Letters to the Editor
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Amazing
First I must comment on 27 pages of letter by mid-afternoon. Talk about a HOT topic!
The first woman I talked into shaving her pussy was in 1976 - 30 years ago. Conservative estimate would be somewhere about 2 dozen bald pussies due to my influence. Always have been an early adopter type, a bit ahead of the curve. I have been shaving my cock, ball and general area for about as long.
1. Shave ever-day, pluck ingrown hairs and nothing hurts
2. The heighten sensitivity is worth the effort
3. Cleaner
Max
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So I have to share this urban myth...
...after reading about women shaving/growing it in specifically for the gynecologist. A woman is preparing for her trip to the gynecologist and decides to use some of that deodorant spray for the nether regions, really as a humane gesture. The doctor who is examining her spreads her legs and immediately remarks, "My, how fancy!" She is so offended she can barely speak. She stews throughout the rest of the exam, during the checkout, and all the way home. She finally decides she simply has to write a letter to the doctor saying how offended she was by his comment. While looking for a pen, she runs across the deodorant spray can, only to discover to her horror that it was actually a can of glitter spray.
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Alternative view on shaving and oral sex
I'm a (fairly femme) lesbian. I think it's more pleasant to go down on a woman with some hair (not too short, or it's bristly) than one with none. Anyone who thinks that any part of going down on someone is "gross" (to use one person's term for getting a hair caught in their mouth) probably shouldn't be there.
I trim now and then, but at my girlfriend's request I don't do it too often lest it be bristly. We've been together for a couple of years, so no big deal. I'd be wary of anyone who demanded early in a relationship that my body look a certain way for their benefit.
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Isn't the infantilization thing about the Id?
I'm really happy to hear every guy out there declare that HE isn't into infantilization - I'll bet they were all appalled at Brittany Spears's "Baby One More Time" Catholic school girl video back in the day as well.
I think the point of the infantilization argument - take it or leave it - is that the desire for super-young girls and the trappings thereof (such as a totally hairless crotch) is an insidious cultural creation that permeates the psyche. If guys were consciously realizing that this is what they were after, most of them would probably be horrified & quickly change their minds.
I'm not saying that everyone who likes it clean down there is brainwashed, and I certainly agree with the practical arguments. Nonetheless, can we all quit pretending that we are 100% in charge of every damn thought we have, never influence or controlled by our culture? Because if that was the case, there would be no beauty standard at all - for every person their would be a unique set of features that attract them, which is somewhat true today, but far from being the whole story. Just like extreme thinness, a shaved pubic area is a beauty fad - a product of its time and place - and like it or not, some of these fads are connected to negative aspects of our culture.
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It itches the first time it grows back, but not thereafter
After a very hot shaving session (since this is anonymous, I'll just go ahead with this) me tied to the bed, him wielding his shaving cream and razor...it itched like mad when it grew back.
But years later, when I started shaving (yes, for the same man, who is the love of my life) I found it didn't itch at all. I think the trick is not letting it get too long between shaves and using the right products (Neosporin--Jenna James recommended it on Howard!a buff puff, and a good anti-inflammatory cream). I love shaving, I love my shaved pussy, and no, shaving DOES NOT HURT unless you've got some medical issue or are doing it wrong.
Don't we all do things for the people we love? Just turned out I love it just as much.
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PUT AWAY YOUR FUCKING DSM-IVR's!!!
So many armchair psychoanalysts posting today. Sick, sick, sick! they cry. Infantalization! Perversion (oooooooo!) Other icky stuff!
I'm a woman and most of you would classify me as pervert in a heartbeat. Meanwhile, your deep thoughts are deeply full of shit.
How many women out there have asked or pressured their guy to shave his beard? Huh? Huh?
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Merkin! Merkin!
What's really fun about this debate is that there was a time when people wore fake pubic hair.
I say we all shave bare and wear merkins!
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Age Gap?
I asked my physical therapist about this. She sees 'em daily.
Her observation is that all of the under-30 women do it. None of the over-40 women do it and the folks in their thirties are a mixed bag.
Some folks like how it makes them feel. Some like how it makes them look.
As for me? I'll never tell.
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Here's some advice for Cary Tennis
The word is "vulva." Good lord, are you in third grade? Do you say "pee-pee" and "ca-ca" too?
Can Salon not afford to hire professional writers?
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Infantilization? You idiot!
Those mewling about infantilization are morons. I am not infantilizing my husband to pre-pubescence when I ask him to shave his beard. Nitwits!
I began shaving before I met my husband because I prefer it bare. End of story.
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ANOTHER SMOOTHIE!!!
I'm a hetero male and I've been shaving off all my pubes for over 10 years. I shave daily. After shaving I always apply Tend Skin lotion for ingrown hair prevention. It makes all the difference.
The ladies in my life are always pleasantly surprised when they discover my pubes are completely shaved. It's a turn-on for them as well as me! I like everything about the sensation of being this way.
I prefer women completely shaved as well. Oral sex is much better and the beauty of the vulva is fully revealed. A woman's pudendal cleft completely free of hair is much sexier and more feminine that way.
I'm still amazed at the controversy over grooming this part of the body!
Jeff