# men shaving their testicles **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 27, 2011, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-shaving-their-testicles/579869 "2011-04-27T06:11:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-shaving-their-testicles/579869/41 "2011-04-27T19:59:56Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Since much of this is a matter of opinion, I think it is better suited to IMHO than GQ. > > Colibri > General Questions Moderator It’s a pubic hair thread. Perhaps it’s better suited to be a sticky in IMHO, so that we don’t have to have a new one every week. ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-shaving-their-testicles/579869/42 "2011-04-27T20:09:38Z")
> [@Marc\_Xenos](#): > > I find it an amusing contradiction that growing hair all over one’s chin is a sign of manhood, but shaving his balls is a sign of purification? Maybe because having another guy’s hair all over the chin _isnt_ a sign of manhood. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-shaving-their-testicles/579869/43 "2011-04-27T20:10:07Z")
> [@Any\_Other\_Name](#): > > I can understand trimming back the brush a bit, electric hair trimmers are a safe way to do so. But taking a razor to scrotum seems as risky as an old man shaving his very wrinkled face. Or do most guys use an electric razor? Though obviously not the guys that are shaving in the shower. Dont want to get too graphic, but just how is all this shearing getting done, safely? This. All this. I trim, and I might consider shaving if there were a safe way to do it and it wouldn’t take hours to accomplish, due to the delicacy of the operation. Do people actually take a _razor_ to their nutsack?! :eek: I think I remember briefly considering it once, but with balls in one hand and razor in the other, I quickly decided against. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-shaving-their-testicles/579869/44 "2011-04-27T20:13:11Z")
I find that a shaved scrotum is more likely to get my oral attention. It’s not so tough on the tongue, for one. It allows a better seal for the lips (much like a respirator works better on a clean shaven face). It doesn’t hold in crotch stink. And, yes, there’s no choking on pubes or getting one stuck to the back of your tongue and necessitating a pause in the action to extricate it. And, lets be honest here - pubes don’t stop at the scrotum. They wander up the shaft a bit, at least on some men, and again, easier on the mouth if the skin is smooth. Basically, all the same reasons many people prefer to do oral on a woman who shaves her pubes. It’s easier, it feels better to the one performing oral, and it may feel better to the person receiving oral. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-shaving-their-testicles/579869/45 "2011-04-27T21:35:34Z")
> [@Any\_Other\_Name](#): > > I can understand trimming back the brush a bit, electric hair trimmers are a safe way to do so. But taking a razor to scrotum seems as risky as an old man shaving his very wrinkled face. Or do most guys use an electric razor? Though obviously not the guys that are shaving in the shower. Dont want to get too graphic, but just how is all this shearing getting done, safely? Disposable razor in the shower. I lather up with some soap first to help things glide along smoothly, and have never once nicked myself there after years of weekly shavings. The only tricky thing is getting every last hair, because it requires hunching over a bit while standing in something of a squat while holding a slippery nutsack with one hand while attacking all areas from a couple different directions. Hey, I’m all about attention to detail. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-shaving-their-testicles/579869/46 "2011-04-27T21:38:07Z")
> [@](#): > > slippery nutsack Band Name ---
**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:** [April 27, 2011, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-shaving-their-testicles/579869/47 "2011-04-27T21:42:27Z")
I’ll be so glad when this style goes away. Not that I care what guys do to their boyparts but the shaven female bits are a sad sad thing. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-shaving-their-testicles/579869/48 "2011-04-27T22:00:14Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > He also shaves his junk. When I asked him why (I’m not too bothered either way) he said it’s more comfortable because the hairs don’t get caught in his underpants and whatnot. I’ve never had any problem with underpants, but the “whatnot” serves as my reason for keeping trimmed down there… bits of the male genitalia have a tendency to expand/shrink at various random times during the day and that’s when I have an issue with longish pubes getting caught in things. ---
**Author:** ![Marc\_Xenos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Marc\_Xenos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marc_Xenos)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-shaving-their-testicles/579869/49 "2011-04-27T23:22:14Z")
> [@Astroboy14](#): > > … bits of the male genitalia have a tendency to expand/shrink at various random times during the day and that’s when I have an issue with longish pubes getting caught in things. Sounds like something I heard on WRIF when I was visiting Detroit… “And now our musical guest will play Stairway To Heaven on his zipper.” zippa zippa zippa zippa zippa zippa zippa zipp… YAAAAAAAAGHHHH! ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-shaving-their-testicles/579869/50 "2011-04-28T00:38:07Z")
Man, graduating from barber college must be a lot more complicated these days. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-shaving-their-testicles/579869/51 "2011-04-28T00:48:56Z")
No girlfriend I ever had, or my wife, gave a damn - so I don’t. I’m not particularly wooly or brillo-esque so that might help. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-shaving-their-testicles/579869/52 "2011-04-28T00:51:46Z")
Someone (else) should do a poll about the frequency of blow jobs received for the shaved vs unshaved. With the way many men complain about them being few and far between, it seems like such maintenance is a lot of effort for a rare event, but maybe shaved guys _do_ get a lot more BJs. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-shaving-their-testicles/579869/53 "2011-04-28T01:33:49Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Someone (else) should do a poll about the frequency of blow jobs received for the shaved vs unshaved. With the way many men complain about them being few and far between, it seems like such maintenance is a lot of effort for a rare event, but maybe shaved guys _do_ get a lot more BJs. Well, hell…it’s not my username for nothin’. After a false start: [Use this one: Men, How Many Blowjobs Have You Received This Month?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=606416) ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-shaving-their-testicles/579869/54 "2011-04-28T01:59:50Z")
I always wonder about these people who talk about choking on pubic hair. Either other men have some _way_ gnarlier hair than I’ve ever seen, or other women are some serious pikers. ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-shaving-their-testicles/579869/55 "2011-04-28T02:32:24Z")
You ‘choke’ on hair cause one little one gets stuck behind your tonsil or farther down your throat. And it’s awful. A \*majority \*of young men under 30 are totally bald in the pubic area? Or is it just the nutsack? Based on all the men and women under 30 I know, I highly doubt this is true. This isn’t even true of the young women I know. Most do a little grooming but don’t go for full bald. Trends in pubic hair have been around as long as people have had the stuff. Same with head hair, beards, chest hair… if we can mess with anything on our bodies, we do. It’s part of Islamic cultures for both men and women to shave or pluck all pubic hair on a regular basis, for example. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2011, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-shaving-their-testicles/579869/56 "2011-04-28T02:44:41Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Someone (else) should do a poll about the frequency of blow jobs received for the shaved vs unshaved. With the way many men complain about them being few and far between, it seems like such maintenance is a lot of effort for a rare event, but maybe shaved guys _do_ get a lot more BJs. I’ve upgraded “blowjobs” from “considerably worse than no sex at all, yicccch bleagh” to “hmm, ya know that’s actually umm kinda nice” but there’s still no way I’m shaving anything to facilitate or increase the frequency thereof. ---
**Author:** ![Trom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Trom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trom)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-shaving-their-testicles/579869/57 "2011-04-28T02:45:21Z")
As a 20-something male I call BS that the majority of guys my age completely shave their balls. I play hockey in a men’s league and regularly see other dudes in the shower. I don’t recall seeing anybody completely bald. Trimmed a little? A little manscaping? Sure, probably most guys. Not shaved down to the skin, though. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-shaving-their-testicles/579869/58 "2011-04-28T02:50:12Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > I’ll be so glad when this style goes away. Not that I care what guys do to their boyparts but the shaven female bits are a sad sad thing. As long as I’m still having sex, I’m still shaving my pubes off. The sensitivity factor is exponential. To the point where I actually have a much harder time reaching orgasm (sometimes I can’t do it at all) if I have hair down there. So I don’t really give a damn what anyone thinks of how it looks–I want my orgasms, damnit! As to the thread, I love it when my husband shaves. He doesn’t do it often but when he does I’m all over it. I’ll go down on him either way, but I enjoy it a LOT more when he’s shaved. ---
**Author:** ![Allthegood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@Allthegood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allthegood)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-shaving-their-testicles/579869/59 "2011-04-28T05:05:58Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > I’ve upgraded “blowjobs” from “considerably worse than no sex at all, yicccch bleagh” to “hmm, ya know that’s actually umm kinda nice” but there’s still no way I’m shaving anything to facilitate or increase the frequency thereof. In your case, I am betting that your shaving anything would probably NOT increase the frequency thereof. Some of us women like pubic hair on our lovers. I posit further that you can probably have just about as many blowjobs as you want, hair or no hair there. ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-shaving-their-testicles/579869/60 "2011-04-28T05:22:59Z")
I’m an advocate for trimming for all. Pubic hair is good, but too much is worse than none. Plus it’s way easier than shaving everything. I can definitely see how having your shaved balls sucked on could curl your toes, but I don’t understand how going bare makes sex feel much better. I’m pretty hairy if I let things go but I only have a couple strands at the base…surely getting rid of those wouldn’t do much. Is it just the bare skin on skin thing elsewhere? I don’t think I’d associate that with the sexy fun time sensations. More like a massage maybe. > [@OpalCat](#): > > As long as I’m still having sex, I’m still shaving my pubes off. The sensitivity factor is exponential. To the point where I actually have a much harder time reaching orgasm (sometimes I can’t do it at all) if I have hair down there. Hope you don’t mind my asking, but I’m curious how this works mechanically. Is it because a bush covers your clit? If that’s the case tho, except for certain positions, doesn’t one of you have to give it attention anyway? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-shaving-their-testicles/579869.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-shaving-their-testicles/579869.md?page=4)