To feel like the only woman left who doesn't shave her pubes? 😂

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During a group WhatsApp with friends last night, conversation (somehow!) turned to pubes. It would seem I am the only one who doesn't shave the whole lot off. I've done it a couple of times in the past but it itched when growing back and I actually feel sexier with a bit of a muff! Does anyone else not shave these days or am I a vile ogre?

But the latter isn't attacked here and it isn't insinuated here that they are just a product of porn and their partners are pedos that is a fair point. Also in my day it was just bikini wax edges and neatly trimmed all over but we were motivated by what the men around us thought about our attractiveness or not and whether what we were doing was the norm as well.

I was told by my Doctor boyfriend years ago that its better for you!

Went and checked out if it was true (about pubes being beneficial!) as never gave it much thought before and.... Protection from bacteria and other pathogens
Pubic hair traps dirt, debris, and potentially harmful microorganisms. In addition, hair follicles produce sebum, an oil which actually prevents bacteria from reproducing. It follows that pubic hair may protect against certain infections, including: cellulitis and UTI's and so forth.

Full bush. Anything else would be way too much hassle. Whenever I’ve attempted any tidying up the itch, and then corresponding mini infected pores and in growing hairs was yuck. Maybe it’s just my skin/hair type, but nope, not doing that again.

But I am generally staggered how many women (and it sounds like increasingly men) spend so much time and money on fruitless self grooming.

Each to their own though, whatever floats your boat.

I shaved/waxed for years until two years ago when I realised I was feeling absolutely sick about the prospect of my monthly wax. Suddenly thought why do I put myself through this? And stopped. I tidy up every couple of weeks but otherwise am au naturel. I’m not particularly hairy though so I might feel differently if I was. Boyfriend could not care a jot whatever the situation is down there.

Agreed @Carriecakes80

I’ve have heard/read the same.

Also I find Naked Attraction thoroughly depressing - not because of the lack of pubic hair but because of people’s reactions when women DO have a bit of pubic hair. They’re all usually horrified. It’s so depressing

Laser hair removal leaving a small strip, nice and easy with no hassle! It’s the future x

I've never shaved. The stubble and ingrowing hairs makes me want to boak.
However I've been through phases of having Brazilian waxes, and phases of being full bush, and phases of trimming. Depends how I feel.

Imagine if naked attraction standards were in real life😂😂😂
We would randomly see people whipping up their genitals and other body parts on a blind date in local cafe while asking the other "What do you think?"😂

I'm with @yellowsubmarinedreams and I'm in my 50s. Less hair is cleaner and oral sex on a newly-waxed pubic area is amazing. For those saying there's no difference between an adult woman's genitalia and that of a pre-pubescent girl-there are multiple markers of sexual maturity in both sexes, pubic hair is but one of them. Does anyone who sees a man with shaved pubic hair tell him he looks like a pre-pubescent boy? The argument is ridiculous. It's about personal preference, pure and simple. All these people with their judgy pants on dissing other people's choice of what they do with their own pubic hair need to be a smidge more tolerant in my humble opinion.

I don't get the current obsession with removal/shaping and find the thought of taking it all off a bit odd. Obviously if you need a 'tidy up' as their is some sideage then I understand a bit of a hedge trim

You aren't a vile ogre and you aren't alone

@RabbityMcRabbit

It's not cleaner, the sweat and dirt just stays on your skin and doesn't wick away.

I have the stuff that grows down my legs sugared off but otherwise am very hairy. I can't even trim as it's too itchy. Luckily, I don't mind as long as it's not poking out my knickers and my husband likes a hairy muff so we are all good 😊

And having pubes is healthier. There was a whole documentary on it a few years ago where doctors were telling young girls who were removing all their hair to grow it back as they were seeking medical help due to being sore. The hairs protect you from rubbing. Plus all the other benefits others have mentioned previously.

Do what you want with your own muff. I am keeping mine!

Actually I do find a pubeless man disturbing.I mean firstly it’s a all a bit vain and attention seeking. Secondly it does look a bit like trying to be young. Thirdly no one cares about the look of your dick as much as you do. Big, small, veiny, smooth - it’s part of a whole package. Who is actually fooled by an amazing looking dick into thinking ,yes he’s better in bed or he’d be great in a relationship?

Guessing men with partners feel much the same way. Or men looking for partners.

If you are in a relationship with a hairless person that’s different. It’s your win quirky relationship, It shouldn’t be the norm..

Bare is far superior. Sex feels better, it’s cleaner and who wants a mouthful of pubes during sex?!

Yuck

Neither is superior. It’s individual choice and nobody should be pressured into either growing or removing it.

I thought the expectation of totally shaved pubes thing was a 90s/00s thing?

These days I think pubes have come back in to fashion. It doesn't mean everyone is sporting the style, we're all individuals, but I got the vibe that the fully shaven thing was now just one of many socially acceptable choices.

Also, as others have said, it's not all or nothing. I haven't shaved off the lot since 2007, but I still keep mine nice and tidy and trim. I don't like a completely wild bush, just like I don't like my head hair being uncut and unstyled.

Bare is far superior.

Shaving and waxing damage the skin, increasing the chance of infection including STIs. You can trim hair short to aid cunnilingus without damaging the skin.

Amateurs.
No genitals is the most superior way🙄 You are all so 2019

Anyone else getting this 'ad' on the thread?
It CAN'T be real surely?

Jesus wept. Once more for those who don’t get it. Those who remove their pubic hair are not doing it to look like pre-pubescent children. Which is just as well because they don’t look like pre-pubescent children. Those who like a sexual partner to have removed their pubic hair are not paedophiles.

I used to wax or shave my bikini line in my twenties but I got fed up of the itchy regrowth. I trim now but that's all.

You are not the only one. I was married to someone who asked me to remove it all. I did, but hated it. I hated that when it started to grow back he would always say it was time for a tidy up. I hated that he expected me to be turned on when he shaved his too. Incredibly the marriage lasted a few years, and we had children, before he pursued someone more willing to comply. Happily staying single now, but I've had short and longish relationships since, and no other partner has ever made any comment about my lack of inclination to do anything more than remove stray hairs around the bikini bottoms. I do shave my armpits!

My daughters are both adults and have removed all the hair since they were in their late teens, and they insist 'everyone' does.

Always completely shaved off. I can't stand hair there! I still remember as a little
Girl when I first got public hair, I could feel it on my underpants when I'd walk. My mum introduced me to the blade, thank god. I find hair so horrible and irritating Down there. I wax the top half and shave the remainder, if I could handle the wax pain all over then I would've waxed all over.