godawful Gillette ad of man shaving his pubes

And to think it was embarrassing when “Whooaaa Bodyform!” cranked up when your Dad / brother were in the same room…

I think we're so brainwashed now that it's just "standard" . It's rather sad really. Hate to say it, but "bring back the 90s" probably the perfect time to grow up in. All the freedoms and liberations at their finest, before the extremism and "so open minded your brain is mush " kicked off .

Thank you. Sometimes I wonder at the total lack of understanding of how pornified this is.

Completely agree.

I find it offensive that pubic hair is seen as something "gross" and unpalatable. It's actually nature's idea of "plumage" . Preening the bikini line and having a tidy up is totally understandable, but fully shaved is just playing into porno and mens ever demanding idea of what's acceptable on a woman's body.

I think it all became a thing when oral sex became something everyone did (men didn't like the idea of hair during that particularly act )

Havent seen it, cant do you AIBU as I dont want to say you're hallucinating.

No, but completely shaved women do. It's a fetish. Anyway, I prefer men with beards.
Shaving the body hair on a woman before her marriage used to be part of rituals to make her appear clean. It's a male interest, not a female one. Don't shave, look like a woman, not a manequin in a shop window.

I do shave my armpits sometimes. Not sexually repressed but definitely not sex positive (feminist, so definitely not) - it seems to me that women are falling straight into the trap of what men like - and what men like is young girls. Nasty.
And shaving your pubes causes spots and abrasions. Not nice either.

But it's not the 1950s, this line gets trotted out constantly.

'raise awareness ' 'increase visibility ' - we do talk about periods, vaginas, penises, sex - it's never shut up about! Yes, that's great, but we don't need it shoved in our faces 24/7. It's all gone too far. Kink is now basically mainstream. I think we need to do a little rewind and get some sense of balance back! Because it's tipped the scales into 'inappropriate ' territory

Choosing to shave pubes is not on a level with periods

Adverts being about "taboo" subjects which shouldn't be taboo, like medical conditions down there, adult incontinence, periods etc are designed to make it easier to talk about

Shaving pubes really is a lot riskier than legs or face. The hairs are typically thicker and coarser, and it's really common to have micro-abrasions. And that area tends to be in a warm, dark, and even damp environment all day.

There have been people who had major infections from shaving pubes, particularly diabetics.

I have YouTube Premium so I don't get ads

No, because armpits are not genitals

It looks horrible

I’m noticed a big push in ads that are below the belt. Laxatives, Viagra and similar, women shaving pubes, incontinence issues, pepto bismal singing about diarrhoea. There didn’t used to be so many of this type of advert. Shaving pubes goes too far. You’re unreasonable about men’s shaving products though-I use them as find them better.

That does sound quite grim OP. On a different but similar subject I keep seeing the 'Merwave' add and every time I do I read it as 'Merkin' 😂

Have only skimmed the thread, so not sure if someone has mentioned this already....When the advert appears you can click on the three dots underneath it and then clock block (or even report)

I have a bogey advert I can't get rid of!
A young bloke with a dour voice going on about middle aged ladies who can't fit into their clothes. I have tried to block it SO MANY times.

There was one a while back with that guy who used to be a swimmer, bought a couple kids with some much older man?
He looked like it was pretty much showing him shaving his pubes, or at least just above it. It gave me the major creeps.
Yeah, I don't want to see strange men's bodies below the waist in adverts being groomed/shaved etc. why would anyone?

I keep getting ads with suggestions on what I should be doing this Ramadan… no idea what, I’m not Muslim and haven’t been watching any videos that would suggest I am!

I agree OP, it's grim. Why does the bloke have to be shaving his pubes FGS, just have him shaving his face. We really shouldn't be telling men that they need to be shaving all their pubes off - and the plucked chicken look is not nice IMO anyway. Young women have already been completely pornified, next stop men I guess. It's just sad and unnecessary - and the advert is grim.

You can right click and send feedback sometimes not to show a particular add. There will be a tiny arrow symbol on one of the corners if that's possible.

I have done it sometimes when a particular add creeps me out for whatever reason.

I completely agree. God forbid we're allowed to believe in a bit of decency or modesty anymore. We have to be so open minded our brains are spilling out. Anything less is just "wrong" fact 🙄

I detest the trend for pube removal and the increasingly distasteful adverts.
There really is no need to be so explicit.
I also hate the number of tv drams which now seem to think it is cutting edge to see someone sat on the loo.