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On the other hand, there’s a good chance that between natural secretions and sweat, your genitals could use a mop.
And since you brought it up…
Regarding Men Shaving:
FTR, unless you are a very slim man with a relatively fat-free groin area, shaving off the hair at the base of the penis can look very, well, female- it looks very much like what it would actually be sans all that testosterone: a vulva. With a penis (née oversized clitoris). Just something to think about.
I’ve had this very discussion with women IRL before and I think the key thing to remember here is that there are different kind of vulvas. Certainly, if you’ve got the kind where your inner labia hangs out a bit or where the whole thing is kind of open when looking at it dead on, then yes, I can definitely see where that would be helpful (like eye brows or eye lashes).
I promise that I am diligent about caring for my crotch and I’ve never once found lint, Jimmy Hoffa, or various other things tucked up in my vulva. Perhaps the design of your bits is such that it lends itself to this sort of thing happening, but that certainly isn’t the case for all of us.
Such a strange thing to say (unless you’re joking- in which case: le woooosh on me). Again: having a rather. . .self contained vulva means that even under the warmest (or sexiest) conditions, I don’t have liquids running down my thighs. Everything stays up where it should be.
I’d point out a few things:
Not all of them shave all of it.
Even if they shave their crotch, they don’t shave all of the legs (as is more custom in other parts).
Even if it is not completely bald, Brazilian men don’t seem to have such a big hang up with pubic hair as it would appear in this thread (at least in my experience).
I remember seeing this one big mural, which I would have taken a picture had I brought my camera (and my BF would’ve looked at me crazy):
The whole wall of a building next to a popular bar, very public, well walked place in Salvador, Bahia. In blue ink and white background, the middle of the mural was a naked woman, with men and others around her looking at her in awe. As in, she’s a goddess, a beautiful woman. This naked woman was painted with a trimmed, but obviously there, bush.
And I can state the opposite is also true. My belly is as hairy as a bear’s and yet I find lint in my navel all the time. So hair doesn’t prevent lint build-up.
That sounds very unlikely. It’s in more or less exactly the wrong place to act as a strainer. It’s also in the wrong place to act as a dry lubricant, like armpit hair, which no one brought up, but is another common theory.
If it does have a utilitarian purpose it’s probably just to provide a bit of padding and insulation to a sensitive area, which is obsoleted by wearing clothing. I imagine it’s a bit more useful for that purpose for guys, who have a more up-front orientation. And maybe to look sexy. Which does not mean one is betraying it’s purpose if it’s removed in an effort to look sexy, any more than one is betraying our survival-based love of fatty and sweet food by going on a diet. (When biologists don’t know what something is for, the stock answer is ‘attracting mates and keeping warm.’ Works here.)
In conclusion: I’m fairly confidant in stating that the level of <cute metaphor for pubic hair> has little bearing on how clean the <cute metaphor for female genitalia>.
I also feel obliged to point out that there are only two posts with a cleanliness angle, Shake’s, (shaved is inherently unclean) and DiosaBellissima’s responding to it (shaved has a >= level of cleanliness. None of the anti-fuzz responses mention anything related to cleanliness at all
So, we’re back to aesthetic and tactile preferences. Normally I’d suggest two people who disagree on this matter not have sex with each other, which is a pretty good workaround. It occurs to me, though, if we force people to weigh having sex on one hand and remaining true to their principals (as relate to pubic hair) on the other, the vast majority of people would be willing to broaden their position on the matter.
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What’s the proper term for something that’s only there because the other gender needs it, like male nipples? Not vestigal . . .
Shaved in porn, shaved in real life.
In porn because I like to see everything.
In real life because I like to see everything and I don’t like hair in my mouth.
Area above the clit, no preference.
Why did I put this to a hip-hop beat in my mind?
Why are there so many porn threads being started? (I promise I had nothing to do with it)
To address the OP’s actual question as to why there is more shaved pubes in porn, there is, in fact, a very good reason, and it actually has little to do with the above squabling over preference 
(not being antagonistic just pointing out that no one has yet to answer the question is all)
I believe this came about because of many reasons and things that all converged together at once, or at least in succession with technology. The first thing that needs to be realized is that even before a new technology is used for warfare, someone first tries to see if it applies to sexuality or pornography first (putting sex first, war second, general public third; no cite for it, but many people have told me this, and I kinda’ believe it). That has little relevance other than knowing just how important sex is. So when you think about camera’s, I’m willing to bet one of the first things that was ever filmed would be an attractive woman, not porn, or not obvious porn anyway, someone might think back in that time that it was hot (they wouldn’t voice that opinion most likely :D). Eventually porn became extremely popular, I also imagine it raged out of control durring the sixties, but you can find a lot of stuff that dates back much further, hell, people used to draw pictures of nude women (now we call that art, but I suppose the ‘artist’ merely was thinking with his lower head :D).
Technology increases, video gets better, more people grow familiar with sexuality and aren’t nearly as offended as they used to be. The sixties come and go, and people were almost disgusted with some of the more radical hippies. Shaving itself improves, but ladies are far too modest to even think of the fact that they can shave their pubes. As technology increases even more and even more people become comfortable with their bodies it all starts building to a crescendo. One day a porn movie director is pacing back and forth in his office and decides he want’s to get a better look, he wants to get his audience closer to the action. That’s when it dawns on him, just shave that damn thing! What, did you think a woman thought of it? Maybe, but I doubt it, we’d need a cite on that for proof.
The trend takes off, people now start to realize it’s not necessary to really have pubes, some doctors start saying it’s healthier to shave (heh heh, is that the real reason, doc?), now there’s just one more thing to distance yourself from looking like a hippie (I just like that notion, no real affect on this I wouldn’t think :D), plus porn looks that much more interesting in general. Instead of a dick disappearing into foliage you can now watch what’s really happening. Yes, this was more preferable for younger people merely because there’s such a curiosity, and if you haven’t had sex yet, then you want to know every gritty detail. I’d like to know when this first started, but I strongly suspect it was more recent than one would think. The factors are overwhelming, but mainly the heaviest impact was due to porn itself, there’s no doubt in my mind about that.
My answer to what I prefer: I like pussy…the vagina not the cat :D. I apologize for using that term, not sure if ladies take offense at it or not, but in the words of my man Chris Rock: “Once you get married, you ain’t never gonna’ have pussy again, you can have vagina. I don’t want any vagina, I came out of a vagina, and once I got out I said to myself ‘I gotta’ get me some pussy’”
My thing is though, why is everyone so focused on the genitalia? Let Sir Mix-A-Lot tell you what you should be focused on: “I like big…” :D. The music video’s awesome BTW, every white girl needs to be forced to watch that, it should be manditory “even white boys got to shout!”
I thought the prevailing theory about pubic hair’s purpose was actually to act as an aerator - to get the sex smell wafting out there, to attract a mate.
I actually prefer 70’s porn with the drugged out actresses, full bushes, c-section scars, zits, moles, and floppy flat tits. Because even if the sex looks fake (and by that, I mean, it’s all camera angles for men to watch and there aren’t any positions see that could cause orgasm in the woman – I don’t think I have ever seen a real, non-faked female orgasm in any straight porn, ever), at least the bodies look like real people.
However, personally, IRL, I prefer as clean as my partner prefers. Currently, my BF shaves from his face to his happy trail, including arms and chest. I like playing with his stubble when he’s stubbly, but I don’t want him to grow it all back out. He keeps a full bush though. I’m fine with that either way on men. I can’t stand beards & mustaches though, so go figure. There’s no accounting for taste. And honestly, I have no idea what he prefers on me. I keep a Marine cut: high & tight. 
He seems to be fine with that and has not made any requests one way or the other.
I could see that, although it may be too much of a good thing depending on body chemistry.
Put me down for shaved. Light natural hair is ok but bush needs to go.
The few of you claiming you prefer hair because it stops women from looking like little girls do you also prefer leg hair and arm pit hair? I’m always confused with this, most men in the US find leg hair and armpit unattractive on women. Naturally it would be there. Some of those same men come along and say they like pubic hair because it’s natural.
Sticking to men myself I prefer guys trim. Shaved doesn’t look quite right and unkempt looks well unkempt, put some effort in.
Is this the first time in the 200,000 Homo Sapiens have been walking the earth that the female species felt the need to shave their vulva?
And if you get hair in your mouth then you’re doing it wrong. Practice pratice pratice.
I like girl hairs wherever they grow. Or at a minimum don’t dislike it anywhere.
Really hate stubble.
As far as pubic mound, it should be covered in hairs that form a distinctive triangular shape. Whatever the heck this “trimmed” thing is, if it ruins the delta it’s a bad thing.
Tasty, I never knew that Wiki was a porn site, some of those images down lower on the page are very exposing :D.
*UPDATE: still looking good!
I’m a female and I’m 26. I do not shave or wax my hair. No Brazilians or ‘landing strips’ (how fucking lame is that? Landing strip? Like your penis is a 747!). I do trim.
I also think that bald vaginas are weird and little girlish. If a boyfriend ever asked me to shave or get a wax, I’d say no. And then I’d probably dump him.
I date men who are older than I, so maybe I lucked out on the generational thing. Also, guys who shave their chests weird me out. A little manscaping on the down low is your deal, but why the hell do you have razor burn around your nipples?!
Males are simply modified females, therefore there isn’t anything women have because men need them, we all have the same stuff, its just placed and shaped differently. Penises are modified clits, testicles are modified ovaries, nipples are nipples. We all have all the sex hormones, just in different amounts.
Not all guys that shave their chest have razor burn. My partner shaves his and looks much better for it. It goes better with his twink style then the fur he would have.
Can we all agree that the chin of a clean shaven man looks like that of a prepubescent boy?