70s bush envy

Any woman should do what they want with their body. I was told as a teenager that it was better to have pubic hair as it prevented infections and was generally healthier for "down there" so I've never shaved or waxed. I've never been uncomfortable or smelly and no man has ever commented one way or the other. But live and let live I say.

How bitchy😂

I do think it's disingenuous to suggest that one is impervious to cultural messages conveying society's apparent preference for hairless female bodies. It permeates all of popular culture. The 'test' for this is the visceral shame associated with being categorised as 'hairy': the euphemisms women use to describe their own natural hair-growth -we're fuzzy, hirsute, unkempt, 'like a gorilla', 'woolly mammoths' etc, the need to qualify our natural state say it all.
I've been both, and when I have been bald, the decision has invariably been informed by societal perception of women's pubic hair as less clean or sexual attractive than the absence thereof.

You actually love it? I mean that says a LOT about the quality of your life if all you have to look forward to is razing your peep fur to nothing!!!! I mean this kindly, maybe it’s time to ummm get out a bit more?? Look outwards and upwards even…

I’m certainly not telling any woman what to do with her body. Just wanted to point out that it sounds likely you have absorbed some cultural messages about body hair. And you seem to be acknowledging that that is possibly the case so 🤷🏼‍♀️

Exactly, @ArseInTheCoOpWindow .
That someone actually came on here and described a natural part of a woman's body as "grim" is very depressing.

In response to another comment here saying that no hair is a pre pubescent thing .

I had an ex who hated me shaving , so I did have a bit of a landing strip . He said it didn’t feel right to be shaved as to him a woman has hair and a child doesn’t and it made him feel icky .

But he was the only one .

Nothing gets MN all cross like the pube issue. Wax it off, keep it. It’s just a personal preference.

Who cares if I am? That's my point, only my dh is going to see and know and I don't want pubes regardless of where I've got that message from. Unsure why the opposing side always want to tell women what to do with their bodies.

I used to let it grow when I was younger - I had seen my mom on the loo growing up and just thought that was how it was - I guess I was innocent!

I hated it - felt unhygienic , itchy , and I know gross but smelly too! Then I decided on a landing strip but would never get it waxed so started to shave it . Still felt the same !

Now I completely shave the lot off ! So much better ! Feels so clean . Only thing is when it starts to grow and it’s stubbly ! Can’t shave it every day as I would be covered in a rash so I do it weekly usually .

Can’t imagine having a full bush !!

But you are absorbing culture. Because no one did it 25 years ago, as getting rid of pubes didn’t exist.

Its a new culture which you’ve absorbed.

I love listening to my 17 year old telling me that no woman should feel the need to shave as it’s a feminist issue.

I agree that it is.

I think a simply marvellous bush, fluffy in all its glory, is really sexy. Anything hairless, plucked to within an inch of its life is such a turn off… somewhere between a plucked chicken and a bad porn movie…

I wasn’t sure if you meant George or the wailing Kate.

I’m growing mine whilst I can, because as you age you revert back childhood with no teeth, or pubes.

It’s none of my business what you do with your pubes, but just wanted to point out that the fact it makes you feel ‘clean’ means you probably have absorbed some of society’s messages about the subject. I have lost count of the number of times on MN alone that I’ve read posts saying that having a hair-free vulva is cleaner/more hygienic- it’s a really common myth. There is no actual evidence for this in the real world. Any vulva which is regularly washed is clean, regardless of hair.

Used to wax. The ingrown hair boil from hellade me question my choices and once I'd been preggers I basically just realised I didn't care enough to spend £££ getting it waxed. So it gets trimmed and neatened but that's all.

I couldn't care what anyone else does. They're our bits you style 'em as you like!

If someone doesn't like it, then security can tell them their name isn't on the guest list

I think a front bush looks way better than the fat bulge or plucked look.I like the bit underneath removed but that's because I'm yeti like.

I detest the male shaved look. Anywhere really. Seriously you aren't fooling anyone that your dick is massive or you are youthful because you shave your grey chest hair. To me it screams insecurity and vanity, neither of which are attractive. An ugly hairy bloke that owns it is much more attractive. (See:Lemmy )
Different for women since literally every part of their bodies has some sort of beauty standard from smooth elbows to thin ankles.

Me! I do, not saying I'd keep it but I'd like to have the choice, also pretty sparse. Would like thicker hair on my head too, sadly is not to be!

their tolerance for sensations different sure

Right, so what is a comfortable or un noticeable sensation to you, can be intolerable to me?

Their bodies are different sure

So, the texture of my pubic hair can be different to yours? and the sensitivity of my skin can be different?

And when you combine the coarseness of my hair, the sensitivity of my skin and my intolerance for certain sensations, I can feel more comfortable without hair on my labia?

and hygienic for them than letting it grow - no

I don’t think it’s more or less hygienic (pubic hair is obviously perfectly hygienic)- I just think it’s more comfortable for me.

there is some kind of problem that needs addressing with a doctor.

There is a problem- I have thick corse pubic hair, sensitive skin and I’m always sitting down so friction, dampness and heat occur. The doctor said…” you have thick hair and sensitive skin, it’s a friction rash… try using a barrier cream like sudocreme”. Which I did until I discovered that if the hair is gone the rash is much better.

Clipping just takes it short so all the hair is doing is growing again the same as head hair, doesn’t disrupt the surface skin so no irritation.

Waxing regrowth is soft we as the hairs gone at the root so it’s like when a moustache or chin hair pops up, you don’t feeling.

Shaving regrowth was itchy and sore when I tried it once in my teens so I’ve never done it again.

You mean I couldn’t plait it or do dreads… maybe some beads.

CheerUp, you literally said pubic hair make an up heave, yet you think someone pointing out that society plays a role in waxing habits is horrible

I'm not sure you have much standing here😭

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I think some men are just rubbish at shaving. I know my bits so well I can blind shave and still don’t cut myself 😅

Yes, this is my view. Any man who wants a woman fully waxed down there is seriously questionable. No man seemed to need that in the 80s …

I love this post so much. ❤️