# Shaving **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 30, 2000, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving/35166 "2000-09-30T19:17:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sunrise\_4836](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@sunrise\_4836](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunrise_4836)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2000, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving/35166/1 "2000-09-30T19:17:59Z")
Why is it expected that women should shave their pits and legs? It’s a pain in the butt hsaving all the time! ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2000, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving/35166/2 "2000-09-30T19:20:28Z")
Don’t forget the poon too! ---
**Author:** ![Juniper200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2000, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving/35166/3 "2000-09-30T19:21:12Z")
I don’t know, but Cecil provided some possible answers for us in [this column](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_012.html). ---
**Author:** ![silent\_rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@silent\_rob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_rob)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2000, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving/35166/4 "2000-09-30T19:36:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Whammo \* > \*\*Don’t forget the poon too! \*\* ::Rob slowly shakes his head from…side…to…side:: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2000, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving/35166/5 "2000-09-30T19:43:06Z")
Don’t forget the poon certainly but Nair is better down there. Smoother, easier, less risky, and less painful than waxing. I’m not even gonna talk about that unfortunate time with the Epilady :eek: I prefer a sort of modified Hitler mustache myself. It’s just … uhm… prettier that way. At least Mr 57 thinks so. ---
**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2000, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving/35166/6 "2000-09-30T20:46:48Z")
I thought that you werent supposed to use hair removal cream “down there”… it said so on the container, I thought. No? ---
**Author:** ![kinoons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@kinoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kinoons)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2000, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving/35166/7 "2000-09-30T20:59:55Z")
Oh dear god, I am not going to dignify this thread with a with a reply…oh, wait… ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2000, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving/35166/8 "2000-09-30T21:00:06Z")
The only worthwhile advice I have about shaving is to **always** rinse your razor off with **cold** water. Nothing like dragging a hot, sharp piece of metal over sensitive skin to irritate the flock out of it. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2000, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving/35166/9 "2000-10-01T00:24:38Z")
> [@](#): > > It’s a pain in the butt hsaving all the time! You’re probably doing it wrong then. I’ve cut myself shaving countless times, but it never made my butt hurt. ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2000, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving/35166/10 "2000-10-01T03:44:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Drain Bead \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > It’s a pain in the butt hsaving all the time! > > You’re probably doing it wrong then. I’ve cut myself shaving countless times, but it never made my butt hurt. \*\* P’raps she’s holding the razor wrong…