# Apparently female pubes are making a comeback **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 22, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-female-pubes-are-making-a-comeback/679451 "2014-01-22T14:54:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-female-pubes-are-making-a-comeback/679451/1 "2014-01-22T14:54:16Z")
> **[American Apparel Tells Us Why They're Using Mannequins With Pubic Hair](https://www.elle.com/culture/news/a18875/american-apparel-celebrates-natural-beauty-with-pubic-hair-mannequins/)** > > They're just "celebrating natural beauty," you know? > **[American Apparel gave mannequins pubic hair: More stunt than statement](https://newsfeed.time.com/2014/01/17/american-apparels-mannequin-pubic-hair-more-stunt-than-statement/)** > > Feminist manifesto or Dov Charney approved marketing ploy? Cameron Diaz, Gwyneth Paltrow, and American Apparel mannequins all now rock a bush. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-female-pubes-are-making-a-comeback/679451/2 "2014-01-22T14:59:51Z")
PR stunt blah blah aside, it’s not especially surprising. If you want to be “shocking” you go against the norm. When the public perception of the norm is shaven, there’s really only one direction to go. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-female-pubes-are-making-a-comeback/679451/3 "2014-01-22T15:06:06Z")
So what is the message here? American Apparel has no fucking clue how to make clothes that still look good if you don’t shave? Because these are awful. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-female-pubes-are-making-a-comeback/679451/4 "2014-01-22T15:08:39Z")
My wife once shaved downstairs, not only was it a turn off it HURT growing back in. Sex went from rub up anywhere til it gets serious to “precision insertion in field of porcupine spines” once it was growing back. I got my revenge by shaving MY pubes off, that turned her right off and lead to a pube shaving ceasefire 😃 ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-female-pubes-are-making-a-comeback/679451/5 "2014-01-22T17:37:03Z")
> [@American Apparel](#): > > American Apparel is a company that celebrates natural beauty… … as long as the ‘natural beauty’ isn’t fat. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-female-pubes-are-making-a-comeback/679451/6 "2014-01-22T18:47:08Z")
a development lamented by the North American Beaver, who were finally beginning to reclaim some dignity. ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-female-pubes-are-making-a-comeback/679451/7 "2014-01-22T19:29:32Z")
If underwear can’t contain it, it’s not bush, it’s jungle. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-female-pubes-are-making-a-comeback/679451/8 "2014-01-22T20:17:01Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > … as long as the ‘natural beauty’ isn’t fat. Yes, and…? ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-female-pubes-are-making-a-comeback/679451/9 "2014-01-22T20:21:49Z")
> [@grude](#): > > My wife once shaved downstairs, not only was it a turn off it HURT growing back in. Sex went from rub up anywhere til it gets serious to “precision insertion in field of porcupine spines” once it was growing back. > > I got my revenge by shaving MY pubes off, that turned her right off and lead to a pube shaving ceasefire 😃 Shaving the jibblies requires a certain degree of commitment and dedication. I understand waxing is longer lasting and maybe less sandpapery on the rebound. Me, I lack the necessary enthusiasm for the task (besides which, just like on my face, if I don’t have a decent few days’ stubble, I tend to nick myself something awful), so I just keep things trimmed to avoid the dreaded 70s bush. My greatest problem is deciding where to stop trimming. 😛 I’d ask no more of any partner (though I do like things smooth, all things being equal!). (Tangentially, I’ve never noticed the sandpaper/porcupine effect when I shave the balls. Maybe because the pubes are just finer there in general, I dunno. Just as well, as using a trimmer on the nads is… um… nerve-wracking at best.) ---
**Author:** ![DeepLiquid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deepliquid/32/14893_2.png) [@DeepLiquid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeepLiquid)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-female-pubes-are-making-a-comeback/679451/10 "2014-01-22T20:39:10Z")
Yay!! I’ve missed them. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-female-pubes-are-making-a-comeback/679451/11 "2014-01-22T20:52:08Z")
About time. I know it’s ultimately just a matter of taste but it was starting to seem that, like underarm hair and leg hair, it was on a virtually-permanent ban list. I like girl hairs (grew up in the 60s); and I also distrust any fashion trend that devalues natural appearance so strongly. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-female-pubes-are-making-a-comeback/679451/12 "2014-01-22T22:02:47Z")
I’m a teen of the 90s and I prefer full bush too! I applaud this development. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-female-pubes-are-making-a-comeback/679451/13 "2014-01-22T22:07:43Z")
> [@LawMonkey](#): > > Shaving the jibblies requires a certain degree of commitment and dedication. I understand waxing is longer lasting and maybe less sandpapery on the rebound. Me, I lack the necessary enthusiasm for the task (besides which, just like on my face, if I don’t have a decent few days’ stubble, I tend to nick myself something awful), so I just keep things trimmed to avoid the dreaded 70s bush. My greatest problem is deciding where to stop trimming. 😛 I’d ask no more of any partner (though I do like things smooth, all things being equal!). > > (Tangentially, I’ve never noticed the sandpaper/porcupine effect when I shave the balls. Maybe because the pubes are just finer there in general, I dunno. Just as well, as using a trimmer on the nads is… um… nerve-wracking at best.) Maybe you need to use [nads](http://www.nads.com/mens_handsfree_creme). ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-female-pubes-are-making-a-comeback/679451/14 "2014-01-22T22:49:07Z")
I still snicker like a school boy when I see a mannequin (shouldn’t that be Womannequin?) with protruding nipples. I’m afraid I would ROFL if I encountered one of those. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-female-pubes-are-making-a-comeback/679451/15 "2014-01-23T01:00:42Z")
I knew if I kept them they’d come back in style. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-female-pubes-are-making-a-comeback/679451/16 "2014-01-23T01:09:56Z")
they make a comeback every couple of days. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-female-pubes-are-making-a-comeback/679451/17 "2014-01-23T01:13:01Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > I know it’s ultimately just a matter of taste… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-female-pubes-are-making-a-comeback/679451/18 "2014-01-23T01:39:23Z")
Of course pubes are back. It’s winter. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-female-pubes-are-making-a-comeback/679451/19 "2014-01-23T01:48:58Z")
[Smack the Pony’s take on pubes.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41vdQiAmYYI) (Now, _there’s_ a sentence that hasn’t been said in the English language before!) ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-female-pubes-are-making-a-comeback/679451/20 "2014-01-23T02:24:51Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Maybe you need to use [nads](http://www.nads.com/mens_handsfree_creme). Eeeee, no! I tried using Nair on my face once and it burned a little. I hate to think what it might be like on the privates. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-female-pubes-are-making-a-comeback/679451.md?page=2)