To think the midwife will not give two hoots about my bikini line?

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I'm going into hospital in just over a week to be induced, I can not see my bikini line and am disinclined to brandish a razor and any sharp bladed object near something I cannot see.

So will the midwife even notice let alone care?

Oh and I haven't dyed my hair since I was an experimental teenager. And I don't own straightners or curlers. And I only use my hairdryer on special occasions!

Lj8893 Ok but lots of things about being a female are uncomfortable. If long pubes became fashionable, then sorry most women would do it.
Seriously if the absence of pubes signified being an" uptight out of date 2013 bird" and unshaven muffs became fashionable it would all go the same way as brows.
You may well shave your bits as is your right, but if it wasn't cool, how many would follow you?

Tbh I don't give a fuck weather other women shave or not for fashion, comfort or otherwise.

All I give a fuck about is my pubes tbh, nobody else's.

Call me a prude but I for one would not like to see the cat walks turn into pube fashion parades,its far to cold for that sort of thing

Not even if they are sporting heart shaped topiarys with cute sparkly vajazzles sock

Well do they make see through thermals?

"However talking to several young women friends in their very early twenties (am currently doing a degree) they report all being terrified when they first grew pubes and instantly shaved them off from the word go, all of them hate the idea of hair there and say there is no way they would ever let a boyfriend see them in anything but a fully shaven state for fear of his reaction, be it disgust or ridicule.

I cannot express how much I do not want this for my daughter"

It is this that worries me. I actually don't care what other women do, but I do care that there is obviously pressure on young girls to make them think that not shaving is unacceptable.

Why do so many young men find the au naturel look distasteful?

If that's true (is there quality research to back up that assertion?) I'm sure it's because most of the female genitals they see are porn ones, and most of those are hairless.

I very much doubt a sample of young men would've expressed a preference for hairless 10-15 years ago.

Why do so many young men find the au naturel look distasteful?

Who said they do?
Why is it being assumed that women who shave/trim do it because of what men think?

Why can't a women herself not like the 'au naturel' look and choose to do something about it?

Women do have their own minds......

I think a large percentage of guy in maybe the 16-35 age bracket probably do keep themselves groomed, not because it is required or asked of them, but just because they want to keep it tidy because that's how they prefer it. No different to a woman's reasons really.

zzzzz I personally prefer it when my husband doesn't groom, but every now and again he likes to. I wouldn't stop him/enforce my views on him if he wants to I let him get on with it.

I am only going on what has been said on these forums. I don't actually know what teenagers do for grooming.

I don't think anyone has said that men don't like the natural look - I think the issue is that some people don't seem to want to accept that the women themselves don't like it.

Mine DEFINITLEY noticed. Had to have an "emergency" section and as she was shaving she mentioned at least twice that there was a lot of hair. It was my first and it just didn't occur to me. Mind you this was in a hospital which insisted women in had an enema when admitted to the labour ward

I'm young (25) and have had sex with a variety of guys in that age bracket (obvs before dp!!) and my pubic hair has been in a variety of states (although I have never gone completely bare!) and I have never had any complaints so I don't think its fair to say the majority of younger men don't like the natural look.

I just asked my dp, who is a couple of years younger than me, what he thinks/prefers. And i quote....

"Don't really care, i think most guys are just thanking the lucky stars each time they get laid rather than worry what the pubes look like"

Spoke like a true gentleman,

I have been sexually active for over 14 years and in that time I have never been in a relationship or situation where pubic hair etiquette has been discussed - it just isn't seen as an issue. The way I see it is that the guy can do what he wants with his and the woman can do what she wants with hers. I doubt that many partners would ever raise it is an 'issue' and I don't imagine either sex really cares either way what their partner does.

I know, I'm such a lucky girl! Ha!

I agree, I really do think in most sexual relationships pubic hair is a complete non issue.

I have a full Hollywood every 5/6 weeks and carried on while pregnant and made sure I got done a week before due date.. All prepared for an audience , however my DS decided to make a speedy appearance on the bathroom floor at home so the only person who saw my fanjo was OH !! Best laid plans....

Is a Full Hollywood complete removal??

I am so not going to google full Hollywood

Of course a woman can choose to remove her pubic hair if she so wishes, as long as it really is of her own volition. Some of the posts on threads like these suggest that it isn't always as free a choice as people make out - that's what concerns me.

I can't think of any other grooming task that confers no health benefits (and might actually be harmful) that, if a woman chooses not to do it, elicits such a reaction.

Oh and someone mentioned upthread that bald fanjos have always featured in porn. That's true to an extent, but not so long ago it was a specialist thing, and one that was often regarded with at least a hint of

Female pubic hair was de rigeur in the 70s and 80s. There's definitely a flash of muff in the uncut version of Duran Duran's Girls on Film video (accepted, this isn't exactly scientific evidence!) and there was plenty to see in any nude scene in pretty much any mainstream (ie non-pornographic) movie.

I'm 24 and the preference of all men in vaguely my age bracket over the last few years (you might be surprised how often it comes up in conversation) is for women to be 'tidy', 'neat', 'shaved', or 'trimmed'. They generally seem to consider a 'full bush' nothing short of disgusting. This point of view doesn't bother me because I'm shaved most of it off ever since it first grew, but if I wanted to be au naturale, I'd probably feel a little awkward and lacking in confidence as a result of what these men seem to think. That probably accounts for why some women my age trim/shave, but does it really matter? Is it any different from trying to make oneself attractive in other ways, such as styling and dyeing hair, wearing fashionable well-fitting clothes, or applying make-up?

Very good question (and point there rara) BUT I'm pretty certain I would not even contemplate applying make up to go to hospital so I can give birth.