There are two controversial sex-related phenomena that I don’t personall engage me nevertheless provoke me. One the controversy over legalizing prostitution in the U.S., the other is the controversy over women grooming and/or removing pubic hair. There are all kinds of reasons for legalizing prostitution. Shaving is purely personal. I personally don’t care if my partner does or doesn’t (though I tend to prefer neatly trimmed to either shaved or untouched.) But at least in our relationship she’s not the one who’s pressured to shave. I am!
A poster in an online forum said:
What saddens me is the thought … that a whole generation of guys have grown up without knowing what a real woman’s bush looks like.
As I think I’ve mentioned elsewhere, I think it’s fine to regret pubic hair styling as long as you equally regret other tampering with whatever it is that nature intended. Case in point:
I recently shaved my beard off. Of course it wasn’t a natural beard. I kept it neatly clipped, and to be perfectly honest, I still shaved outside the “goatee line” on a daily basis.
Like many (most?) women my partner has an aversion to kissing men who don’t keep themselves neatly groomed Since she was out of town last week I took the opportunity to start growing it back.
Soon after she returned she asked me to shave again, claiming I look better with a bare chin and lips — especially since I’ve lost weight.
Shaving your face is a major pain in the ass. Sometimes it hurts. It’s never convenient. Depilatories contain harsh chemicals that can burn your skin. Waxing the face and “mustache area” hurts like hell, if you can find anyone willing to do it in the first place (waxing your face is considered too risque.) If you stop shaving every day you start looking scruffy, and that can lead embarrassment in social and workplace situations.
The saddest thing is that the very few men with natural facial are thought old fashioned, eccentric, or unkempt. A whole generation of women have grown up without knowing what a real man’s “bush” looks like. If I never shaved the only place I’d be able to start dating again without seeming weird would be maybe a Mennonite community.
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And my point would be?
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Don’t get me wrong. I agree that it’s a shame if women feel obliged to style yet another part of their bodies. It’s an even greater shame if their partners expect them to or think them weird for not doing so.
But it’s not like the precident hasn’t already been set.
figleaf
