Do men really prefer it if we shave down there?

[poshsinglemum]

And if so is it the fault of porn?

I am quite comfortable with my au natural look but as soon as I get a partner I feel like it all has to come off. Hence cringy shaving/hair removal cream sessions, regrowth and in my case unsightly sores. Sorry if tmi. I am too chicken to wax.

It's such a shame that men don't love that part of us the way it is or do they.

I do tend to feel better after a trim but not a full wax.

I kind of want to look like a women and not prepubescant.

what's your view?

Ooh Tiler what have you been searching on Mumsnet?

Still, am sure we have all been keenly awaiting your opinion for those 7.5 long years...

Leave it be FFS.

My husband is seriously turned off by no pubic hair on women. He thinks, rightly so, that it makes a woman's genitals look like a little girl's. Like he says, we are SUPPOSED to have hair there. I trim and contain, but that's it.

I trim and contain
Read this as 'trim and curtain' and started to imagine what this new trend must look like 🙈

Many, many years ago before doing more than just a trim so that you didn't trip over it when wearing swim gear, my xh shaved me. I absolutely hated it and felt unsexed, as though he was somehow diminishing my sexuality. Even now, although I keep neatly trimmed, I cannot get my head around how some men and women think that it's desirable for an adult woman to have a vulva like a 3 year old.

I find it quite touching the Tiler thinks he might one day actually get the chance to reject a real life woman based on her pubic topiary. He believes it so hard he reanimated a long dead thread just to let us know how important his opinion on this matter is. And I'm sure we're all just hopping to it to make sure we are satisfying the demands of some random little troll on the internet.

My H thinks it looks like plucked chickens if all shaved off and is hideous , which is a good job as I have no intention doing it although do regularly 'prune'

Wow. It always seems to be women with pubic hair that insult, offend and try to shame those who choose to shave or wax it all off.

There's really no need to be so nasty.

Pah! The only men I've ever been with have been too turned on to care!

It is considered very oldfashioned to have full pubic hair on show for both women and men.

If you can't face shaving it all off or having it waxed then it would be best to have it at least semi trimmed i.e. partly shaven .

Sorry when I put on show I did not mean in full view of others only when naked lol.

An ex-bf once made reference to Ben Kingsley. Never again!

This thread puts my in mind of a Victoria Wood performance, something about trimming with the nail scissors and putting it out the window for the birds 😂

I'm not partly shaving thank you very much! Old fashioned....really?! I trim mine on occasion but would not shave it

My opinion hasn't changed since I responded SEVEN YEARS AGO. I was in my twenties then you know?

I'm mid 20's and will never shave it all off again , I trim and shave some of it to a neat little Bush. I like how it looks and don't care if a guy would prefer it differently and wouldn't change it if he did and probably bin him off if he said so.

Do what makes you comfortable and confident, imo that's more attractive than the topiary.

Shaved bits look nice for all of 24 hours then it's itchy horrible regrowth, I used to feel unclean and uncomfortable without any hair and is mainly why I stopped doing.

ah caught out by topiary zombie.

We use spray on veet leave on for 8 minutes wash off easy peasy. No fuss no drama.

I think it's just down to personal taste. I hate pubic hair and always politely request a partner keeps it a hair free zone!

I think this is an age thing, most guys over a certain age I find think it’s weird , however do tend to like it trimmed. I’ve noticed you lose it anyway somewhat as you get older, well I have!!

Fascinated by this old post since it got revived. The consensus seems to be that most women don't...but in my obviously limited circle of friends, aged late 20s to early 40s, approx 3/4 are usually bare below.... although don't know by what means, whether shaving, waxing etc. That was from a rather drunken night out we had a couple of years ago where we all had a laugh and obviously who'se to say it is true....but no reason to think otherwise.

My husband has always loved me being bare below from the time I tried it once. Since several years on he still loves it...I have kept like it. Agree though is personal choice and this is mine

Who cares what ‘a man’ thinks
If YOU want it shaved/ natural/ whatever that’s what counts

I kind of want to look like a women and not prepubescant.

Right. If you're looking at a woman with no pubic hair and thinking 'child', I suggest you have bigger issues than anyone who, for whatever reason, decides to remove it.

Tired of this nonsensical old chestnut being unthinkingly trotted out on MN. It's not clever or interesting. Adult women look absolutely nothing like children and having stubble instead of hair doesn't change that.

I shave for 'ease of access', mine and others', and because I find it much less itchy and more comfortable generally. Have watched about 15 minutes of porn in my life, will happily go out with legs unshaved & don't care what partners do. However yes if you have pubic hair it's that bit harder to avoid loo roll/blood clots etc etc getting stuck before you've had a chance to shower, plus extracting stray coarse hair from your mouth is not the biggest turn on (I don't think anyone likes the feeling of hair in their mouth, wherever on the body it's from) - I don't think people who have a slight preference for shaving/shaved partners should be demonised if it's a matter of comfort, though of course should keep these prefs entirely to themselves if unsolicited.

Ah feck, it's a zombie, of course! as you were...