# To Shave or NOT to shave... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 22, 2000, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-shave-or-not-to-shave/26470 "2000-07-22T16:16:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yosemite\_Joy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/13edae/32.png) [@Yosemite\_Joy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yosemite_Joy)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2000, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-shave-or-not-to-shave/26470/1 "2000-07-22T16:16:47Z")
that is the question… I do not shave. But some people think that is utterly disgusting. What do you think? Do you shave? ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2000, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-shave-or-not-to-shave/26470/2 "2000-07-22T16:22:24Z")
Shave what? Your face? back hair? Down there? What? P.S. Are you male or female? ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2000, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-shave-or-not-to-shave/26470/3 "2000-07-22T16:26:16Z")
Chicks Sparce, trimmed (or even non-existent) muff good. Yeti bad. Smooth, silky legs good. Sasquatch bad. Dudes Do what ever your lady wants so you get the sparce, trimmed (or even non-existent) muff. ---
**Author:** ![SouthernStyle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@SouthernStyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SouthernStyle)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2000, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-shave-or-not-to-shave/26470/4 "2000-07-22T16:41:46Z")
Ooohhhhhhh, I’m gonna hear it for this… Based on the evidence, I’d have to assume that the OP was written by a woman. 1. When men don’t shave, they grow beards. There are a lot of beards in the civilized world and very few find them disgusting and/or unsanitary. 2. When women don’t shave their underarms and/or legs, many men in this culture DO find it disgusting. Of course, there are also a lot of men that are into that sort of thing. 3. Not shaving the public region is not a big deal, however trimming is advised if anything remotely resembling a bathing suit is to ever be worn. 4. (Here we go.) Technogeeks are usually of the male variety. Technogeeks usually understand the difference between a home page and an e-mail address. Since **Yosemite\_Joy** lists an e-mail address of “[http://name@site](http://name@site)” I’m betting that the OP was posted by a woman. 😉 (I’m smiling as I say this!!!) ---
**Author:** ![SouthernStyle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@SouthernStyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SouthernStyle)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2000, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-shave-or-not-to-shave/26470/5 "2000-07-22T16:44:30Z")
Hi **Chief** , I’m into long, smooth (i.e. shaved) legs. However I also dig a really hairy muff. The hairier the better. The perfect muff adornment requires a Lawn Boy, Toro, or similar professional equipment for proper maintenance. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2000, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-shave-or-not-to-shave/26470/6 "2000-07-22T16:55:51Z")
Says **SouthernStyle** > [@](#): > > ) Not shaving the public region You never mentioned your dating **heatherlee** before. ---
**Author:** ![SouthernStyle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@SouthernStyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SouthernStyle)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2000, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-shave-or-not-to-shave/26470/7 "2000-07-22T16:59:56Z")
Damn! It was supposed to be a secret. Do me a favor will ya? Don’t tell anyone. Please. Heather will kill me – not to mention my wife. 😉 :: noticing how quickly a thread can get off track :: ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2000, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-shave-or-not-to-shave/26470/8 "2000-07-22T17:09:06Z")
> [@](#): > > Heather will kill me – not to mention my wife. Not to mention me, if you post another smiley! ---
**Author:** ![SouthernStyle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@SouthernStyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SouthernStyle)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2000, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-shave-or-not-to-shave/26470/9 "2000-07-22T17:14:29Z")
:: making a mental note to not post smileys in threads likely to be visited by **ChiefScott** :: Ok. I won’t mention you… 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2000, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-shave-or-not-to-shave/26470/10 "2000-07-22T17:36:43Z")
Shave everything possible, except the hair on top of your head. Enough said. ---
**Author:** ![BigJoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9bd4f/32.png) [@BigJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigJoe)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2000, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-shave-or-not-to-shave/26470/11 "2000-07-22T17:43:16Z")
Oh my, Southern - you ever _seen_ what an Alpha strike from a Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carrier can _do_. :: finding deep hole, hoping the Chief is unable to wangle any _ **special weapons** _ :: ---
**Author:** ![cheezit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@cheezit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheezit)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2000, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-shave-or-not-to-shave/26470/12 "2000-07-22T17:44:06Z")
If we’re talking about women, legs and armpits are a definite YES. If we’re talking about “down there” well then, to coin a phrase, “bald is beautiful”. :D:D (sorry about the smilies but I couldn’t resist.)😃 oops ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2000, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-shave-or-not-to-shave/26470/13 "2000-07-22T17:46:30Z")
And today, **cheezit** , you’re the hydrant. ---
**Author:** ![Yosemite\_Joy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/13edae/32.png) [@Yosemite\_Joy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yosemite_Joy)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2000, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-shave-or-not-to-shave/26470/14 "2000-07-22T17:53:25Z")
O.K. Guys who is HeatherLee? Wait…I do not think that I would like to know… Well I wanted to put a few things straight… There have been a few occasions where I have shaved. Prom, for example, another, Weddings… Oh yeah, and I shaved EVERYTHING (exception of head) when I got close to the end of my pregnancy. Did not want my pubes all over my new babies head or something like that… (yuck). Anyway the guys and I got on this subject a while back on the ship and it turns out that only 2 of the 17 dudes in my division liked furry women. ---
**Author:** ![SouthernStyle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@SouthernStyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SouthernStyle)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2000, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-shave-or-not-to-shave/26470/15 "2000-07-22T17:58:46Z")
The **Chief** must have a hangover. Let’s do everything in our power to avoid cheering him up. (Too much “joy” just makes the headache worse. :D) Well Joy, I wasn’t one of the 17 guys in the original poll, but I love a hairy muff. “It aint called ‘bush’ for nothin’”! Now I _have_ toyed with the idea of shaving a girlfriend or two, but we never got around to it. :: wondering why I ever posted to this thread :: ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2000, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-shave-or-not-to-shave/26470/16 "2000-07-22T18:00:33Z")
Not another squid!! What ship? ---
**Author:** ![Yosemite\_Joy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/13edae/32.png) [@Yosemite\_Joy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yosemite_Joy)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2000, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-shave-or-not-to-shave/26470/17 "2000-07-22T18:21:41Z")
USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72) aka The stinkin’ Lincoln ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2000, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-shave-or-not-to-shave/26470/18 "2000-07-22T18:25:52Z")
Big IKE here. What’s it like to be on a ship which has _never_ made a deployment. How can you even call it a ship. I’d tell you your punishment was to shave, but that’s probably against regs. ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2000, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-shave-or-not-to-shave/26470/19 "2000-07-22T18:28:35Z")
Please tell me you didn’t serve on the _Yosemite_ as your username would imply… ---
**Author:** ![Yosemite\_Joy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/13edae/32.png) [@Yosemite\_Joy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yosemite_Joy)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2000, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-shave-or-not-to-shave/26470/20 "2000-07-22T18:40:56Z")
Never served on the _Yosemite_, what do you mean never been on a deployment? It has been on deployment! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-shave-or-not-to-shave/26470.md?page=2)