# Total elimination of body hair??
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-elimination-of-body-hair/338711
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [January 6, 2006, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-elimination-of-body-hair/338711 "2006-01-06T05:53:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_You_Big_Red_Fire_Engine)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2006, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-elimination-of-body-hair/338711/21 "2006-01-06T17:53:37Z")
Used to wax down there. Honestly couldn’t be bothered anymore. Sure, it gets in the way a little bit during oral, but not if you keep it trimmed.
I don’t expect him to have it clean shaven.
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### Author:  [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2006, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-elimination-of-body-hair/338711/22 "2006-01-06T18:05:37Z")
> [@Jackknifed Juggernaut](#):
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> A related essay that I found amusing…(registration required). “I have seen the future and it is denuded.”
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> [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/01/magazine/01wwln\_lead.html](http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/01/magazine/01wwln_lead.html)
Written by Daphne Merkin. _snerk_
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### Author:  [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2006, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-elimination-of-body-hair/338711/23 "2006-01-06T18:07:58Z")
For those of you looking for information on this, there have been about a few threads here. These might help:
[Can you recommend a hair removal product?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=309752)
[(TMI) Trends in pubic hairstyles](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=308064)
[Ladies: Bare down there, or au natural? (TMI)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=278878)
[Ladies, do you find shaving particularly difficult?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=260332)
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### Author:  [@Tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tomcat)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2006, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-elimination-of-body-hair/338711/24 "2006-01-06T18:13:34Z")
> [@Paul in Saudi](#):
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> Yes, it is a requirement for all observant Muslims to shave their arm pits and leg pit. Both genders.
I have NEVER heard of this! Give us the Dope, man. This strikes me as…as…as…I don’t know what this strikes me as, but it just doesn’t add up.
Here it is the norm to shave. I sauna once a week in a no-clothing-rule country. 95% of all women under the age of 40 are trimmed, most in the band-aid or landing strip style. the other 5% are hearts, diamonds or bare. Men in their 20’s shave their package about 33% of the time.
There is a GREAT video out there of women getting waxed down there. It is filming only their head and shoulders while it happens, but it is great. I’ll look for it and post a link.
-Tcat
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### Author:  [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2006, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-elimination-of-body-hair/338711/25 "2006-01-06T18:24:46Z")
> [@nyctea scandiaca](#):
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> My boyfriend loves me in my _natural state,_ thank goodness. He said he was relieved to find out for the first time that I didn’t shave down there. He thinks it’s completely sexy. 😉 It has no negative impact on oral sex at all.
Um, two things;
He’s lying and
How would you know unless you tried it?
😃
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### Author:  [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2006, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-elimination-of-body-hair/338711/26 "2006-01-06T18:34:36Z")
> [@Uncommon Sense](#):
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> Um, two things;
> He’s lying and
> How would you know unless you tried it?
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> 😃
Why would you think he’s lying? There are plenty of men who prefer the natural look.
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### Author:  [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-elimination-of-body-hair/338711/27 "2006-01-06T18:38:15Z")
> [@Uncommon Sense](#):
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> Um, two things;
> He’s lying and
> How would you know unless you tried it?
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> 😃
I doubt he’s lying because one glimpse of the bush gets him hard in seconds.
I have tried it bare, and it makes no difference.
Besides, it’s probably because I assist in holding my labia open so he can easily access the important parts, so the hair doesn’t mater 😉
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### Author:  [@MelCthefirst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MelCthefirst)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2006, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-elimination-of-body-hair/338711/28 "2006-01-06T18:49:55Z")
My ex prefered “hairy pussy” - I know this, and that many men do because I stumbled across porn sites of this ilk when using his computer (boy I wish I handed).
Also, we lived in Iran when I was younger and I believe that moslem women used to (possibly still do) pluck down there - maybe pre-razor days? YES, that’s PLUCK!!!
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### Author:  [@Tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tomcat)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2006, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-elimination-of-body-hair/338711/29 "2006-01-06T19:02:20Z")
Here is the [“No More Bush!”](http://www.kontraband.com/show/show.asp?ID=1861), a non-political video.
Listen closely to the waxer’s comments. “Yeah, this will probably hurt like hell.”
Very very funny video.
-Tcat
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### Author:  [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2006, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-elimination-of-body-hair/338711/30 "2006-01-06T19:48:17Z")
“Shaved” would be pretty close to a dealbreaker for me. Don’t even like trimming if it distorts the classic outline shape.
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### Author:  [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2006, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-elimination-of-body-hair/338711/31 "2006-01-06T20:52:22Z")
Please don’t forget -
Everybody is an individual.
This is sexual desire, one of our most basic urges, and not that easy to control.
Everyone is different.
I’m just trying to head off the pedophiliac comments that invariably pop up in a thread such as this. (i.e.,anybody who likes it shaved must have pedophiliac tendencies).
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### Author:  [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2006, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-elimination-of-body-hair/338711/32 "2006-01-06T22:13:07Z")
Question of fashion. Don’t be alarmed – the pendulum will swing. In the meantime, save me a seat in the non-shaving section.
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### Author:  [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2006, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-elimination-of-body-hair/338711/33 "2006-01-06T22:14:50Z")
Let’s put it this way- not all pubic hair is soft and silky, as delicate as the gossamer wings of a fairy princess. Some of it is downright wiry. As a guy, all I’m asking is for a little maintenance- no scrub brush, no stubble, nothing I’m going to choke on. If trimming it short does the deed, terriffic. If that leaves it stubbly, for the sake of my lips & tongue, please wax or shave before I go downtown. Electrolysis can be your friend.
I’ve been with women that got rid of all the hair on their lips but left the upper pubic area hairy- fine with me. I’ve also been with women who shaved the upper area and left the lips hairy, so they could wear tiny panties and bikinis without anything peeking over the top. Completely bald is a pleasure- and it has nothing to do with pedophelia.
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### Author:  [@dietmountaindewster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dietmountaindewster)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2006, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-elimination-of-body-hair/338711/34 "2006-01-07T04:26:12Z")
As a 21 year old guy I have to agree with the completely shaved excpet for maybe a little on the top. Frankly I am grossed out by any other hair down there.
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2006, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-elimination-of-body-hair/338711/35 "2006-01-07T04:31:16Z")
See, the thing about pubic shaving is that if you get a Jesus tattoo he wouldn’t have a beard!
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### Author:  [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2006, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-elimination-of-body-hair/338711/36 "2006-01-07T04:38:12Z")
I’ve never felt strongly either way. I could probably care less. I trim mine but don’t shave it, and probably never would as that’s more maintenance than I’m willing to engage in. I mainly trim mine because otherwise it would be unmanageable.
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### Author:  [@Merkwurdigliebe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merkwurdigliebe)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2006, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-elimination-of-body-hair/338711/37 "2006-01-07T04:56:13Z")
> [@dietmountaindewster](#):
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> As a 21 year old guy I have to agree with the completely shaved excpet for maybe a little on the top. Frankly I am grossed out by any other hair down there.
Lol, I love it in all forms…
Just wait. One time I had this crush on this girl for a long time. She was very gorgeous, and when I finally managed to seal the deal, she had a ton of it down there. Ever since I haven’t minded. I like variety, to be honest.
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### Author:  [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2006, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-elimination-of-body-hair/338711/38 "2006-01-07T06:18:02Z")
> [@Paul in Saudi](#):
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> Yes, it is a requirement for all observant Muslims to shave their arm pits and leg pit. Both genders.
**Pual** , I heard you say this before. I’m currious though; I dated a Muslim woman. Hers wasn’t shaved.
That was of course (her being the nice girl she is) untill she found out I like that sort of thing and shaved it for me.
I’m not contending what your saying. I’m just currious is it’s a certain _type_ of muslim that does this?
And FTR,I know my former Muslim GF was observant because she “observed” Ramadan. Which was probably one of the longest months of my life! 😃
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### Author:  [@liberty3701](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liberty3701)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2006, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-elimination-of-body-hair/338711/39 "2006-01-13T00:07:37Z")
> [@SHAKES](#):
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> **Pual** 😃
Ryhmes with ‘mule’?
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### Author:  [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2006, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-elimination-of-body-hair/338711/40 "2006-01-13T00:27:39Z")
I don’t mind hair, but my favorite style is the lips shaved, but not above. “Landing Strip,” as it is known in some circles. It makes it so much easier if I want to “go downtown,” which, BTW, I love to do. So anything that makes it more enjoyable for ME, makes it more enjoyable for the ladies. 😉
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