# Ladies! Hairy Chest or no? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 18, 1999, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hairy-chest-or-no/8486 "1999-09-18T08:46:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Heath\_Doolin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Heath\_Doolin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heath_Doolin)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 1999, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hairy-chest-or-no/8486/1 "1999-09-18T08:46:00Z")
Simple question…you like a hairy chest on a guy or a soft skin chest? ---
**Author:** ![ChrisCTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@ChrisCTP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisCTP)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 1999, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hairy-chest-or-no/8486/2 "1999-09-18T08:55:00Z")
No. Absolutely not. No way. No how. Nuh-uh. Nyet. Nosirreebob. A little tiny bit of hair is OK, but otherwise… no. Sorry, hairy-chested guys. Gotta razor? * * * Veni, Vidi, Visa … I came, I saw, I bought. ---
**Author:** ![Byzantine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@Byzantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Byzantine)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 1999, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hairy-chest-or-no/8486/3 "1999-09-18T10:20:00Z")
Yes, I prefer that his chest have skin… oh, wait! Actually, this has been pointed out to me by those who read my romance/erotica: I defiantly have a thing for hairless chests. I don’t know why but my dad doesn’t have a hairy chest and Freud always said it goes back to the first main man in our life. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 1999, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hairy-chest-or-no/8486/4 "1999-09-18T10:32:00Z")
Seems to me hairy is better cause you can shave it off it your woman likes hairless and you can keep it if your woman likes hairy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 1999, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hairy-chest-or-no/8486/5 "1999-09-18T10:47:00Z")
No thanks, I got plenty on my own . . .oh! [blushing] By the time you find out about chest hair, isn’t it a little late to be picky? your humble TubaDiva “I can’t see you any more, you don’t have enough chest hair to ever make me happy.” ---
**Author:** ![Byzantine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@Byzantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Byzantine)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 1999, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hairy-chest-or-no/8486/6 "1999-09-18T10:49:00Z")
TubaDiva – I’m not picky I’m just saying I prefer hairless. If he’s an awesome man and can kiss my socks off I don’t really care at that point if he has hair on his back! ---
**Author:** ![Byzantine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@Byzantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Byzantine)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 1999, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hairy-chest-or-no/8486/7 "1999-09-18T10:51:00Z")
Uhhh, but if it was a WOMAN than \ I think I’d vomit! ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 1999, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hairy-chest-or-no/8486/8 "1999-09-18T12:33:00Z")
Back hair? How about hairy ears. Honestly I don’t know why men don’t do something about that. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 1999, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hairy-chest-or-no/8486/9 "1999-09-18T13:11:00Z")
I prefer a man with a hairless chest, but most of the male chests I have had contact with have been very hairy. You learn to live with it! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 1999, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hairy-chest-or-no/8486/10 "1999-09-18T14:20:00Z")
My husband has a very hairy chest (Hi UndeadDude!) and it never stopped me from loving him, but if I could wave a magic wand at him and change his appearance to suit me he’d have just a little hair there. * * * **\>^,^\<** “Cluemobile? You’ve got a pickup…” OpalCat’s site: [http://opalcat.com](http://opalcat.com) The Teeming Millions Homepage: [fathom.org/teemingmillions](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 1999, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hairy-chest-or-no/8486/11 "1999-09-18T14:45:00Z")
Well, Byz, my father is the hairiest thing I have ever seen–he even has hair on his NOSE–and I find it just plain gross. Freud or not, I like a man with little to no chest hair (and ew! to back hair). I saw enough of it growing up! * * * “Me fail English? That’s unpossible!” “English? Who needs that? I’m never going to England.” ---
**Author:** ![Gundhilde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecc23a/32.png) [@Gundhilde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundhilde)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 1999, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hairy-chest-or-no/8486/12 "1999-09-18T15:07:00Z")
I guess I’m still young, and might change, but so far I’ve always liked hairy chests. Problem is, they’re hard to find on guys my age…so are nice, muscular shoulders. But, oh well. It’s not really a big deal. For the record, my father is fairly hairy, so maybe Freud was right on that account. Eh, my dad’s a nice enough guy, if I end up with a similar one I’ll be content. * * * “Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past.” --1984 ---
**Author:** ![Lioness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85e7bf/32.png) [@Lioness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lioness)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 1999, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hairy-chest-or-no/8486/13 "1999-09-18T15:14:00Z")
Give me a man with hair on his chest every time. But never one with hair on his back. Now THAT is just NASTY. I mean who wants to feel like they are having sex with an ape, besides it would cause giving a nice massage to be a real pain, for him. Hmmmm, on second thought… * * * Lioness, I rule the King of the jungle ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 1999, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hairy-chest-or-no/8486/14 "1999-09-18T15:24:00Z")
I’ve always been attracted to men without chest hair, but every man I’ve dated has come fully loaded, front, back and shoulders. Go figger… ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 1999, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hairy-chest-or-no/8486/15 "1999-09-18T16:17:00Z")
No hair for me, thank you. Although I have to agree with Byz - if he can make me melt by kissing me, I really don’t give a damn! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 1999, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hairy-chest-or-no/8486/16 "1999-09-18T16:41:00Z")
Not to brag or anything, but when I first met my husband, he only had 7 hairs on his chest. Now he’s up to \ 22. I prefer no hair b/c there’s few things as nice as man with a good set of pecs. ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_Next\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@Girl\_Next\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_Next_Door)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 1999, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hairy-chest-or-no/8486/17 "1999-09-19T05:17:00Z")
Hairy chests, hairy chests **RAH! RAH! RAH!** I prefer hairy chests. He’s the gorilla my dreams! ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 1999, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hairy-chest-or-no/8486/18 "1999-09-18T22:27:00Z")
## Grl- You better stay away from my Ape-Man husband then…You would fall madly in love! Yes, I have a hairy man. An ape man…a missing link…chest, ears, shoulders, back (mostly chest but strays everywhere else). I spend my life de-furring this poor guy. The chest hair I can deal with (but there’s a LOT of it) but the rest I dutifully Nair off of him. Ahhhh, the joys of marriage! If he wasn’t such a “cunning linguist”, I might look elsewhere! 😉 Run for the hills, folks! Or you’ll be up to your armpits in martians! ---
**Author:** ![Prairie\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Prairie\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prairie_Rose)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 1999, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hairy-chest-or-no/8486/19 "1999-09-19T03:32:00Z")
My hubby entered a body-building contest recently so I finally had a wish granted…he shaved off his body hair. I never minded the arm or leg hair, but the stuff on his chest (thick) and back (ewww!) always disturbed me. But I guess these are the tradeoffs one gets on a guy with a 9 inch penis who can make me come five times in a row, eh? It looked like a Wookie was in the tub after he finished the deed. Ick. 😉 PR * * * If you’re not part of the solution you’re just scumming up the bottom of the beaker. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 1999, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hairy-chest-or-no/8486/20 "1999-09-19T03:35:00Z")
PR, Let me know how it grows back in and if it’s itchy/uncomfortable…I would love to get my man to shave his, but I don’t want him to be miserable… Loved the Wookie comment…very true, I’m sure! * * * Run for the hills, folks! Or you’ll be up to your armpits in martians! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hairy-chest-or-no/8486.md?page=2)