# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tbea925](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@tbea925](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tbea925)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2000, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-shave-or-not-to-shave/26470/21 "2000-07-22T18:46:07Z")
Hey, I have a great idea! Why not, instead of shaving, we sell you some kind of goo or mechanical torture device that you can, instead of shaving, just _rip the hair right out of your skin_! I bet we could sell it on TeeVee and make you pay big bucks for it, too, and make it almost sound like a good idea. Where’s Ron Popiel when you need him? ---
**Author:** ![Nanno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Nanno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanno)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2000, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-shave-or-not-to-shave/26470/22 "2000-07-22T18:50:07Z")
Originally posted by Anthracite \*\*Shave everything possible, except the hair on top of your head. Enough said. yes enough said, ask David ---
**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, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-shave-or-not-to-shave/26470/23 "2000-07-22T19:25:30Z")
I am not judgemental towards people who shave under their arms or thier legs, you would never catch me saying… \* Oh, look at her with her shaven armpits with all those red bumps.\* I personally do not think that society should view people who do not shave as nasty granola people who live under rocks. I mean look at Julia Roberts and the uproar she caused getting caught with hairy pits. C’mon people give us hairy people a break… ---
**Author:** ![tubagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b77776/32.png) [@tubagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tubagirl)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2000, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-shave-or-not-to-shave/26470/24 "2000-07-22T19:27:00Z")
Well, I don’t think a woman should have to shave if she doesn’t want to. My SO likes everything shaves but arms and head. I obliged him 2 valentine’s days ago in the nether regions, and have never stopped. I love it. But when i don’t want to shave he doesn’t mind, It is just a treat when I do. It good to keep it that way. Then he doesn’t expect it. hee hee THE POWER!!! THE ABSOLUTE POWER!!! ---
**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, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-shave-or-not-to-shave/26470/25 "2000-07-22T20:12:06Z")
Hi **tubagirl** , Are you sure that your shaving habits and fiance’s desire for abstinence aren’t related??? Just wondering… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![tubagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b77776/32.png) [@tubagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tubagirl)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2000, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-shave-or-not-to-shave/26470/26 "2000-07-22T20:30:04Z")
Well since he can’t hold up the rules of the ‘non-sex’ period. I don’t think my hairy legs are the problem. Anyways, I shaved them last night for my brida shower!!! ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2000, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-shave-or-not-to-shave/26470/27 "2000-07-22T21:11:31Z")
Hairy armpits and legs on a girl–yuk. Major yuk. I used to be of the opinion that a muff should be trimmed pretty close, like a buzz-cut. (But not bald.) Now, however, I go for the natural look “down there.” My girlfriend, who is Korean, has the nicest, silkiest muff. Very soft. She also gets aroused very easily, and the ‘juicy muff’ phenonemon is very pleasing to me. I have helped her shave the more delicate areas, which is okay; but I’m not ever going to suggest she remove her silky soft garden. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2000, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-shave-or-not-to-shave/26470/28 "2000-07-22T22:13:26Z")
Four of us Army dudes were in a cafe in Berlin (1973?). The waitress was wearing a sleeveless blouse. When she placed our orders on the table, we were treated to a close-up view of the hairiest pits I’ve ever seen. Hairier than any guy’s. Bird’s nests…condors, maybe. Uck. ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2000, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-shave-or-not-to-shave/26470/29 "2000-07-23T01:49:50Z")
I’ve never actually seen a woman with hairy armpits, but as long as it wasn’t growing wild I don’t think it would bother me too much. It’s perfectly natural to have hair there, but she should still trim, like she does her head. Legs are the same. Don’t think I’d mind, but never been tested. Muff. Now THERE’S a beast of a different color. I want it so long it takes a lawnmower to sort it out. I can’t explain this. Maybe because bald pubes remind me of a baby, and who wants to be reminded of babies when you’re horny? Somehow, a woman is just more “womanly” to me with a thick, dark bush. ---
**Author:** ![Archer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archer)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2000, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-shave-or-not-to-shave/26470/30 "2000-07-23T06:52:48Z")
Ah yes, building number 72 of Naval Base Everett, AKA USS Lincoln. 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2000, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-shave-or-not-to-shave/26470/31 "2000-07-23T07:30:30Z")
Sorry, **Yo-Yo Joy**. I was thinking of the GW. ---
**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2000, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-shave-or-not-to-shave/26470/32 "2000-07-23T07:57:45Z")
I will refrain from posting any smilies while Chief is around…not that I’m afraid of him launching a cruise missile or anything. After all, the last one missed. Still, I won’t take any chances… Oh, and concerning the topic…I prefer it when girls aren’t hairy, and a girl would be hard pressed to earn my affection if they’re as hairy or worse than me. ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2000, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-shave-or-not-to-shave/26470/33 "2000-07-23T09:42:25Z")
Here’s my deal. I shower in the morning, before work. If any of you have read my before work posts you will have an idea of just how together I am. I don’t want to handle sharp objects in that state. So shaving takes an extra shower if I want it done more than twice weekly. (weekends plus a time or two when I’m at the gym) The people I allow to care about my state of hair or lack thereof are those that will be affected. If I’m going out in a tank top and shorts I will have shaved in the recent past. If you can’t see it, it is not your problem. If I’m planning on sleeping with someone I have a deal. I’ll shave legs and armpits on a regular basis if they care, but my bush is mine. You don’t like it you don’t have to touch it. All in all I think its pretty unfair. Guys can have hairy legs and no one cares. They sit around and compare forestry. The fact that guys have the option of smoothing off their faces doesn’t make up for it. I count surface area. Sigh. Society really needs to re-align a few priorities. ---
**Author:** ![Obvious\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Obvious\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Obvious_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2000, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-shave-or-not-to-shave/26470/34 "2000-07-23T12:20:46Z")
To shave or not to shave… that is the question. As for myself I hate to shave, at the same time I dont like facil hair either. As for girls… the less hair the better. In fact it was popular with girls in europe(16-17 century??) to shave EVERYWHERE. So its nothing new… Hair is icky, maybe it looks not as bad on a man, unless he has more hair than bigfoot. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-shave-or-not-to-shave/26470.md?page=1)