# Reasons guys like women to be fully shaved, other than pedophillia **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 15, 2014, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-guys-like-women-to-be-fully-shaved-other-than-pedophillia/678839 "2014-01-15T00:58:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-guys-like-women-to-be-fully-shaved-other-than-pedophillia/678839/81 "2014-01-15T21:03:57Z")
> [@mythoughts](#): > > It might do me good to reread my first post to try and figure out what is acting as bait to people who like to make silly arguments. It might do you good to stop dismissing people who point out flaws in your posts as “making silly arguments.” Being wrong is one thing. Being wrong and oblivious to your mistakes is another. Compounding it by perpetuating a condescending attitude while all the time being wrong is a bit off-putting. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-guys-like-women-to-be-fully-shaved-other-than-pedophillia/678839/82 "2014-01-15T21:06:32Z")
> [@mythoughts](#): > > What about head hair below nose level? What about nose hair below chin level? Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![perfectparanoia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@perfectparanoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/perfectparanoia)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-guys-like-women-to-be-fully-shaved-other-than-pedophillia/678839/83 "2014-01-15T21:13:09Z")
I tried every form of hair removal in the pubic area. I give up. I will keep it trimmed and tidy and unscratchy but if you want to have sex with me, you need to accept that I have pubic hair. And for the record, I have had no complaints. ---
**Author:** ![desertmonk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@desertmonk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/desertmonk)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-guys-like-women-to-be-fully-shaved-other-than-pedophillia/678839/84 "2014-01-15T21:53:37Z")
I like it because I don’t like to get stray pubes in my mouth (yes it happens) and I like how it looks. I’m never confused into thinking my thirty-two year old fiance is a ten year old, nor am I attracted to children. ---
**Author:** ![Carmady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@Carmady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carmady)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-guys-like-women-to-be-fully-shaved-other-than-pedophillia/678839/85 "2014-01-15T22:01:40Z")
Simple reason for me. I’ve, uh, experimented with hair removal myself, in many areas. I know it increased sensation in those areas. A woman who keeps neat seems like she enjoys sex and cares about how it feels (which is very attractive). A woman who doesn’t seems the opposite. ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-guys-like-women-to-be-fully-shaved-other-than-pedophillia/678839/86 "2014-01-15T23:32:22Z")
> [@mythoughts](#): > > Polls have shown more men like a fully bald pussy than any other option. And porn backs this up. But which is the cause and which is the effect. It is likely that older people prefer a more natural look because of a first encounter via a movie where a full bush was shown. ---
**Author:** ![scootergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-guys-like-women-to-be-fully-shaved-other-than-pedophillia/678839/87 "2014-01-16T00:05:14Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > And you’re proud of this? [Monster](http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-april-8-2013/beasts-of-the-southern-wild)! Thank you so much for the laugh, **Tamerlane**! At first I was afraid to click on the link, but I’m glad I did. It’s as hilarious as someone actually taking my comment about crabs seriously. Now then, where’s my razor? Let the “deforestation” begin! It’s been a couple of days… ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-guys-like-women-to-be-fully-shaved-other-than-pedophillia/678839/88 "2014-01-16T00:06:13Z")
> [@Carmady](#): > > A woman who keeps neat seems like she enjoys sex and cares about how it feels (which is very attractive). A woman who doesn’t seems the opposite. That’s something you’ve just built up in your mind though. The whole hair phobia thing is fairly recent but women have been enjoying sex for eons. ---
**Author:** ![scootergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-guys-like-women-to-be-fully-shaved-other-than-pedophillia/678839/89 "2014-01-16T00:07:56Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > What about nose hair below chin level? > > Regards, > Shodan I usually braid those. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-guys-like-women-to-be-fully-shaved-other-than-pedophillia/678839/90 "2014-01-16T00:36:47Z")
> [@amijane](#): > > Also, can we just agree that the term Vagina has now evolved to include that of Vulva in informal discussion? It’s in common usage and I’m sure as hell not going to call it my yoni. Most of the times I ignore the difference unless there is genuine confusion. Also, shaved vaginas :::::shudder::::: ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-guys-like-women-to-be-fully-shaved-other-than-pedophillia/678839/91 "2014-01-16T03:35:05Z")
> [@](#): > > The vagina is internal. Yes, thanks, and ladies, please stop saying you had your vagina waxed today. It makes me cringe and shudder. ---
**Author:** ![straight\_man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straight_man/32/3027_2.png) [@straight\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straight_man)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-guys-like-women-to-be-fully-shaved-other-than-pedophillia/678839/92 "2014-01-16T04:28:55Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > No it doesn’t. > Your study ignores all but 2 countries in the entire world. It makes no accommodation for cultural or even population variances. > And your size calculator is bullshit - no matter what population size is entered (for a 5% error and 95% confidence) it never returns a number larger than 385. Sample size is not heavily influenced by the size of the total population —I haven’t even looked at the C.I. calculator you’re responsible for, but that number sounds fine. ---
**Author:** ![straight\_man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straight_man/32/3027_2.png) [@straight\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straight_man)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-guys-like-women-to-be-fully-shaved-other-than-pedophillia/678839/93 "2014-01-16T04:44:14Z")
Sorry, that should be “you mentioned”, not “you’re responsible for”. No idea where that mistake came from. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-guys-like-women-to-be-fully-shaved-other-than-pedophillia/678839/94 "2014-01-16T05:16:31Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > Well, I don’t want to be a BIC, but unshaven is not an indicator of Braun. If Gillette people be themselves, you’ll be on the right Trac and avoid conFusion. You’ll never Mach a mistake and you’ll find Venus Embrace a Breeze. Good News, huh? > > Yeah, Back Atra… I see Nairy a thing wrong with what you are saying. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-guys-like-women-to-be-fully-shaved-other-than-pedophillia/678839/95 "2014-01-16T05:53:35Z")
> [@straight\_man](#): > > Sample size is not heavily influenced by the size of the total population —I haven’t even looked at the C.I. calculator you’re responsible for, but that number sounds fine. But that assumes a homogenous single population. With a large number of significantly diverse populations the results are no longer valid. The study cited chose from two countries, both primarily white and Christian. It is in no way representative of the entire human experience. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-guys-like-women-to-be-fully-shaved-other-than-pedophillia/678839/96 "2014-01-16T06:11:17Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > Frankly, I’m hoping for the classic fuzzy beaver to make a comeback. Bald snatches just don’t look right, especially in close-up photos IRL, they are much better. 😉 > [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > The arguments people give for equating a preference to shaved pubic hair to pedophilia could be just as easily applied to a preference for shaven underarm hair. It’s just a fashion. Yeah, I’ve always found the claim that fully shaved pubic hair on a man is somehow a prepubescent look to be ridiculous. I mean, how many prepubescent children do you see with big, raging boners? None, that’s how many. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-guys-like-women-to-be-fully-shaved-other-than-pedophillia/678839/97 "2014-01-16T06:25:29Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > I mean, how many prepubescent children do you see with big, raging boners? None, that’s how many. Well … that ain’t necessarily so, believe me! :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-guys-like-women-to-be-fully-shaved-other-than-pedophillia/678839/98 "2014-01-16T06:37:09Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Well … that ain’t necessarily so, believe me! :rolleyes: Well, I know it _can_, reflexively, happen but it’s not exactly in line with the image of a prepubescent boy. ---
**Author:** ![Askthepizzaguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askthepizzaguy/32/9405_2.png) [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-guys-like-women-to-be-fully-shaved-other-than-pedophillia/678839/99 "2014-01-16T07:22:41Z")
… We’re moving along to another subject besides the “raging boners” of prepubescent boys now. Thanks sincerely. ---
**Author:** ![mythoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@mythoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mythoughts)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-guys-like-women-to-be-fully-shaved-other-than-pedophillia/678839/100 "2014-01-16T09:50:52Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > But that assumes a homogenous single population. With a large number of significantly diverse populations the results are no longer valid. > The study cited chose from two countries, both primarily white and Christian. It is in no way representative of the entire human experience. You’re a funny guy. Did I or anyone say this had to apply to all life in the universe? No, besides the fact that it was just a vaguely relevant part of an intentionally ridiculous counter argument about women probably not being pedos for liking guys who shave their face… It is obvious that it is meant to be interpreted by a reasonable English speaking person, since that is the language we are speaking. And most English speaking countries are primarily white and Christian. Indeed I started the OP by mentioning an American sitcom. Now there might be human like beings elsewhere in the universe, and there are obviously plenty of very different cultures on earth which obviously I was not speaking to. I can also not speak about people all through time, although shaved has often been the fashion for mens faces and genitalia. Personally I would consider the study far less relevant to this conversation if they talked to people in places that are culturally very different. But it seems we have discovered the likely answer, you and your beard should go live somewhere far away where beards are more appreciated than they are in the western world. I think they are popular among Arabs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-guys-like-women-to-be-fully-shaved-other-than-pedophillia/678839.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-guys-like-women-to-be-fully-shaved-other-than-pedophillia/678839.md?page=6)