To think the no pubes thing is a trend....

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My previous career had me seeing people's genitals on a daily basis. Most had full pubic hair. Now I can see (mostly on naked attraction) that fully shaved is the fashion.
But was slightly surprised when a 50 something friend of mine said he prefers shaven as I assumed he would be less 'trendy' like me with my 80s stylefanny
Is it just a personal preference?? In my day at work it was defo rare to see fully shaved. Out of 20 people you'd be lucky if 2 were bald!

Yes - what is a " normal " body? Normal women can be slim, fat, toned, untoned, large breasts , small breasts , scars and dimples and everything and anything in between.
We are ALL normal .

silkpyjamasallday it was peer pressure that made me competitively diet, straighten my extremely curly hair, and any number of things at school. You could also only dress in certain ways, and like certain types of music. Teenage girls are super-judgy about everything. Probably teenage boys too, I wouldn’t know as I went to an all-girls school.

Doesn’t mean there’s any problem with individual adult women choosing to diet, shave, style their hair, etc. The problem is the lack of choice that teenagers feel they have if they want to fit in and avoid bullying. I don’t think that there is anything special about grooming choices and sexual activity over clothing and music choices. It’s ALL heavily policed as a teenager, in a way that it really isn’t as an adult.

Bimbler, more like I used to X because ex partner wanted to, now I do Y because I want to.

Sashkin, surely remarks about your pubic hair choices are even more stinging and personal to a teenager than remarks about clothes or head hair.

more like I used to X because ex partner wanted to, now I do Y because I want to.

I'd like to think so. It just doesn't read that way to me.

I’m utterly flabbergasted that somone is talking about “not encouraging their grand daughters to have anal sex” !!

Seriously?

Who in their right mind is discussing with their bloody granddaughters whether or not to have anal sex??

And also doesn’t care that the granddaughters say “girls who it are slags, grandma...”

I've read some bizarre things on here but this probably takes the biscuit.

And I’m somone who did quite a bit of swinging with my OH in my younger years and thought I’d seen, and heard, pretty much everything.

Wow.

Talk about Fred Drift. We're now arguing about anal sex. Whilst I would normally say, each to their own, as someone who has had an anal fissure I would suggest caution with anal. Your anus is not really meant to have penetrative sex and it can get damaged.

Talk about Fred Drift. We're now arguing about anal sex. Whilst I would normally say, each to their own, as someone who has had an anal fissure I would suggest caution with anal. Your anus is not really meant to have penetrative sex and it can get damaged.

Penetrative anal sex also has a higher risk of spreading STIs than many other types of sexual activity. This is because the lining of the anus is thin and can easily be damaged, which makes it more vulnerable to infection.

Not rtft but saw some comments saying the whole 'it feels cleaner' thing is bull. That's actually why I do shave. When I'm on my period I find it awful to have pubic hair for obvious reasons. Understand why some don't shave though, each to their own

Yes, BarmymammyI I can't believe so many people are bothered about a grandmother talking to her grandkids and encouraging them to be cautious about something that can be dangerous. Especially when many men in society are pressurizing young women into anal sex!

This is the article that make me talk to my dd about porn. As you can see anal sex is high on some people's agenda!

fightthenewdrug.org/sex-before-kissing-15-year-old-girls-dealing-with-boys/

Anyway, not to derail, back to talking about pubes!

Some posters appear to be taking pleasure in misinterpreting what Honky has said. Fortunately, the other users of the thread know exactly what she means - and many will agree with her.
Pfft

shhhfastasleep Oh I had totally the wrong body type for the early 90s waif era. Comments about my disgusting floppy massive breasts were quite bad enough! (30B and weighed under 7st but in an environment where the ideal was entirely flat chested and severely underweight).

And actually thinking about it, as a redhead I used to get plenty of comments and questions about the colour of my pubic hair. It didn’t bother me half as much as the general environment of universal body shaming.

And I’m somone who did quite a bit of swinging with my OH in my younger years and thought I’d seen, and heard, pretty much everything.

Oh amazing. Go to the head of the queue where the position of Oracle awaits.

I actually just want to look like an adult woman, not a pornstar or a child or an OAP. I also want my dd to grow up knowing what a normal woman's body looks like

This tiresome line gets trotted out on every thread about pubic hair.

I have no pubic hair. I still look like an adult woman, just one with a hairless fanny. I also manage to look like a adult woman despite removing my leg and armpit hair.

Nothing to do with porn either.

@BuzzKillington I'm with you.

It is now the fashion to have hair there

Bloody typical. All those years of shaving and trimming and now that I'm old and my once-luxuriant bush is reduced to a few sprigs, pubes are back in fashion.

My timing sucks.

Pubes are definitely back with the hipsters.

Don't ask me how I know.

I had heard they were back, but no idea how I know! Or why!

Oh amazing. Go to the head of the queue where the position of Oracle awaits.

Thanks. I’ll do that.

Clearly I was pointing out something from my past in the context that no matter how open about sex one may be, discussing anal sex with your granddaughters and advising them on whether they should try it is utterly bizarre.

In that way, yes it’s only a trend, fed by all the porn films.

Perhaps porn films should show men doing their share of the hoovering and childcare.

they said 'slags' not me! I don't police, how they speak.

But you do police how they have sex (by which I'm referring to how you told them not to have anal sex).

Interesting that you have since changed "told" to "advised" and then to "gave my opinion when they asked for it" which would suggest that you recognise that it's wrong to tell other people (yes, even family members) what sex acts they should or should not do, although I'm left wondering how a situation arises where a 19 year old DGC asks granny if they should have anal sex or not.

As for their deeply misogynistic remarks, why wouldn't you police it?

Fully shaved down there is just gross

A trend I think. Based on spas visited in countries where swimming costumes are not worn, such as the Netherlands which I visit at least a couple of times a year.

Also smaller bikini bottoms may influence the choice women make.

BlackForestCake I have zero experience of porn but I like the idea of "I've come to fix the photo copier/washing machine, but first let me do some washing up!