vaginas are dirty is wrong. They're not. Simple hygiene, not more complicated than what you do for the rest fo your body, will keep them perfectly healthy, and yes, that smell is one of the greatest turn-ons that I know. It is indeed true that the hair makes cunnilingus more of a challenge, but frankly (at least in my humble opinion) the smell more than compensates for that, and there are ways of avoiding those hairs if you're careful. I also very much enjoy feeling a lady's pubic hairs while we have penetrative or near-penetrative intercourse.

So all in all, if the call is mine I prefer women with natural pubic hairs. But frankly, it's not as strong a preference as yours, Isoroku: I have also had lots of fun with women who had no pubic hair, and this was not at all a problem -- no "pedophilic desires", no "terror of bodily odors", nothing at all. Just plain old fun.

We're apes, but we also have more imagination than other apes. Variation is fun, even in the pubic hair department.

Lesson #7 is "The shaving of pubic hair is disgusting and pedophilic." That's all that really needs to be said. No person who likes for women to shave, trim, or otherwise reduce her pubic hair will ever convince me that he/she is anything but a prevert who wants to be screwing little girls and/or plastic people.

Well, since I'm just tolerant of shaved pubic areas, not one who actively likes it, maybe I will be able to convince you? (Just kidding -- you've already made it clear you don't want to be convinced. So be it.)

My basic point is that people have all kinds of tastes, and you're in no position to offer judgment--just as someone who thinks very hairy pubes are "caveman-like" has also no right to judge your tastes.

Women--and men--keep their head hair at all kinds of lengths, from very long to very short, including even the fully bald head. Nobody says they look like prepubescent babies if they keep their hair short or are totally bald--even though most babies are also born without head hair. Nobody would say to a woman who likes bald men that she's a pedophile. Why should we conclude the same about a man who likes a hairless vagina?

It's all personal tastes and preferences. Enjoy what you like, and don't complain about what the others enjoy. Believe me, most of them are not trying to annoy you.

The point is not whether pubic hair is good, bad, or indifferent. The point is that apparently, it's considered good advice to tell a woman, "Men like X, so you must do X, whether you like it or not, or NO MAN WILL WANT YOU BOOGITY BOO."

That is indeed the question, and it is somewhat amusing to see post after post that misses this point while indulging in their mock outrage at Broadsheet posters. I guess reading comprehension skills are not as frequent as we'd like!...

Now, about this question: it would be a nice world if people didn't keep thinking about What They Have To Do To Please The Other Sex (Because Sex Is So Important For You, etc. etc. etc.). But the truth is, we do. We shouldn't make so much of our self-esteem depend on how well we fit whatever we've been told are the standards of beauty and/or attraction that the opposite sex applies on us. A little maybe -- we should be well-groomed -- but there's clearly way too much concern about this.

And this isn't going to change any time soon. The best I hope for is that specific individuals will realize that their lifes are theirs, not the standard makers'; and who will concentrate on finding the kind of people who likes them rather than on morphing into whatever "type" is supposed to attract "everybody". (Of course, there's the problem of us also liking the people who are attracted to us; which is a different, and equally dangerous, can of worms...)