I’m a man in my mid twenties. I’ve seen plenty with pubic hair, plenty without. I wouldn’t really call young women completely removing their pubic hair standard, but it’s pretty common. It’s not as standard as women shaving their legs and armpits.
I’m apparently the only person in the world who has no strong preference or opinions about this matter. Shaved is fine, natural is fine. I’m referring to pussies. I do prefer my women to remove the hair from their legs and armpits.
I’m a 45 year old male. Up until 2008 I did not see any shaved beaver in the wild. Quite a few in captivity (strip clubs). After 2008 when I became single again after a long relationship most that I came in contact with were shaved completely or mostly. Which I prefer. I always liked it. Probably because when I was younger it was a rarity.
Which is why I go completely bare. I am 35 and have been shaving/waxing year-round since I was 21 or so.
This is also my experience:
Except, my sister only shaves or trims during swimsuit season and resultantly suffers from razorburn - which is another reason I keep it up year round.
Male, 33, never seen a full-on bush in person. Most of the pussies I’ve seen have been bare or with the lightest of ‘landing strips’. I definitely prefer no hair to hair.
Early on my partners, like most of my friends, I guess, were untrimmed. I recall in the early 70s one friend recounted his night with a girl he had met while out of town. To our astonishment he revealed that she was shaved.
Since then I have seen lots of variants of trims but since the 21st century only one totally untrimmed bush.
As to shaving, I have had a few partners who have tried it, but only once each as far as I recall. The regrowth seemed to be the problem. Does waxing alleviate the ingrown hairs and such, because I don’t know that any tried that back in the past.
I think not letting the hair grow out again alleviates a lot of irritation (razorburn, itchiness, etc) issues. With waxing the hair is pulled out at the root, as opposed to shaving, which just cuts the hair off at the surface. So, with waxing, the regrowth is less of an irritant with decreased likelihood of ingrown hairs, IME. However, with waxing you have to have some regrowth in order to have something to wax. I think one is advised to have at least three weeks hair growth in order for waxing to be effective.
Not that anyone asked for tips, but things will stay smooth and non-itchy after waxing and shaving if you exfoliate the area during every shower. Sounds counterintuitive for a sensitive area, but using a facial scrub or rough sponge in the bath and/or an alpha hydroxy acid lotion after a bath will prevent ingrown hairs. (Not on broken or damaged skin, though! Let any scrapes or bumps heal before exfoliating.)