# Men, do you want it shaved? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 27, 2003, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-want-it-shaved/184689 "2003-06-27T03:16:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![UnwrittenNocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/6de8d8/32.png) [@UnwrittenNocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnwrittenNocturne)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-want-it-shaved/184689/21 "2003-06-27T13:31:04Z")
Shaved completely, or close to it. Anything else…well it gets caught in your teeth right? And personally I do not find it as attractive au natural either ---
**Author:** ![Sengkelat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Sengkelat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sengkelat)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-want-it-shaved/184689/22 "2003-06-27T14:15:05Z")
I prefer it shaved or neatly trimmed. I don’t like getting hairs in my mouth. I don’t mind some short hair up top; but I prefer a gap between the area I’m putting my mouth and where the hair starts. Oh, and I hate the 1/4" wide vertical stripe. It makes it look like the woman’s parts are extending unnaturally far up her torso. A nice square or horizontal strip is much better. ---
**Author:** ![Francis\_E\_Dec\_Esq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/48db29/32.png) [@Francis\_E\_Dec\_Esq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francis_E_Dec_Esq)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-want-it-shaved/184689/23 "2003-06-27T14:26:21Z")
Hair, hair, hair! There was a reason it used to be called a “bush”! I wish that the OP had asked for us to post our ages, too. I think there might be a correlation here. I’m 33 and grew up sneaking peaks at 70s and 80s Playboys, when it seems Playboy _preferred_ bushy women, the kind of bush that you can notice in profile. I love that. It makes the naughty bits more mysterious. And a woman au natural seems more like a nice, girl-next-door. To me shaving goes with spiked heels and pierced nipples. I can understand if you dig it, but it’s not for me. I think its pretty weird that **Paco** equates pubic hair with old age. Huh? You guys should check out some of the retro pinup/porn sites that focus on the 60s and 70s. Models then looked like _real_ women, not the manikins they have today. ---
**Author:** ![TheNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TheNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerd)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-want-it-shaved/184689/24 "2003-06-27T14:31:45Z")
I shave, she should too. She doesn’t though. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-want-it-shaved/184689/25 "2003-06-27T16:02:11Z")
> [@](#): > > Men, do you want it shaved? I’ll take it any way I can get it. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-want-it-shaved/184689/26 "2003-06-27T16:11:45Z")
Or waxed. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-want-it-shaved/184689/27 "2003-06-27T16:44:54Z")
Not shaved. Not trimmed. Not waxed. Not bleached. Not straightened and highlighted with pink sparkles. Just leave it alone and let it grow. It should look like a triangle when viewed from the front. That’s beautiful. Bald is ugly. Skinny middle-stripes are ugly. Razor rash and red bumps and stubble is seriously ugly. It should be a luxurious growth perfect for gently tangling one’s fingers in. And while we’re at it – if you’d quit wearing those silly underpants and swimsuits with the leg holes that go up practically to your armpits and make you look like someone’s giving you a wedgie, you wouldn’t worry about your fur getting outside your skimpy garments either. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-want-it-shaved/184689/28 "2003-06-27T16:49:02Z")
Don’t care. ---
**Author:** ![Francis\_E\_Dec\_Esq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/48db29/32.png) [@Francis\_E\_Dec\_Esq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francis_E_Dec_Esq)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-want-it-shaved/184689/29 "2003-06-27T16:54:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AHunter3 \* > \*\*And while we’re at it – if you’d quit wearing those silly underpants and swimsuits with the leg holes that go up practically to your armpits and make you look like someone’s giving you a wedgie, you wouldn’t worry about your fur getting outside your skimpy garments either. \*\* Hear, hear. ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-want-it-shaved/184689/30 "2003-06-27T16:56:00Z")
Cleaned up enough to wear a bathing suit, but otherwise totally natural. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-want-it-shaved/184689/31 "2003-06-27T16:56:23Z")
Trimmed at least, most definitely. Shaved can certainly be sexy as well. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-want-it-shaved/184689/32 "2003-06-27T17:20:07Z")
Trimmed I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![vivian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/3e96dc/32.png) [@vivian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivian)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-want-it-shaved/184689/33 "2003-06-27T17:36:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MrTuffPaws \* > \*\*At least the lips. Up top is not bad if not to long, else it makes me sneeze \*\* this may be a dumb question, but how the FRIG do you just shave pussy lips??? I mean, if you shaved, you’d cut yourself depending on your size, if you waxed, you might just pull on something you don’t want to be pulling off. And using a cream…there’s only 2 kinda creams i want in that area… ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-want-it-shaved/184689/34 "2003-06-27T17:40:20Z")
I’m with the “trim” group. Shaved is a little too…creepy. But when it’s let to roam wild, it can get downright frightening. I like a nice little triangular, natural shape to it, so as not to feel like a pediphile, but trimmed nicely so I don’t get too much fur in my mouth. ---
**Author:** ![maleinblack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@maleinblack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maleinblack)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-want-it-shaved/184689/35 "2003-06-27T17:53:04Z")
shaved armpits and trimmed everything else cause i some how dont like the taste of hair. ---
**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-want-it-shaved/184689/36 "2003-06-27T18:01:12Z")
My preference is a nice short trim, almost shaved but not quite. ---
**Author:** ![Tomcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tomcat)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-want-it-shaved/184689/37 "2003-06-27T18:04:06Z")
Trimmed up top and waxed bikini line. I also trim, but don’t shave. -Tcat ---
**Author:** ![Contrary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/db5fbb/32.png) [@Contrary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrary)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-want-it-shaved/184689/38 "2003-06-27T18:18:15Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by AHunter3 \* > \*\* Razor rash and red bumps and stubble is seriously ugly._\* Oh glory days, a man who understands that shaved can cause massive problems. Shaving there is nothing but an invitation for nasty razor rash, ingrown hair and red bumps for me. It’s unsightly, it’s uncomfortable and I won’t do it again. I don’t mind trimming but I draw the line at shaving. ---
**Author:** ![Jamlad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b77776/32.png) [@Jamlad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamlad)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-want-it-shaved/184689/39 "2003-06-27T18:36:49Z")
I think shaved is good. I am lucky enough to be responsible for the barbering duties (I love my job). ---
**Author:** ![Raynard\_the\_fox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/87869e/32.png) [@Raynard\_the\_fox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raynard_the_fox)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-want-it-shaved/184689/40 "2003-06-27T18:53:17Z")
I like’em trimmed, but it doesn’t really matter. Of course I have always like this answer and friend emailed it to me. NOT KEEPING YOUR HAIR ON: Don’t shave all your pubic hair off. It Makes your pussy look like a piece of poultry past its sell-by date. At Best, it looks like the snatch of a ten-year-old. If you want to trim, Go for a nice sexy racing stripe in the manner favored by the Playboy Models that your man would rather be shagging. :wally -Fox [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-want-it-shaved/184689.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-do-you-want-it-shaved/184689.md?page=3)