# Ladies: What do you think of shaved man pubes? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 11, 2006, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-think-of-shaved-man-pubes/376117 "2006-10-11T22:46:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2006, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-think-of-shaved-man-pubes/376117/41 "2006-10-14T21:39:03Z")
In a word: yikes ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2006, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-think-of-shaved-man-pubes/376117/42 "2006-10-14T23:53:44Z")
I prefer my men to have hair. However, lack of hair is not a deal killer. In sum - it’s not something I would ever ask for, but if a man chose to wear his public hair trimmed, sculpted, or absent I wouldn’t say jack, either. What I _did_ find disturbing was the time my significant other _burned_ off his public hair by accident, but that was mostly concern for possible painful injury to the region in question, not the sudden baldness. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-think-of-shaved-man-pubes/376117/43 "2006-10-15T00:29:10Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] That reminds me of that scene in “Porky’s” where the awkward virgin boy goes out on a date with the sure thing, with a condom on the whole time. 😃 [/QUOTE] How embarassing. I thought I was the only one. Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![tashabot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tashabot/32/6250_2.png) [@tashabot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tashabot)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-think-of-shaved-man-pubes/376117/44 "2006-10-15T04:57:08Z")
Okay, upon clicking this thread I had one of the weirdes reflections of memory ever. I once read the Star Trek book “Imzadi,” and Riker is at a Betazed wedding and therefore naked. A woman comes up to him and asks “Why are you human men so…_hairy_?” Without thinking he replies “Friction.” Sorry. Anyway, I’m an odd one - I prefer the wild look. As a woman, I cannot in good conscience take a potential lover seriosly if it looks like he’s spent time taking care of the hair down there. I don’t know why, I just think it’s weird. Every guy I’ve come across who styles his public hair has not had a chance to try my underparts out for a ride. In an odd sexist manner, I do find it kind of gross for a woman’s underparts to be hairy - trimmed is the way to go for women, I think. Women are just generally, in my opinion, more aesthetically pleasing when naked. More curves, and just generally more pleasant to look at. Seeing everything bared on a guy is just kinda…ugly, honestly. But like I said, I’m weird. ~Tasha ---
**Author:** ![MizGrand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cdc98d/32.png) [@MizGrand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizGrand)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-think-of-shaved-man-pubes/376117/45 "2006-10-15T13:45:51Z")
Another vote for neatly trimmed. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-think-of-shaved-man-pubes/376117/46 "2006-10-15T17:45:25Z")
Dubious Weasle, you’ve put waaaay too much thought into the state of your balls. I did quite a bit of dating when I was single and the state of my lover’s ball hair was \*never \* an issue. Nor, incidentally, was the size of his dick. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2006, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-think-of-shaved-man-pubes/376117/47 "2006-10-15T17:54:01Z")
[QUOTE=Cartooniverse] How embarassing. I thought I was the only one. Cartooniverse [/QUOTE] The only one reminded of that movie, or the only one who showed up for a date with a condom on already? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-think-of-shaved-man-pubes/376117/48 "2006-10-15T20:24:05Z")
Tragically, the latter. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2006, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-think-of-shaved-man-pubes/376117/49 "2006-10-16T05:20:03Z")
[QUOTE=Cartooniverse] Tragically, the latter. [/QUOTE] :eek: Oh, well, maybe the less said of that, the better. Unless, you know, you want to tell us the whole story. ---
**Author:** ![Dubious\_Weasle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b782af/32.png) [@Dubious\_Weasle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dubious_Weasle)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2006, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-think-of-shaved-man-pubes/376117/50 "2006-10-16T10:32:25Z")
[QUOTE=PunditLisa] Dubious Weasle, you’ve put waaaay too much thought into the state of your balls. I did quite a bit of dating when I was single and the state of my lover’s ball hair was \*never \* an issue. Nor, incidentally, was the size of his dick. [/QUOTE] In all honesty when the actual decision was made there wasn’t a lot of thought put into it. It was a tit-for-tat situation and I decided afterwards that I liked it. At the same time though, I will freely admit I put “waaay too much thought” into after the fact rationalization of why shorn balls are the logical choice; 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-think-of-shaved-man-pubes/376117.md?page=2)