Letters to the Editor
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Kittens!
Pussy is the preferred term for the under-thirty set, and is a perfectly delightful word for the region.
"Vulva" sounds boxy (hee!) and I can only assume airbags and Swedish engineering are involved.
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Really? You think these men are child molesters?
It’s a slow day at the office and I just went back and read most of the posts. I’m completely horrified that so many women are so quick to call men pedophiles. It’s probably the worst thing I can imagine anyone calling a person and it freaks me out that people are so comfortable accusing strangers of it.
Pedophiles are into abusing children. You call the cops on them and hope they get sent to prison. They are evil criminals. They don’t get off on getting frisky with grown ladies with shaved privates and they don’t get off on the regular old porn that we’re talking about.
I feel like this word is getting watered down to include almost everyone and that seems like a dangerous thing. The word should be reserved for criminals.
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Hygenic?
I took a first aid refresher class recently and they spent almost the whole time talking about how important it is to protect yourself from bloodborne pathogens (HIV, Hepatitis, etc) They say don't touch someone's injury until you protect yourself first, even if they're bleeding to death, because some of their blood could get into a hangnail and make you really sick.
So... if you shave with a razor, get razor burn or a couple of nicks, ingrown hairs, etc. Can rogue semen or menstral blood pass something to or from your partner? Don't know the answer, but the chances would seem to be greater if you shave a lot and have a lot of partners.
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A pleasant surprise
My girlfriend, who normally keeps herself completley shaved, returned from a summer out of town with a full bush. Besides being elated with having sex for the first time in 10 weeks, I found the new hair a big turn on. Maybe it was just becasue it was something different.
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bald is bad
I'm a 30 year old male. I don't like going down on a woman who is bald, because I also think it looks like a baby. I get an occasional hair in my teeth, and that is inconvenient, but minor. I don't like a full bush either. Basically, trimmed and neat is good. Guys do seem to like bald more, in general, though.
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Meow!
"Pussy is the preferred term for the under-thirty set, and is a perfectly delightful word for the region.
"Vulva" sounds boxy (hee!) and I can only assume airbags and Swedish engineering are involved."
Ha! You said "box"...
I'm going to take a cue from Lea Delaria and cast a vote for "muff". It just sounds so wonderfully dainty and Victorian and ladylike to me.
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Let's see if I've got this straight.
Studying the replies of various women here, one may conclude many (most?) women are of the opinion:
If a man likes a woman who shaves or waxes her pubes, then he's a closet pedophile.
If a man likes a woman who wears a "schoolgirl outfit" or does Britney Spears impersonations in bed, then he's a closet pedophile.
If a man likes a woman who maintains a healthy weight and fit body, the man is a "weightist" or "lookist" (and possibly a closet pedophile).
If a man likes a woman who boffs his brains out, then the man must be "addicted to porn." (If he likes his porn stars to shave or wear schoolgirl outfits, then he's a closet pedophile porn addict.)
So it seems, according to the opinions of women who read Salon, that the only "healthy" men out there are those who are attracted to fat, hairy, wrinkly, old women who wear baggy sweaters and khakis. (Or at the very least those men who don't complain about their partners getting hairy, fat, etc.)
Sheesh. No wonder so many women complain they can't find a "good man."
Glad I'm not single. Under those standards, I'd be serving a life sentence for a crime I never even though about comitting.
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Brazilian wax
I am also a 40 year old woman and I think it's totally weird that women shave their pussies and even weirder that guys ask them to do it. I agree that it makes women look like little girls, which is extremely creepy to me. My husband says he absolutely does not get the current female aesthetic and that shaved pubes look scary. He says the skin looks kind of puffy and everyone's boobs look the same because of all the boob jobs (he "reads" Playboy). It bothers me that women continue to go to such lengths to look the way they think guys want them to look. I truly think the levels of poor self-esteem among women is at epidemic proportions in this country. If my husband asked me to shave down there, I would only consider it if he agreed to shave his own genitals!
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Hey, a girl has to have a hobby.
The point for me (still hot, over 40, married female) is to keep myself tidy AND keep it spicy in the bedroom. I personally like to shave because I feel a lot more when I'm getting a certain kind of attention. I also feel fresher, and I like the exibitionist/eroticism of showing off my femininity.
And since I'm creatively minded--I like to mix it up. Short, trimmed, silly topiary stuff--it's all good. It's all FUN. I'm growing it out right now and have been keeping the panties on in the bedroom just to raise the lust level a notch or two. Then there's the dramatic reveal.
(BTW, my husband is the appreciative audience--not the director. Which is not to say that I don't like direction. I think the LW is chafing (so to speak) against the mandate to shave--it's not been incorporated into a sexy relationship--just sex.)
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Kate!
I've known a goodly number of males in my 25 years and every one of them could distinguish a child from an adult, even without a thatch of dreadlocked rastapubes. Men are wily creatures. They look at the breasts and the waist and any number of things.
I cannot tell a lie, Kate, "muff" is a great word. It makes me think of something you can put your hands inside to keep them warm.
"Cunt" is great too, nice and forceful. It is the natural counterpart of "cock."