# "treasure trails" on women--yea or nay? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 18, 2002, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-trails-on-women-yea-or-nay/104408 "2002-04-18T22:29:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![easy\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@easy\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/easy_e)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-trails-on-women-yea-or-nay/104408/1 "2002-04-18T22:29:08Z")
I was sitting around at work (standing, actually) and quite literally contemplating my navel. For those of you not in the know, a “treasure trail” is the darker hair that starts at the navel and goes southward. It’s not as obvious on women–I have a slight one. What do some of the male Dopers think (the ladies, too, I shouldn’t be sexist)? Personally, I think it’s quite sexy, so I’m gonna keep it. I remember some girls in high school used to shave their stomachs, so some obviously don’t like it. ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-trails-on-women-yea-or-nay/104408/2 "2002-04-18T22:57:13Z")
I vote yea. Dead sexy. ---
**Author:** ![flyboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4da419/32.png) [@flyboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flyboy)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-trails-on-women-yea-or-nay/104408/3 "2002-04-18T23:05:49Z")
I think I’d have to see yours to judge properly. 😃 Generally speaking I think it’s fine, as long as it doesn’t lead to a totally unkempt area. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-trails-on-women-yea-or-nay/104408/4 "2002-04-18T23:11:30Z")
\ Um, what? I’ve never noticed this on a woman before, not that I spend a lot of time looking at nude women, but still. Is this more common in women with darker hair? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-trails-on-women-yea-or-nay/104408/5 "2002-04-18T23:21:00Z")
Yes. (To **elfkin** and the OP) ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-trails-on-women-yea-or-nay/104408/6 "2002-04-18T23:22:56Z")
Definite **yes** vote! A beautiful feature, so full of promise… ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-trails-on-women-yea-or-nay/104408/7 "2002-04-18T23:35:02Z")
Yes. A thousand times Yes. ---
**Author:** ![biker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ce7236/32.png) [@biker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biker)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-trails-on-women-yea-or-nay/104408/8 "2002-04-18T23:52:20Z")
check out: _Link to adult website removed. **biker** , consider yourself warned. Surely, you read the registration agreement when you signed up last month. - Coldfire_ ---
**Author:** ![Maragold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Maragold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maragold)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-trails-on-women-yea-or-nay/104408/9 "2002-04-18T23:52:53Z")
AKA “landing strip” and “racing stripe”. I especially enjoyed the brown pigment version I had while pregnant. Go, Speed Racer! Go! ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-trails-on-women-yea-or-nay/104408/10 "2002-04-18T23:57:03Z")
thems called crabladders where i come from ---
**Author:** ![DoperChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@DoperChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoperChic)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-trails-on-women-yea-or-nay/104408/11 "2002-04-19T02:26:36Z")
My boyfriend calls his his Happy Trail. 😃 As for myself, I only have a few random dark hairs that I pluck the second they start to come in. ---
**Author:** ![\_ceQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/b9bd4f/32.png) [@\_ceQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_ceQueen)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-trails-on-women-yea-or-nay/104408/12 "2002-04-19T04:14:32Z")
I vote nay, any day. I’ve never yet seen it look sexy (but then again, I obviously haven’t seen yours). Besides, to me, happy trail brings thoughts of a male’s pubic-hair-covered area (rhomboid, as opposed to triangular). ---
**Author:** ![novacaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ea924/32.png) [@novacaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/novacaine)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-trails-on-women-yea-or-nay/104408/13 "2002-04-19T06:27:23Z")
I have to agree with **flyboy88** it’s sexy as long as it doesn’t lead to a totally unkept area. The last girl I was with had a very noticable happy trail which was fine until I realized that she only had it b/c she doesn’t shave anything down there. ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-trails-on-women-yea-or-nay/104408/14 "2002-04-19T12:33:07Z")
I only realized a couple of WEEKS ago (yes, I’m hopelessly backward) that the women in “Playboy” and that type of thing don’t have 'em. I have one. I’m not going to bother shaving it. If a person to whom I’m sexually attracted is going to let a little thing like a string of belly hair turn them off, they probably don’t deserve to see that little trick I do with my tongue **anyhow**. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Phlip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Phlip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlip)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-trails-on-women-yea-or-nay/104408/15 "2002-04-19T12:34:52Z")
HELL NO!! ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-trails-on-women-yea-or-nay/104408/16 "2002-04-19T12:50:33Z")
A light, downy line is sexy. If you can comb it, I’m not attracted. ---
**Author:** ![sunacres](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@sunacres](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunacres)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-trails-on-women-yea-or-nay/104408/17 "2002-04-19T19:34:04Z")
Women’s body hair is fabulous, so “absolutely” to the OP. I also want to chime in on the issue of “totally unkempt” pubic area just enough to remind women that _many_ men really prefer the unmodified, stubble-free, go-where-it-will beauty of your body _just the way it is_. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-trails-on-women-yea-or-nay/104408/18 "2002-04-19T20:42:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hamadryad \* > \*\* I have one. I’m not going to bother shaving it. If a person to whom I’m sexually attracted is going to let a little thing like a string of belly hair turn them off, they probably don’t deserve to see that little trick I do with my tongue **anyhow**. > > 😃 \*\* 😃 Now THAT is a healthy attitude. You should write a book. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-trails-on-women-yea-or-nay/104408/19 "2002-04-19T20:52:48Z")
It gives me a temporary limp. (no smartass, not “makes me”). ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-trails-on-women-yea-or-nay/104408/20 "2002-04-19T21:18:55Z")
I generally prefer “natural”, or only lightly trimmed anyway, and I think a downy stipe like that is sexy as all get out. Heavy, unkempt body hair usually turns me off, however, so I guess it depends, for me. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-trails-on-women-yea-or-nay/104408.md?page=2)