I realized 20+ years ago I would never play for the New York Yankees. So that’s the last time I’ve considered that I would be required to shave for a job. Most of the professionals and CEOs I know have facial hair (some obsolete styles included). Then again, people here talk about wearing suits in 2018 and I literally don’t know a single person who does.
As far as body hair goes, I guess I go opposite of the times. When I was younger I shaved my chest because I tried to be somewhat of a bodybuilder and I just preferred that look, but the overwhelming response from most people was that it “looked gay.” And all the women I knew preferred hair and running their hands through it. Now I see plucked chicken looking men and women saying “ewwwww” when hunky celebrity men have chest hair. Now, the funniest/strangest looking thing I see - which seems to be the norm - is big hairy guys with huge beards and no body hair. I just find it weird to see a beard and then a smooth chest. Or clean-shaven adult men who are not bodybuilders but have no bodyhair. I don’t care what people do; it’s just a weird look to me. Or the hairy legs with no hair anywhere else Dan Bilzerian style look. It reminds me of that Seinfeld ep where Jerry started trimming the top of his chest and tried to make it even but eventually shaved everything.
On women, I personally dislike the hairless look. I am young but old enough that when I entered what I expected to be a longterm monogamous marriage 13-14 years ago, I had never seen a completely hairless area in person. The landing strip/triangle look (which completely addresses the hair in teeth situation) was in but many women slightly trimmed if at all. And tongues were definitely in use and not a brand new thing.