It's up to mums to teach their boys that pubic hair on women is normal!?

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I've read countless surveys and reports over the last few months that state that young men would be 'grossed out' if they went to bed with a woman and found that she had pubic hair.

They seem to think that all women either come hair free or should wax it all off.

I think a lot of this attitude comes down to them viewing porn where it's normal for a woman to have zero pubic hair and a neat little pudenda.

It's a worry. I quizzed the local boys who work in our pub and they all wax their chest and think pubic hair is disgusting on both men and women.

So glad I am married to a man who appreciates the 70's!

But what is in store for our young girls?

Porn has been around for as long as people have. And it will stand the test of time far longer than any fashion phase ever will.

Derp. No porn has not been around as long as humans have existed. Movies has not been around for very long, and internet with streaming movies has been around for a less than a nanosecond of human history. It's no secret that porn today shows hairless women and that boys are very influenced by it.

It's fucking sad if boys of today look at a normal naked woman and goes "ew gross, her crotch isn't bald"

at Holly.

Our local is 'very local' - nothing wrong with asking them if they wax their chests! They didn't mind a jot.

But did you ask the women if they waxed ? or would that be stepping over the mark?

Worra you can't be surprised about a pube thread though. The thread about What We Should Teach Girls highlighted a worrying trend for blaming boys and men for all manner of bear traps awaiting today's young women.

I found it really quite depressing.

Thank you Just.....aka voice of reason (beyond moi!)

I watched a massive amount of porn in my teens and it hasnt made me shave all my pubes off.Lots of my friends are the same.People have their own minds and if they want to do it thats fair enough.

Why is it a mother's job to do this?

Porn has been around for as long as people have. And it will stand the test of time far longer than any fashion phase ever will.

I agree with that^^

Anyone who has a faint understanding of history and art will know that erotica has been with the human race since time in memorium

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_erotic_depictions

Early cultures often associated the sexual act with supernatural forces and thus their religion is intertwined with such depictions. In Asian countries such as India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Japan and China, representations of sex and erotic art have specific spiritual meanings within native religions. The Greeks and Romans produced much art and decoration of an erotic nature, much of it integrated with their religious beliefs and cultural practices

"It's fucking sad if boys of today look at a normal naked woman and goes "ew gross, her crotch isn't bald"

YY but do you not realise that girls think the same about boys?

Porn is uni-sexually hairless...it's really not just the women.

Therefore, boys with naturally hairy bodies are under the same pressure as girls.

This is what some people need to understand.

I know a minority (thankfully) of people would love to blame 'the menz' and make it a female 'victim' thing...but honestly most teens are in the same boat here when it comes to the expectation of personal hair removal.

Movies might not have been, but porn has been around for a very long time. I may have exaggerated slightly.

That museum in Amsterdam is very enlightening.

And I completely I agree with Worra. If people are going to see a problem out of a relative non event, then it should be about both boys and girls. It's equally as sad if girls of today and look at a normal naked boy and think they are gross if they aren't bald.

Dunno, I guess being a parent might come into things.

EnjoyResponsibly Yeppers!

Have to ask OP what is it you are reading? Countless reports and surveys about young men's opinions on pubic hair? Can't say I've read any, ever and I do try to keep up with current affairs.

From my earlier link.

There I was, merrily treading water, marvelling at my bravery and the welcome increased sobriety, when an actor friend who shall remain nameless (Tom Hollander) swam past sporting a large pair of goggles (surely against the rules when skinny dipping?). Anyway, he ducked dived right in front of me, only to surface very rapidly, huffing and puffing for air. He was slack-jawed with a mixture of horror and shock. ?Jesus Christ!? he exclaimed, just about daring to glance below. ?Have you completely given up??

As a bisexual woman, I find pubic hair on women (and men actually) a big turn on, no pubic hair is a huge turn off for me. Obviously I wouldn't force my girlfriend or boyfriend to do anything that wasn't comfortable for them however.

Just my contribution.

So who actually has had a conversation with young boys over their preferences regarding female body hair? How do you know what they are ALL thinking? Where is this information coming from?

merci I'm sure it's a mistake...

Dunno, I guess being a parent might come into things.

Into what?

Is it not better to teach all our children, regardless of gender, that naturally hairy, bald as a coot and everything else in between, is all normal and whatever choice they make, if anyone makes them feel bad for it, then its the other person is a fuckwit, not them?

I've spoken to my ds17 about condoms and respecting girls etc, who knew I had to tell him to tell new girlfriend she shouldn't shave her pubes..
Sorry, but I'm not going to have that conversation.

What tittyhanghang said.

I wondered that too Larks!

Where are these countless surveys and reports that have come out in the last few moths about what grosses out young men?

So glad I am married to a man who appreciates the 70's!

Just as well as my female partner has a similar appreciation of the 1970s, which is just as well as I am a very hirsute gent: think the love child of teen wolf and chewbacca.

I think at the age of 33 I'm on the side of those who consider the whole Brazilian thing a bit weird and creepy. As others have said, I think that stems from growing up in the pre-internet age and not having porn readily available at an impressionable age (unless you count the girdles section in the Kays catalogue). So my impression of the female body was more informed by normal women.

Isn't there a bit of a bag lash with the Muffia protesting against the obsession with removing pubic hair and labia surgery? I hope this is the start of a growing movement.

70s and 80s porn featured VERY hairy bits. I think it could be argued that porn is following the general fashion for degree of business, rather than setting the trend. A bit chicken and egg like.