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

[inmyshoos]

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!

Abbotswood. :)

No one has picked up on my previous comment but honestly, sex is SO much better both bare. In my experience anyway.

Oh, and it’s defiantly thanks to digital porn. I’m 22 and you’d be lucky if 1 in 20 was unshaven. It’s seen as unattractive and I know my friends who enjoy casual sex would worry it’d put people off.

Most of the unshaven women I know are gay, (not stereotyping this is my experience) and so it seems women don’t care - probably because they know the pain of having to stay shaven.

So a few PP have raised the issue of looking prepubescent. Obviously fully shaved is childlike to an extent but is it downright prepubescent? I can't really remember (and don't have daughters) but from memory the only changes to that area was hair growing. That said I don't shave Andy don't tend to stare at other women's bits in the locker room so I maymissing something.

Maybe it's not to do with porn or fashion but better sex?

he has questionable taste in sofas also

😂 I’m dying

I've been bare since i was a teen, early 30's now. Pubes make me cringe, wouldnt have it any other way!
It's not itchy and no hassle to keep on top of, same as legs and armpits really!

My OH doesn't mind either way so since dd was born 2 years ago I haven't bothered.
I'm so still shave my legs and underarm though.

pubes make me cringe
Why? It's just hair FFS. Bald genitals make me cringe.

Although reading the PP, I’m beginning to think that actually it’s just whether the individual in question can shave without provoking a rash....

And maybe me feeling it looks childlike is because I myself look v young ( think delivery men asking for my mum when it’s my house and my mum lives 400miles away). I’m told I look 14 so maybe shaving makes me feel like I look like a kid.

goes to do some introspective thinking

wombling
I'm with you...late 50s and Hollywood all the way for the last 25 years. Not exactly a trend with me.
Ditto partner.
And the "childlike" comments are just weird.

Maybe it's not to do with porn or fashion but better sex?

Well, this isn't judgemental at all....

I am so tired of everyone claiming that their choices aren't influenced at all by the societal norms and pressures we all grow up with, and which change with time. Shave if you want to, grow it all out if you want to, but don't claim that your choices are entirely without context. Nobody's choices are entirely without context.

I wondered about this when I saw naked attraction.

Do you think its maybe more the type of people that would apply for that specific show that are more likely to shave down there? or maybe felt they should for the show.

Personally, whatever makes you most comfortable but I find it really creepy when guys are bald down there. The willy looks really lonely!

I think it's awful that young girls have yet another reason to hate their bodies, this time because hair appears and there's yet another place they have to shave. It's dreadful. If men and boys were expected to do the same then the while thing would stop.

Well I think shaving is weird

@ArcheryAnnie

100%.

It's like the "I wear make-up to express my creative side". No, no you don't. You wear it to look better/hotter (make-up whore here).

I was most disturbed recently when a mother of nearly my age told me that her two DDs (around start of school age) were mortified at the idea of growing hair 'down there' (as well as on arpits and legs). It seems that in communal changing rooms they have seen some other women naked and think hair is dirty and gross, preferring the shaved look. Where does this even come from?

If it is a trend its a strange one as bare fenitalslike childlike to me and are a complete turn off

Bald genitals make me cringe

I always think of plucked chickens.

In defence of intimate hygiene soaps, I use one. Not a scented one and not because I think I stink but because I genuinely find it less harsh and irritating than using normal soap or shower gel on my bits.

Pubes-wise, my pubes are definitely 70s-stlye luxuriant. It wouldn't cross my mind to even trim, let alone get the lot taken off. I'm in my early 40s, so I guess in my formative years full bush was normal. I think it is a trend and, like most trends, it's probably cyclical and we'll have a return to natural pubes at some point.

It's a trend. Like the minging facial hair you see on men.
Meh, your choice.

Where does this even come from?

It comes from porn. Men often say they find hair offputting/gross because they see shaved women in porn, and it's what they expect as the norm.

Plus the idea that shaved skin is "cleaner" and "more hygienic" (it isn't - shaving makes the area more vulnerable to irritation and infection), and that hair anywhere except on the head is "dirty".

plucked chickens
Exactly! I mean, each to their own, of course, but I for one think hair is definitely more attractive than no hair.

I have some quite strong views in this as I think it is just a small part of a much wider trend. A woman is a collection of her mind, her humour, her personality, her style, her beliefs, etc and one tiny factor is her body. To quote Carrie Fisher it is the bag we drag our brain round in. BUT there seems to be an increasing trend for women to be viewed a a physical being only. Is her body physically acceptable (for today’s trend), is her hair right, is her face right, does she fuck right. If you want to feel uncomfortable read a few comments BTL on the MailOnline (or just read the MailOnline, I suppose). Waxing is just another part of this.

When I was a teen, I was thin, pretty and (in retrospect) as close to physical perfection as I will ever be. But I was horribly insecure about everything, but that was back in the 80s when (as a PP said), it all seemed less pressurised. I can’t imagine how hard it is to be a teenager or a young woman now.

And as an aside, my experience is that I have never met a man who has changed his mind about entry once he has seen the doormat.

Totally a trend - like tattoos. Sure, there were always some who shaved, some who had tattoos, but these were very niche interests. Now they're pretty much ubiquitous and the people who do them can't imagine any alternative....until one day they wake up and realise that both are a) expensive b) pointless c) the body mod equivalent of wearing boot cut jeans.

Of course it's a trend. It might be a long lasting trend, but it is a trend nonetheless. Which doesn't mean it is wrong, each to their own and all.

I do have to admit though that the shaved genitals I see on Naked Attraction often revolt me though. Not always, but often, you can see speckly bits which remind me of a badly plucked chicken or a piece of bristly pork. How can that be attractive? At least if you are going to be bare, be bare, not bristly.