# Queer eye for the straight crotch: bad male pube styling decisions (TMI TMI TMI!) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 1, 2003, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871 "2003-11-01T19:30:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871/21 "2003-11-02T09:01:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by matt\_mcl \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > What the heck is metrosexual? It makes me think of someone who’s sexually attracted to public transport. > > No comment. \*\* Hmmm… it’s quite a stretch between Jean-Drapeau and Berri-UQAM, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871/22 "2003-11-02T09:11:54Z")
**scott evil** : with all sincerity, it was a great OP. I really enjoyed it because I trim my fur – I keep it clean. BTW: What’s the latest trend in ass-hair? I just think it’s a little funny for guys to check out and record another’s pubic hair maintenance preference. I find it hard to believe I could make out an _equilateral, inverted triangle_ on another guy’s armpit, let alone his pubis. Am I missing some opportunity to check out Jimmy Liverspots or Mikey Hirsute? Maybe it’s the club I belong to. Damn. I’m sorry, I understand your hyperbole about eyeing guys’ packages at the gym, but it makes me a little indignant. I want unisex showers at the Y. ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871/23 "2003-11-02T12:20:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Already in Use \* > \*\*More guys should use moustache wax on it and curl it up on the sides. \*\* You almost made me screw up the comic I was working on when I read this, I still had my pen in my hand and almost dropped it. Must… refrain… from drawing funny picture… ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871/24 "2003-11-02T12:58:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr. B \* > **BTW: What’s the latest trend in ass-hair?** I have here a copy of this month’s issue of _Cosmopolitan_, with the much discussed article on rectal hair. It says right here, on page 42, that ass dreads are going to make a huge comeback in 2004. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871/25 "2003-11-02T13:50:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jinwicked \* > \*\*You almost made me screw up the comic I was working on when I read this, I still had my pen in my hand and almost dropped it. > > Must… refrain… from drawing funny picture… \*\* At least you don’t have clippers in your hand :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krisfer_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871/26 "2003-11-02T15:48:54Z")
Hell I feel cheated! Being a woman, I have to use the women’s locker room… and ther is NO one there who doesn’t wrap up in a towel and scurry from the shower to the curtained changing rooms except me. I get lots of double takes…😃 Of course from the few guys I have seen there I wouldn’t want to see them in the shower either! I knew I shoulda tried the gym on campus instead of the one close to work! ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871/27 "2003-11-02T16:13:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by scott evil \* > \*\* I mean… a _triangle?_ An _equilateral, inverted triangle?!_ Each side one inch long? What the _fuck_ is that supposed to be? Who the fuck gets turned on by that? \*\* Edwin Abbott? ---
**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871/28 "2003-11-02T17:01:04Z")
Here, they wax the inside of the bum, around the anus. Nice. ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871/29 "2003-11-02T17:23:01Z")
Its been a while since I last saw a pubic hair thread. It was a good laugh, and another reason why I can be glad I am a female. ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871/30 "2003-11-02T21:12:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr. B \* > \*\* > I’m sorry, I understand your hyperbole about eyeing guys’ packages at the gym, but it makes me a little indignant. > I want unisex showers at the Y. \*\* Heh. I _did_ say: > [@](#): > > One of the fringe benefits of being gay and belonging to the gym is the opportunity to see a lot of different kinds of men nekkid. (And I have just as much right to be in the lockerroom as they do. I don’t go there to cruise.) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Siegfried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Siegfried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siegfried)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871/31 "2003-11-02T21:50:07Z")
Aw, man. As if I don’t have enough to feel self-conscious and worry about (namely weight, size, and muscle development) I also have to add my pubic hairdo to the list? Damn. > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by scott evil_ > **I mean… _a triangle? An equilateral, inverted triangle?!_ Each side one inch long? What the fuck is that supposed to be? Who the fuck gets turned on by that?** Perhaps someone who’s lover is a geometry freak? Someone who, perhaps, reaches orgasm in the 69 position while calculating the angles of said triangle with a protractor? > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jinwicked \* > **You almost made me screw up the comic I was working on when I read this, I still had my pen in my hand and almost dropped it.** Just a minor hijack, but, **jinwicked** , I just discovered your two webcomics. You’ve got yourself a fan of both of them, and I’ll be linking to them as soon as my website is back up and running (shooting for sometime before 2006 on that). I really love your style. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871/32 "2003-11-02T22:36:30Z")
Perhaps you could have little cards made up, **scott** , with the **EvilCam** web address (when it gets a permanent home) and offer grooming tips live online. Jeremy could be your own personal Vanna. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871/33 "2003-11-02T22:45:40Z")
> [@](#): > > Being a woman, I have to use the women’s locker room… and ther is NO one there who doesn’t wrap up in a towel and scurry from the shower to the curtained changing rooms except me. I get lots of double takes. You ladies do that in the locker room, too?? I know it annoys the crap out of me when the young ladies do that on the beach, but at least on the beach it makes some sort of sense… ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871/34 "2003-11-02T22:53:03Z")
> [@](#): > > _by scott evil_ > > One of the fringe benefits of being gay and belonging to the gym… _Fringe_ benefit. \ ---
**Author:** ![Wabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wabbit)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871/35 "2003-11-03T01:05:30Z")
Darwin told me not to play around with sharp objects when they were in close proximity to my testicles so there will be no pub-trimming in Wabbit-land for the foreseeable future. I’m sure the metrosexual community will mourn my loss… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871/36 "2003-11-03T02:52:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Krisfer the Cat \* > \*\*Hell I feel cheated! > Being a woman, I have to use the women’s locker room… and ther is NO one there who doesn’t wrap up in a towel and scurry from the shower to the curtained changing rooms except me. I get lots of double takes…😃 > \*\* I’ve gotten some funny looks from people when changing throughout my life, especially in middle and high school locker rooms. For some reason some people think it’s inapropriate for anyone else to see their bra, let alone anything underneath the undergarments… I got the strangest and most horrified looks from people who were shocked that I didn’t care that other females saw my chest. Then again, I grew up in a family that was partially foreign and visited Iceland, where public pools require you to get naked and then walk 50 feet to a non-curtained area of showers. (Anti-)nudity issues can be bizarre in some areas! ---
**Author:** ![jovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871/37 "2003-11-03T10:46:13Z")
I think it would be helpful if there was some sort of standard for those who chose to groom. You know, some way of showing the many tasteful variations possible to the novice trimmer. Something like [a competition](http://www.worldbeardchampionships.com/) of some sort. I think that would be a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871/38 "2003-11-03T11:05:31Z")
Ah, **jovan**. My most delightful surprise of Doperéal 2003. Tell us, do you groom down there? ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871/39 "2003-11-03T11:10:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jovan \* > \*\*I think it would be helpful if there was some sort of standard for those who chose to groom. You know, some way of showing the many tasteful variations possible to the novice trimmer. Something like [a competition](http://www.worldbeardchampionships.com/) of some sort. I think that would be a good idea. \*\* I think I saw my ex boyfriend on that site somewhere… ---
**Author:** ![jovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871/40 "2003-11-03T11:11:11Z")
Not until now. However, I have found inspiration in the first picture on my link. I had no idea you could _do_ such things with hard, curly hair. I’ve got me some wax, some trimmers and some tweezers. Wish me luck. _Now_ the guys at the hot springs will have reason to gawk! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871.md?page=3)