# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![jazzmine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jazzmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jazzmine)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 1999, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hairy-chest-or-no/8486/41 "1999-09-20T20:58:00Z")
Thanks SqrlCub. I’ll have to do some looking. Just fascinating. trisha ---
**Author:** ![Globe-trotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cab0a1/32.png) [@Globe-trotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Globe-trotter)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 1999, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hairy-chest-or-no/8486/42 "1999-09-20T20:59:00Z")
I’ve also heard that testosterone improves mathematical ability. Gee, no wonder I’m lousy at math. 😉 Give me a hairy man! He doesn’t have to be overwhelmingly hairy, but I’ll take a hairy man over a dude who shaves his chest and legs (yeah yeah, I know, I shave, so why should I have a problem with that?) ;D By the same token, I love bald men. Bundle of contradictions, aren’t I? * * * I prefer rogues to imbeciles because they sometimes take a rest. Alexandre Dumas the Younger (1824-1895) ---
**Author:** ![funneefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@funneefarmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funneefarmer)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 1999, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hairy-chest-or-no/8486/43 "1999-09-20T21:51:00Z")
Damn testosterone, anyone know where I can get rid of some of my extra hormones? Hey wait, I’ve got mail… “We’ve got the pictures you’re looking for.” Huh, I don’t remember ordering any pictures, better check on that… ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 1999, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hairy-chest-or-no/8486/44 "1999-09-20T22:04:00Z")
Hairy! I actually haven’t had a hairless boyfriend yet, but I think I definitely imprinted on the hairy side from an early age. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 1999, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hairy-chest-or-no/8486/45 "1999-09-20T22:06:00Z")
How about hairy chests on _women_? One woman who used to work at the same place I did had a definitely hairy chest. On some days she’d wear something low-cut and you could see about two dozen black curly hairs. It was pretty freaky. She must have known they were there and had decided to leave them be, but if _I_ ever started to sprout hair on my chest, the nair would be out before you could say, “Robin Williams”! Prarie Rose–I was born with fuzz on my ears too, and I am blessedly hair-free there now. I believe I lost it after just a few months at most. * * * “Eppur, si muove!” - Galileo Galilei ---
**Author:** ![Frankie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@Frankie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frankie)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 1999, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hairy-chest-or-no/8486/46 "1999-09-20T22:34:00Z")
2 more votes for us hairy guys! Keep em coming ladies! (there’s that improved mathematical abilities!) ---
**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 21, 1999, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hairy-chest-or-no/8486/47 "1999-09-21T04:17:00Z")
Well I am hairy BUT have no indication of losing my hair. Actually, its kind of the opposite. I have a mess of really thick hair that grows really fast (to the point that I have to cut it nearly twice a month to have it managble) I do have a hairy back and butt BUT I nair em and always make sure I got a kissable back. (Ladies…agreed…I cannot stand back hair) So now that I let this little tidbit about me, I am sure I will have the phone ringing off the hook…anytime now…yes very soon… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![timmar68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/97f17d/32.png) [@timmar68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/timmar68)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 1999, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hairy-chest-or-no/8486/48 "1999-09-21T05:32:00Z")
I think the fact that I like hairy men dates to a certain event that happened to me and my friends when we were just discovering boys aren’t icky after all. Every summer we’d all go swimming at a lake. One year, one of the boys took his shirt off and lo and behold! HAIR! All of us girls were like…“Ohmy! He has hair on his chest!” I dunno…it made him seem more grown-up, and made us girls realize how boys turn into MEN (at age 15? heh!)! And every year after that, if a different boy sprouted hair, he’d make sure we girls knew it 'cause we’d gush all over him. 🙂 Bear with me…you had to be there. * * * MaryAnn Sometimes life is so great you just gotta muss up your hair and quack like a duck! ---
**Author:** ![elbow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@elbow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbow)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 1999, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hairy-chest-or-no/8486/49 "1999-09-21T06:07:00Z")
So sorry gentlemen, if I offend, but I must insist on no hair. My beau has exactly 3 chest hairs and I adore them all and keep very close watch on them, lest they multiply. He also possesses a full head of hair though he’s over 50. ---
**Author:** ![Louie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 1999, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hairy-chest-or-no/8486/50 "1999-09-22T06:04:00Z")
Totals so far: 10 women like guys with no hair on their chests ☹ while 12 guys like guys with hairy chests 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Louie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 1999, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hairy-chest-or-no/8486/51 "1999-09-22T06:06:00Z")
Totals so far: 10 women like guys with no hair on their chests ☹ while 12 \guys\ women like guys with hairy chests 😃 Hairy man, Louie ---
**Author:** ![wireless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f14d63/32.png) [@wireless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wireless)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 1999, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hairy-chest-or-no/8486/52 "1999-09-22T14:23:00Z")
Personal preferences (emphasis on personal): (Insert standard disclaimer as to how this is only physical appearance and other things are more important, etc., etc., etc.) OK Hairy NOT OK Hairy Heads Ears Chests Back Faces Noses (inside or out) Arms Fingers (a little is OK) Stomachs Bums Legs Palms My dad and bro are both pretty hairless, chest-wise (legs an altogether different story…and then there was the time my brother shaved them so that the tape for his soccer shin guards wouldn’t rip all the hair out and it looked like a murder had occurred in the tub…but I digress…) yet I prefer a bit of a rug there. Definitely more fun to snuggle with. So much for wanting what you saw as a child. There should, however, be a distinction (or at least a gradation) between chest hair and beard. ---
**Author:** ![wireless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f14d63/32.png) [@wireless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wireless)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 1999, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hairy-chest-or-no/8486/53 "1999-09-22T14:27:00Z")
Let’s try that again. (It was supposed to be in two columns. I’ll figure this out some day.) OK Hairy\_\_\_\_\_\_\_NOT OK Hairy Heads\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_Ears Chests\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_Back Faces\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_Noses (inside or out) Arms\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_Fingers (a little is OK) Stomachs\_\_\_\_\_\_\_Bums Legs\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_Palms ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 1999, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hairy-chest-or-no/8486/54 "1999-09-22T16:39:00Z")
Hairy Palms? Surely you jest. I’ve seen hairy people but I have NEVER seen a hairy palm. Is that even possible? Seriously? ---
**Author:** ![Valerieblaise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@Valerieblaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valerieblaise)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 1999, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hairy-chest-or-no/8486/55 "1999-09-22T22:49:00Z")
My vote is for hairy chests. I don’t LOVE back hair but I really don’t find it repellant, either. * * * “You’re going to listen to ME? To something I said? Haven’t I made it abundantly clear over the tenure of our friendship that I don’t know shit?” - Brodie, “Mallrats” ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 1999, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hairy-chest-or-no/8486/56 "1999-09-23T00:25:00Z")
My hubby has only maybe a dozen or so hairs on his chest, none on his back, and very little on his arms, but his legs are pretty hairy. Go figure. That being said, I prefer men with little body hair. Of course, I’ve never been with a guy with lots of chest hair, so maybe I’m biased. Shadowfox ---
**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 23, 1999, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hairy-chest-or-no/8486/57 "1999-09-23T02:19:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Yeah, there’s nothing a man who is relly hirsute likes more than hearing people tell him how disgusting and gross and off-putting it is. Because, you know, we really love it and are just too lazy to spend the thousands of dollars for electrolysis to get it permanently removed. Oh, yeah, and we have all that hair on purpose, too. It’s really fun knowing that if you go to the beach, a large proportion of the people there are going to stare, point and make comments about how hairy you are. Sensitive around here much, Phil? 🙂 We love you just the same, even if you are a hairy old thing. Seriously, people are really stupid sometimes. Wouldn’t it be neat if we lived in a world where we were all accepted and appreciated as we are and how we stand, in all our infinite variety? Don’t hold your breath. your humble TubaDiva ---
**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 1999, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hairy-chest-or-no/8486/58 "1999-09-23T19:49:00Z")
My soon-to-be hubby is the hairiest man I have ever met. He usually wears a Van Dyke, but sometimes he goes for the fully bearded look. He is completely covered with beautiful honey-blond hair. I love to run my fingers through it, and I love to smooth it down. The first time I saw him undressed, I have to admit I was a little surprised, but to be fair, he did warn me beforehand. Sometimes I call him Apeman, but mostly I call him Monkey. I like to joke that when he gets old and gray, he will look like a silverback gorilla. There really isn’t anything better than cuddling up to him at night, all nice and fuzzy and warm. _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![wireless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f14d63/32.png) [@wireless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wireless)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 1999, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hairy-chest-or-no/8486/59 "1999-09-23T19:50:00Z")
Markxxx: Yes. I jest. Hell-llooo! You’re telling me you’ve never heard the OWT about what makes one’s palms hairy? Me, I was just trying to make even-sized columns, and perhaps a little joke. Oh well, failed again. ---
**Author:** ![SqrlCub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 1999, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hairy-chest-or-no/8486/60 "1999-09-23T20:33:00Z")
On the subject of hairy palms. Back in San Antonio, a mutual friend of several people I went to in college (no I won’t mention his name) had hairy palms. He had a major bike accident when he was younger and the doctors grafted skin from his underarms onto his palms. He shaves them to keep them down. I really felt sorry for him whence he was in Junior High and High School. Other than that, I doubt anyone will have hairy palms naturally. BTW hair on the outside of the nose and the ears is not my cup o’ tea. Everywhere else, as I mentioned earlier is wonderful. Join the Ursine brotherhood. SC * * * “People’s Poet don’t die, we’ll kill ourselves if you do, but first we’ll take off all our clothes.” The Young Ones [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hairy-chest-or-no/8486.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hairy-chest-or-no/8486.md?page=4)