"14 year olds should remove all pubic hair" **MNHQ adding quote marks as per request**

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My daughter reckons this is what all teenagers do. If you agree, please vote YANBU. If you disagree, please vote YABU.

It’s entirely up to them. Not everything has to be sexualised. I personally feel cleaner with everything gone so I imagine some teenagers may feel the same way.

What does her father have to do with it?! What a strange thing to say!

I'm glad I'm old and we we all just had the normal hair that nature intended! A bit of a trim (or wax) of the edges - anything that would stick out of swimsuits - was all.

I was 8 when I stopped wearing shorts and skirts. Very sad. It only took one boy to say something.

I don't shave now, fuck them!

I don’t really see why it’s such a big deal?

I remove everything because I feel cleaner and like the way it looks. Maybe I’ve been primed to have an aversion to hair on woman’s bodies, but there are many other things in the world to Be concerned about.

what exactly are you concerned about? It grows back after all!

And then there's the risk of injury
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/aug/16/wax-on-wax-ouch-pubic-grooming-has-a-high-injury-rate-survey-reveals

Ffs why do women (and children) do this shit to themselves.

It's personal choice. Mind your own.

Well said.

Hi everyone,
Thanks for all your thoughts but we believe we've made clear that we don't think that this OP is trolling.
While we agree it's possible that had the OP put quote marks round her thread title her meaning might have been more immediately clear, it's perfectly apparent what the title refers to from reading the opening post.
We're not averse to adding quotes to the title if requested, but really we feel we must also politely request that people read the thread before responding.
This is an issue that many parents of teenage girls are facing, and we think it's a fair discussion to have without public accusations of perversion or trolling.
Thanks.

FFS 🙄

This is an issue that many parents are facing

Is it? I’ve raised three teens and they never asked for my permission to shave.

When I was around 14, I shaved myself with a razor. My mother was not involved in that decision or process.

I agree that there is a place for a discussion about the oversexualisation of society and the sexualised images/ ideals children are fed on social media.

This thread isn’t inviting that sort of debate- it’s asking parents what their pubescent children’s grooming habits are with regards to pubic hair.

I've got no idea whether my teenage dds remove theirs. It's none of my business. So its not "An issue that parents of teenage girls face" If a bunch of teenagers started a thread asking people to vote on whether all middle age women remove theirs I'd think that inappropriate too.

It’s become the norm to remove public hair now. I was dating someone for first time in years and it’s something I looked into. Not just teens but adults too. I decided to shave it off, and glad I had really. It’s a personal choice, shouldn’t be pressure. I actually preferred it to be honest

This thread might be genuine but this is now the FOURTH thread on girls removing leg/pubic hair in the last few days 🙄

@HopeMumsnet It’s not just about whether the OP is genuine, it’s about who this thread will ‘appeal’ to. It’s disappointing that mumsnet don’t seem concerned about that. You know you have issues with pervs on your site.

What a fucking weird question - I’m actually shocked that MNHQ thinks a topic about underage girls shaving their pubes is a-ok. nothing to see here prudes

Regardless of the OPs intentions, this is a really weird thread to keep up and I'm really disappointed HQ can't see how it might appeal to an entirely different audience. Makes me feel a bit queasy to be honest. A public forum isn't the place for this.

Agree. It's sad that young girls think this is normal and expected

How many 14 year olds have you discussed this with?

If my DD (who is nearly 9) was doing this at 14 you can bet your life it would be my issue. She would still be a child. I am not up for my child thinking that looking like a porn star when naked is a good thing. I may not be able to stop her but I sure as heck would be explaining the issues to her.

Agreed. There needs to be a conversation with your dd about this to ascertain why

Talk about reversing centuries of feminism. And all because of porn.

It's truly depressing that women/girls even think that this is normal.

It’s a personal choice. I’m in my mid 20s and all my friends and myself remove pretty much all our body hair by choice. It’s also a generational thing I think, as to what is the norm and what people want to do. That being said, it really doesn’t matter. It grows back, it doesn’t suggest you want to be a porn star and it’s not wrong to remove it, nor is it wrong to keep it.
We should support girls to become independent women who make their own choices and not judge them for things we don’t understand!

It's her public hair it's not your business.