# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![MeanJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanjoe/32/5693_2.png) [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871/61 "2003-11-05T15:47:52Z")
I’m a straight guy who keeps the package nice and trimmed. Shaved scrotum and I use an electric beard trimmer to keep the rest neat. Typically, I follow the old belly fuzz “happy trail” thing going by maintaining a higher cut vertical stripe extending along the natural trail to the base. At that point, I maintain the same height around, sort of like a mustache. The rest of the area is not shaved clean, just trimmed slightly shorter. I guess that may make me strange… I don’t know. The 6 gauge PA tends to distract people’s attention away from the shaving anyway (at the gym, in the lockers!) Heh… I’ll be lurking now. MeanJoe ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871/62 "2003-11-05T17:37:52Z")
Only here could the ponderance of whether nutsacs could sport a five o’ clock shadow gain purchase in my brain. Personally, my nuts look like a couple of plump Rip Van Winkles fell asleep against a tree trunk. I find them rather… quaint. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871/63 "2003-11-05T19:18:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fenris \* > \*\*POSSIBLE URBAN LEGEND: > > I’ve heard the origin of this was straight Japanese(? Asian, in any case) porn–they were showing very, _very_ young-looking girls, and they were made up to look even younger (shaved pubes helped the illusion). Bleh. Apparently the landing strip was a concession to show that the girls were _at least_ post-pubescent and to prevent possible legal troubles. > > I got no cites, no documentation, only the word of a friend of a friend, so take this for what it’s worth. > > Fenris \*\* Sounds unlikely to me. Most of the Japanese porn I’ve ever seen pixillates the performer’s groins. IIRC, it’s illegal (or was until recently) to show pubic hair in movies or magazines in Japan. I expect a lot of porn stars over there shave to keep the digital fig leaf as small as possible, but that wouldn’t explain the popularity of the landing strip. ---
**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 5, 2003, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871/64 "2003-11-05T23:28:13Z")
Actually, **Otto** , I think I may join the anti-shaving, pro-pube backlash and let it all grow out, at least on top. ---
**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 6, 2003, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871/65 "2003-11-06T01:30:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by scott evil \* > \*\* > _Why would a guy want a vertical stripe of pubic hair going from his dick to his happy trail? It looks like there’s a line going down the entire front of the body. Is it to indicate which half is which? Where to slice? Which side to color in?_ > > \*\* Now that was just\*\* EVIL!\*\* I have to spend the rest of the evening cleaning partly chewed noodles out of the keyboard. Just wait until I show up at Dopereal! 😃 ---
**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 6, 2003, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871/66 "2003-11-06T11:23:32Z")
See, I haven’t been to the gym in a week due to sleeping in on the weekend, buying a new monitor after work Monday, and working late Tuesday and Wednesday… so I’m going this evening, and now, having posted this thread, all I’ll be able to think about in the lockerroom is “I gotta get some dirt to dish to the Dopers.” Damn you all! But it’s still fun to look at cute, nekkid college boys. And it always will be. ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871/67 "2003-11-07T04:59:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jinwicked \* > **You almost made me screw up the comic I was working on when I read this** Ah, yes, my own little contribution to Jinwicked artwork. My life is complete. Now just imagine [this man](http://www.lamppostgallery.com/images/about/thomas.jpg) with such a pubic do. Why else would he be covering his lower half, hmmm? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871/68 "2003-11-07T06:40:53Z")
Personally, I blame the crab people ---
**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 7, 2003, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871/69 "2003-11-07T11:16:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MeanJoe \* > \*\*The 6 gauge PA tends to distract people’s attention away from the shaving anyway (at the gym, in the lockers!) > \*\* That’s nothing. My boyfriend has an **8 gauge** PA with three beads. So _nyah nyah!_ 😛 ---
**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 7, 2003, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871/70 "2003-11-07T11:18:21Z")
Unless gauges go from bigger to smaller… or… you know what I mean… Let’s get back to pube talk. Welcome to Pube Talk. I’m your host, **scott evil**. On Pube Talk we talk about pubes, shaving, daughters, you know, no big whoop. ---
**Author:** ![Nangleator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e19adc/32.png) [@Nangleator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nangleator)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871/71 "2003-11-07T15:18:01Z")
From **Coldfire** : > [@](#): > > 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. :eek: That’s enough to give me ass dread! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871/72 "2003-11-07T17:18:37Z")
All my crotch wants is a little _trim_. ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871/73 "2003-11-07T17:32:42Z")
The smaller the gauge number, the thicker the wire. At least that’s how AWG works. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871/74 "2003-11-07T17:48:54Z")
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**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871/75 "2003-11-07T17:53:20Z")
**Coldfire,** you’re EVIL!!! I just read your post about ass dreads, and laughed so hard while trying to compose my reply, that I clicked “submit” instead of “preveiw”. I got the mental image of the chick in the Busta Rhyme’s video “Light Your Ass on Fire” with a “fringe” while danceing. I will NEVER look at that video the same way again, and I’ll likely alarm many people with my hysterical laughter if I hear it in public! ---
**Author:** ![MeanJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanjoe/32/5693_2.png) [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871/76 "2003-11-07T22:19:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by scott evil \* > \*\*That’s nothing. My boyfriend has an **8 gauge** PA with three beads. > > So _nyah nyah!_ 😛 \*\* Mine’s **BIGGER!!!** C’mon, it’s the **only** time I’ll get to say that… 😃 ---
**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 8, 2003, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871/77 "2003-11-08T05:42:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MeanJoe \* > \*\*Mine’s **BIGGER!!!** > > \*\* _swoons_ ~clunk~ ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871/78 "2003-11-08T08:57:17Z")
Every day, I walk briskly into the Rosslyn Metro. It’s glamorous, but unassuming, perhaps showing a little bit of her age. First I buy the lottery ticket, and you know what? _Everyone wins!_ Rosslyn is open to anyone with $1.10–I’m sorry, $1.20–to spare. Then I sliiiiiide my way down that big long escalator. Just dive into it, really. I can take what’s in store for me. And then, not minutes later, is the train, roaring into the station. It doesn’t matter if I’m just a guy reading the Washington Post Express. I’m plunging straight into the tunnel, baby, and I don’t care who’s driving! Sometimes I have to stop because the ride is so _intense_, sliding through that muddy tunnel, under the river, straight to the Foggy Bottom… and stop! This is where I get off. After that, it’s a fun-filled trot to work, another new day to tackle and make what’s mine, mine. Have a nice Monday! ---
**Author:** ![merrily](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@merrily](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/merrily)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871/79 "2003-11-08T19:23:08Z")
In my gym, no little cubicles, and the shyness factor varies. The nice thing about a woman’s locker room is you get to see the tattoos! ALL the tattoos. The one that boggles me is the woman who has a celtic pattern as a belt. ---
**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 9, 2003, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871/80 "2003-11-09T01:59:46Z")
Cubicles in men’s lockerrooms are a horrible, horrible thing. 😉 Luckily the only option where I work out are good old-fashioned gang showers. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queer-eye-for-the-straight-crotch-bad-male-pube-styling-decisions-tmi-tmi-tmi/210871.md?page=5)