Why removing pubic hair is a bad style choice

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Threads about this always turn into bun fights.

FWIW I don't remove pubic hair and I don't think anyone should feel sorry for my poor DH having to put up with the hair - he loves it, can't get enough. I fail to see how he needs sympathy when it's pretty clear he enjoys it. :o He hates porn though, so he's not seen a lot of shaved women.

It's pubic hair! It's not yuck on or off! Really, a 200 odd replies thread on pubic hair. We all need to get out more!

"Humans have been in existence for millennia and yet we still have pubic hair. Millions of years of evolution can't be wrong."

That's a pretty weak argument NurseBernard. We also still have the appendix, the coccyx and wisdom teeth. None of which perform their original function.

I agree because we do routinely remove armpit and leg hair.
however the whole pubic area is more complicated to get hair free and the main removal approach seems to be waxing. I for one would not get my armpits waxed because of the pain and expense.
Also, bikini area seems more prone to ingrowing hairs etc and is a different environment. Therefore is more inconvenient/painful/expensive to remove hair there and many women don't want to feel pressured into it by what they feel is ultimately a mysoginistic/porn led agenda

Except, Bunny, hair is a secondary sexual characteristic- not with us from birth which the other things you mention are. So I'd say your "rule" doesn't work!

More New Scientist - vestigial structures in humans www.newscientist.com/mobile/article/dn13927-five-things-humans-no-longer-need.html

Pesky evolution, eh

What have vestigial structures got to do with pubic hair? You'll have to explain the logic, because at present it reads as if you're saying the existence of these negates evolution in its entirety, whereas clearly they're the exception that proves the rule.

You can physically see the function that pubic hair performs: it acts as a barrier. Hair acts as a barrier all over our body - to prevent heat escaping through our head, and to protect all our orifices from outside nasties and infections.

Why are people so desperate to deny this?

And surely no-one is so simple-minded to therefore think removal of the hair WILL result in infection, and if I haven't any infections then it must be WRONG. No, it simply increases the risk.

It was suggested, unless I am not fully understanding some of the points made, that the fact that pubic hair was still in existence was proof positive that it has a purpose, otherwise evolution would have ensured that it no longer persisted. The excerpt from New Scientist offers the view that certain vestigial characteristics remain despite them no longer being useful in modern humans. As I mentioned in a previous post, there appears to be no actual consensus amongst researchers as to the purpose served by pubic hair.
Personally I'm a fan of women having the freedom to do whatever they like with their bodies, I strongly dislike stridency of any com

As I was saying, stridency of any complexion. I also dislike bad science.

I'm not convinced its primary purpose is protection.

On men, pubic hair doesn't protect any orifice and in both sexes, the bit at the front isn't protecting anything. I think it's there primarily as a signal of sexual maturity, which is not to say that it doesn't also protect womens genitals, just that the protective function is likely to be secondary - a useful side effect.

Removing it can cause problems though because it damages the skin and damaged skin in warm moist areas is an ideal breeding ground for infection.

The biggest problem though is the increasing pressure on women to be hair free. This has changed massively in the space of a couple of decades and is worthy of comment whatever your personal, not-influenced-by-the-media-or-society-at-all preference may be.

Who's being strident? I'm not telling people what to do with their own pubic hair (given that I shave my bikini line to keep it neat and trim the rest of it).

I am fully cogniscant of the reasons why I do this, and don't attempt to deny the influences of society, media, fashion, etc, etc, ad nauseum, like many other people.

I may tend my garden, but I defend to the death the right of other women to let theirs roam free and take massive umbrage when people come onto threads with misogynist twaddle along the lines of, 'bushy fanjos - yuck!'.

There is massive pressure on - especially young - women to be hair-free and I do not like where these attitudes and pressures come from. It's not stridency (which is perjorative word, often used against women), it's passion.

Do people not realise that sth as simple as saying "yuk! Hairy fannies!" is in itself a contribution to the pressure young women feel to conform?

And also: yuk! Is this generally accepted as a polite and courteous way to describe body parts of fellow posters? Wd anyone really argue that that's a neutral, moderate approach, not even remotely calculated to arouse offence?

I don't like having hair down there when its TOTM its fucking disgusting having it all tangled up with bloody icky blurgh stuff.

I wish everywhere was as easy to shave too, it's by far the best, five min job with a razor all fine and good, unlike my legs with all their ingrowing hairs and my armpits with magical hairs that still remain after 3 or 4 going overs in different directions.

I've been removing all my fanjo hair since it started sprouting!! I always feel cleaner without it.

Waxing (but from a good waxer, using hard wax) gives best results (and it's not that painful if done right). However can't be arsed going to waxes while pg so DH shaves me now I can't see anything down there

I did for a while used to wax myself with a home waxing kit (with a melter pot etc). Initially it was ok but I switched wax brands and then it hurt like fuck. Gave up in tears one session with a half waxed fanjo and threw the wax melter straight in the bin, hot wax and all hahaha

Sorry probably all TMI there

I don't buy into the politics of fanjo waxing; some people just like being hairless!!