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Why don't women have full bush anymore?

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,090 ✭✭✭jill_valentine


    minimising it is definitely necessary for hygiene.

    I wouldn't say it was necessary, but... courteous, certainly.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,473 ✭✭✭Wacker The Attacker


    Extremely hairy fannies are a turn off.

    Personally, I find that completely a shaved vadge is also something of a turn off but for a completely different reason.

    The fannicure is the way to go. i.e manicure for the fanny.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,706 ✭✭✭sadie06


    Gatling wrote: »
    I take it you've never had a period

    I take it you've never seen a tampon!


  • Registered Users Posts: 266 ✭✭kilkenny12


    sadie06 wrote: »
    I take it you've never see a tampon!

    Or a shower:pac:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,612 ✭✭✭Lelantos


    sadie06 wrote: »
    I take it you've never seen a tampon!

    I take it you've never sucked one!
    Do I win?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,706 ✭✭✭sadie06


    Lelantos wrote: »
    I take it you've never sucked one!
    Do I win?


    Yes you do. First prize is a strimmer! :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,308 ✭✭✭downonthefarm


    any of the escorts my friends have frequented have been shaved.
    so what does this tell us?
    hookers have shaved fanny


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,706 ✭✭✭sadie06


    any of the escorts my friends have frequented have been shaved.
    so what does this tell us?
    hookers have shaved fanny


    :rolleyes:


  • Registered Users Posts: 394 ✭✭starWave


    Apparently you can vajazzle it now, after you shave it.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,349 ✭✭✭✭starlit


    :eek:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,917 ✭✭✭✭GT_TDI_150


    Ok, got about 1/2 way through the topic and it occured to me ...

    OP what are you basing you initial post on? 2 out of 3 you've been with were lacking in the bush department? 5 out of 10? 7 out of 10?

    Or does your current partner not want to try the wild bush and you thought starting a thread on it here would see plenty replies agreeing with you and in turn that would persuade her to give it a shot?! :rolleyes:


    Or is this a thinly veiled 'let see who shaves their bush' thread? :D


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,019 ✭✭✭stuar


    mcrods wrote: »
    I like the full bush. Does anyone else? Like its normal and sexy looking!

    OP, I think your just afraid the perverts will get your missus, why not go the whole hog and get her a pair of these anti-pervert tights, there all the go in China.

    "Hairy stockings aimed at deflecting unwanted male attention"
    ‘Super sexy, summertime anti-pervert full-leg-of-hair stockings, essential for young girls going out,’ read an attached caption..........
    http://metro.co.uk/2013/06/18/hairy-stockings-aimed-at-deflecting-unwanted-male-attention-3845865/
    Hairy ‘Anti-Pervert’ Stockings The Latest Trend For Women In China

    Read more: http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2013/06/19/hairy-anti-pervert-stockings-latest-trend-in-china/#ixzz2X5KTnhZY


    Just burn a strategic hole in them with a cigarette and have the best of both world's.

    PS: Would you watch a YETI/Bigfoot porn movie?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,919 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    If porn encourages a shaved fanny, does gay porn encourage a waxed ass among gay men?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,305 ✭✭✭April O Neill


    bluewolf wrote: »
    Used to be very common yonks ago hence merkins, no?



    The Oxford Companion to the Body dates the origin of the pubic wig to the 1450s. According to the publication, women would shave their pubic hair for personal hygiene and to combat pubic lice.

    Hygiene and lice would be less of an issue now though.

    I keep mine trimmed. Whatever people like to do is cool. I just don't buy the hygiene thing. Keep yourself clean and there'll be no problem with cleanliness if you have a full bush.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,615 ✭✭✭worded


    I thought this thread read ....... full BLUSH and I was recalling when a lot of blusher was all the rage .....


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,736 ✭✭✭✭kylith


    There is. Lice! Lots of, ahem, secretions come from there and getting mixed in with tangled up hair is obviously not very hygienic. I know it's not necessary to get rid of pubic hair completely, but minimising it is definitely necessary for hygiene.

    Other than lice, which are easily sorted, there are plenty of benefits to a bush. If it wasn't of benefit we would have evolved without it after all. It helps maintain temperature and humidity for the vagina. It helps protect against UTIs. Shaving causes nicks and ingrown hairs which can get infected. Ingrown hairs also look like nasty great pimples, which are a lot less pleasant to look at than a bush.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,305 ✭✭✭April O Neill


    kylith wrote: »
    Other than lice, which are easily sorted, there are plenty of benefits to a bush. If it wasn't of benefit we would have evolved without it after all. It helps maintain temperature and humidity for the vagina. It helps protect against UTIs. Shaving causes nicks and ingrown hairs which can get infected. Ingrown hairs also look like nasty great pimples, which are a lot less pleasant to look at than a bush.

    Exactly, a lot of the arguments against full bush are spurious.

    It kinda reminds me of people using hygiene as a reason for circumcision. (Obvs a more serious issue than waxing)

    Like I said, nothing against whatever people wanna do with their hair down there, just some of the reasons have no basis in reality.


  • Registered Users Posts: 98 ✭✭CroatoanCat


    kneemos wrote: »
    Ha granny fecker.

    Ha, I'm sure when you say "granny" you mean anyone over 30 :D, but, apparently (yes, apparently - I'm not that old :eek:) actual grannies are very likely to be bald, loss of pubic topiary being a common side effect of the aging process. So, traditionally, a lush bush would have been a visual marker of a healthy, fertile,young (ish) woman as opposed to either a very young girl or an elderly lady.

    So there you go, if you can't tell by her head whether she's too young or too ould, look out for a jackson 5 undercarriage as reassurance. Except, no, that no longer works.....It's all too confusing :).


  • Registered Users Posts: 105 ✭✭mcrods


    Really like a bush is just a normal thing... I was with a woman who NEVER shaved there before. She shaved everywhere else. Smell never an issue for me. It did cover up the entrance and trail to the rear entrance but what harm! We are just like everyone else! On Hols she did ensure was not coming out side of bikini but never trimmed front. You could tell she had a bush but was fine.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,059 ✭✭✭WilyCoyote


    What's the difference between Bill Wyman and a greyhound?

    A greyhound waits for the hare


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,192 ✭✭✭pharmaton


    If porn encourages a shaved fanny, does gay porn encourage a waxed ass among gay men?

    yes.

    I'm not a gay man and I don't know how I know this, in fact all this talk about male vaginas, rimming and prostate orgasms is making me a little sickly but apparently dangleberries are not very becoming on the gay scene


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,987 ✭✭✭Legs.Eleven


    Hygiene and lice would be less of an issue now though.

    I keep mine trimmed. Whatever people like to do is cool. I just don't buy the hygiene thing. Keep yourself clean and there'll be no problem with cleanliness if you have a full bush.

    Same. If you have a shower and keep yourself trimmed, your hygiene is fine.

    In fact:
    Brazilian waxes and other forms of pubic hair removal may increase the risk of viral skin infections, particularly Molluscum contagiosum.

    The finding came from new research published in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections which suggested that shaving the pubic area causes 'micro-trauma' of the skin, which raises the chance of infection by a pox virus known as Molluscum contagiosum.

    In the past, the removal of pubic hair was only meant for religious or cultural purposes. In recent years, however, girls have been shaving their pubic hair to be fashionable, with more and more men starting to join the trend as well.

    Molluscum contagiosum is a contagious skin infection caused by the molluscum contagiosum virus (MCV). It is a pox virus that causes raised, pearl-like nodules or papules on the skin which are referred to as molluscum bodies, mollusca or condyloma subcutaneous.

    It is fairly common in kids and people whose immune systems are weakened as a result of drugs or illness. However, a person can also become infected with the virus through sex, and according to the authors, the number of sexually transmitted cases has increased over the previous 10 years.

    Therefore, a team of researchers set out to determine whether the rise in the number of these infections might be associated with the increasing popularity of pubic hair removal.

    The investigators observed patients who visited a private skin clinic between January 2011 and March 2012 in Nice, France for the purpose of their study.

    Thirty people were infected with Molluscum contagiosum during that period, 6 were female - the average age of all the patients was 29.5.

    In four cases, signs of the infection (pearly papules) had spread up to the abdomen, and in one case it spread to the thighs.

    In 10 cases, other linked skin conditions were identified, including:
    • warts
    • ingrown hairs
    • cysts
    • scars
    • folliculitis - bacterial skin infection
    Ninety-three percent of the 30 patients had had their pubic hair removed, either by shaving it off (70%), having it clipped (13%) or waxing it off (10%).

    Since Molluscum contagiosum can spread quite easily by self infection, for example by scratching, the authors pointed out that hair removal may also encourage spread as a result of the micro-trauma it causes to the skin.

    The scientists explained why pubic hair removal may be increasingly popular:
    "The reasons for choosing genital hair removal remain unclear, but may be linked with internet based pornography ... increased sexual sensation ... an unconscious desire to simulate an infantile look ... or a desire to distance ourselves from our animal nature."

    http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/257885.php


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,065 ✭✭✭crazygeryy


    my granny had a full bush.
    we used to pick rasberries from it.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,801 ✭✭✭Ruudi_Mentari


    crazygeryy wrote: »
    my granny had a full bush.
    we used to pick rasberries from it.

    blowin raspberries :P


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    mcrods wrote: »
    Any reasons why shave downstairs other than society saying you must

    Yes. Personal prefernce. Some simply _want_ to do it. My partners both decided long ago - for no other reason than they simply wanted to - that the only hair they wanted on their bodies was on their head.


  • Posts: 0 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Camryn Glamorous Rebellion


    Hygiene and lice would be less of an issue now though..

    Well yes, but I was responding to a post that implied nobody ever shaved ever until recently


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,801 ✭✭✭Ruudi_Mentari




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 533 ✭✭✭blackbird98


    anncoates wrote: »
    So you're saying none of the girls you sleep with have public hair?

    don't know too many girls that show it off in public!!!


  • Registered Users Posts: 105 ✭✭mcrods


    There is. Lice! Lots of, ahem, secretions come from there and getting mixed in with tangled up hair is obviously not very hygienic. I know it's not necessary to get rid of pubic hair completely, but minimising it is definitely necessary for hygiene.

    Surely not that much secretions come out of it... Like what did woman do centuries ago??


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,837 ✭✭✭TheLastMohican


    Like the wild field mushrooms - fertilizer has played havoc with that particular female eco system.


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  • Posts: 0 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Camryn Glamorous Rebellion


    bluewolf wrote: »
    Used to be very common yonks ago hence merkins, no?

    The Oxford Companion to the Body dates the origin of the pubic wig to the 1450s. According to the publication, women would shave their pubic hair
    mcrods wrote: »
    Can we go back to that time?
    mcrods wrote: »
    Surely not that much secretions come out of it... Like what did woman do centuries ago??

    :rolleyes:


  • Registered Users Posts: 105 ✭✭mcrods


    bluewolf wrote: »
    :rolleyes:

    Your point


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,736 ✭✭✭✭kylith


    mcrods wrote: »
    Surely not that much secretions come out of it... Like what did woman do centuries ago??

    You'd think, listening to some people, that a bit of vaginal mucus is either revolting in smell or somehow injurious to health, which is funny considering how many of them are probably willing to stick their faces right in there.

    I don't shave but I keep it trimmed. I have never, ever had a man turn down sex because I was unshorn. When asked some have told me that they like it aesthetically, or that it feels nice, and that they liked it because my lady parts didn't look like under-age girl parts.

    I would also encourage men to trim rather than shave, because it feels nicer.


  • Registered Users Posts: 105 ✭✭mcrods


    kylith wrote: »
    You'd think, listening to some people, that a bit of vaginal mucus is either revolting in smell or somehow injurious to health, which is funny considering how many of them are probably willing to stick their faces right in there.

    I don't shave but I keep it trimmed. I have never, ever had a man turn down sex because I was unshorn. When asked some have told me that they like it aesthetically, or that it feels nice, and that they liked it because my lady parts didn't look like under-age girl parts.

    I would also encourage men to trim rather than shave, because it feels nicer.

    I agree... At last someone talks sense.. I would trim but I would cut myself! Too much bits for a man lol.... I definately for one would not mind a woman who was trimmed not shaved!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,135 ✭✭✭starling


    kylith wrote: »
    You'd think, listening to some people, that a bit of vaginal mucus is either revolting in smell or somehow injurious to health, which is funny considering how many of them are probably willing to stick their faces right in there.

    I don't shave but I keep it trimmed. I have never, ever had a man turn down sex because I was unshorn. When asked some have told me that they like it aesthetically, or that it feels nice, and that they liked it because my lady parts didn't look like under-age girl parts.

    I would also encourage men to trim rather than shave, because it feels nicer.

    Absolutely, this notion that vaginas are "dirty" is fcuking ridiculous. At least we're not being constantly told (by advertising etc) that we need to use douches, like the Americans were for years. Though certain sanitary towel manufacturers do trade on this paranoia about ladyparts to try and get us to pay more for "actipearls" and similar bs. All these "vagina deodorants" and "freshness wipes" in the toiletries aisle make me want to stab people:mad:
    Hair removal should be your own choice, but don't pretend it's unhygienic to have pubic hair, that's ridiculous. Pubic hair provides protection for a very sensitive area of the body; apart from the possible complications of the removal method itself, a bare pudenda is more vulnerable to irritation from clothing etc.

    I would never shave my bits, that goes double for letting someone near them with hot wax. I have literally just now trimmed them with a beard trimmer thingy. I use same on my arms in the summer, but to be fair nobody has ever said anything about my arms being "too hairy." This thing of removing arm hair seems to be a relatively new phenomenon. My niece got picked on in school for having hair on her arms when she was ten, I was astounded.

    No man has ever asked me to shave my pubic hair. Ffs I spend enough time keeping my legs and underarms smooth, if a bloke asked me to do anything with my pubes I'd tell him to spend a month keeping his legs and underarms hair free and then get back to me.

    I did have a bf once who said he considered it amazing and a great favour that I would go through the pain of epilating my legs and underarms "for him." (I decided not to mention that I wasn't just doing it for him and that it doesn't actually hurt;))


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,135 ✭✭✭starling


    Ps while it's true that prostitutes used to remove pubic hair to deal with/prevent lice, they didn't usually remain bald; they usually used merkins (pubic wigs) to simulate the hair they'd removed:)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,739 ✭✭✭✭Galwayguy35


    There was only one girl I used to go out with that used to have a slight smell of pee but as others have said it was probably due to the fact that she might not have showered that day rather than the fact she didn't shave the bush.


  • Registered Users Posts: 105 ✭✭mcrods


    starling wrote: »
    Absolutely, this notion that vaginas are "dirty" is fcuking ridiculous. At least we're not being constantly told (by advertising etc) that we need to use douches, like the Americans were for years. Though certain sanitary towel manufacturers do trade on this paranoia about ladyparts to try and get us to pay more for "actipearls" and similar bs. All these "vagina deodorants" and "freshness wipes" in the toiletries aisle make me want to stab people:mad:
    Hair removal should be your own choice, but don't pretend it's unhygienic to have pubic hair, that's ridiculous. Pubic hair provides protection for a very sensitive area of the body; apart from the possible complications of the removal method itself, a bare pudenda is more vulnerable to irritation from clothing etc.

    I would never shave my bits, that goes double for letting someone near them with hot wax. I have literally just now trimmed them with a beard trimmer thingy. I use same on my arms in the summer, but to be fair nobody has ever said anything about my arms being "too hairy." This thing of removing arm hair seems to be a relatively new phenomenon. My niece got picked on in school for having hair on her arms when she was ten, I was astounded.

    No man has ever asked me to shave my pubic hair. Ffs I spend enough time keeping my legs and underarms smooth, if a bloke asked me to do anything with my pubes I'd tell him to spend a month keeping his legs and underarms hair free and then get back to me.

    I did have a bf once who said he considered it amazing and a great favour that I would go through the pain of epilating my legs and underarms "for him." (I decided not to mention that I wasn't just doing it for him and that it doesn't actually hurt;))

    I agree.... Like its society telling women to shave! I for one am against this and we should stand up against it!


  • Registered Users Posts: 105 ✭✭mcrods


    There was only one girl I used to go out with that used to have a slight smell of pee but as others have said it was probably due to the fact that she might not have showered that day rather than the fact she didn't shave the bush.

    Lol did you tell her shower then lol


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,135 ✭✭✭starling


    There was only one girl I used to go out with that used to have a slight smell of pee but as others have said it was probably due to the fact that she might not have showered that day rather than the fact she didn't shave the bush.

    Yeah that's definitely a not-washing thing as opposed to a not-shaving thing :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 105 ✭✭mcrods


    Interesting posts! See everyone how the bush gets people talking!


  • Registered Users Posts: 167 ✭✭Boofle


    starling wrote: »
    Absolutely, this notion that vaginas are "dirty" is fcuking ridiculous. At least we're not being constantly told (by advertising etc) that we need to use douches, like the Americans were for years. Though certain sanitary towel manufacturers do trade on this paranoia about ladyparts to try and get us to pay more for "actipearls" and similar bs. All these "vagina deodorants" and "freshness wipes" in the toiletries aisle make me want to stab people:mad:
    Hair removal should be your own choice, but don't pretend it's unhygienic to have pubic hair, that's ridiculous. Pubic hair provides protection for a very sensitive area of the body; apart from the possible complications of the removal method itself, a bare pudenda is more vulnerable to irritation from clothing etc.

    I would never shave my bits, that goes double for letting someone near them with hot wax. I have literally just now trimmed them with a beard trimmer thingy. I use same on my arms in the summer, but to be fair nobody has ever said anything about my arms being "too hairy." This thing of removing arm hair seems to be a relatively new phenomenon. My niece got picked on in school for having hair on her arms when she was ten, I was astounded.

    No man has ever asked me to shave my pubic hair. Ffs I spend enough time keeping my legs and underarms smooth, if a bloke asked me to do anything with my pubes I'd tell him to spend a month keeping his legs and underarms hair free and then get back to me.

    I did have a bf once who said he considered it amazing and a great favour that I would go through the pain of epilating my legs and underarms "for him." (I decided not to mention that I wasn't just doing it for him and that it doesn't actually hurt;))

    At last, someone speaks some sense!

    A lot of my friends are paying massive money for laser on their legs and pubic area, they use Veet on their arm hairs as they don't like the look of it, they bleach their upper lip and sides of their face etc, It's like body hair has become something a lot girls find completely repulsive - which I find crazy - it is natural and is there to serve a purpose. Fair enough, have a bit of trim etc but the current trend seems to be for the almost bald look ie: what you looked like when you were 5 years old!


  • Registered Users Posts: 105 ✭✭mcrods


    Boofle wrote: »
    At last, someone speaks some sense!

    A lot of my friends are paying massive money for laser on their legs and pubic area, they use Veet on their arm hairs as they don't like the look of it, they bleach their upper lip and sides of their face etc, It's like body hair has become something a lot girls find completely repulsive - which I find crazy - it is natural and is there to serve a purpose. Fair enough, have a bit of trim etc but the current trend seems to be for the almost bald look ie: what you looked like when you were 5 years old!

    Correct! Like when a woman has a bush whether full or trimmed shows maturity


  • Registered Users Posts: 167 ✭✭Boofle


    mcrods wrote: »
    Correct! Like when a woman has a bush whether full or trimmed shows maturity

    Exactly - we obviously evolved to have pubic hair for good reason. I had mine waxed once and never again :eek: No way am I ever having hot wax poured on me down there and the hair ripped out from the root ever again. Torture.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,135 ✭✭✭starling


    Boofle wrote: »
    At last, someone speaks some sense!

    A lot of my friends are paying massive money for laser on their legs and pubic area, they use Veet on their arm hairs as they don't like the look of it, they bleach their upper lip and sides of their face etc, It's like body hair has become something a lot girls find completely repulsive - which I find crazy - it is natural and is there to serve a purpose. Fair enough, have a bit of trim etc but the current trend seems to be for the almost bald look ie: what you looked like when you were 5 years old!

    If I had the cash I'd probably think about getting the legs and underarms lasered, just because it would be nice if I didn't have to spend any more time on them:) But that's as far as i'd go, removing arm hair etc is just a step too far for me. Same bf I mentioned above was genuinely astounded when he found out i'd trimmed my arm hair. I only do it when the mood takes me tbh, if I let it go for a while it doesn't bother me. He literally could not understand what the "problem" was with arm hair.
    Also, if you remove the hair from the sides of your face, it makes your face look fatter:pac:
    Bottom line, everyone has hair all over their bodies. Go ahead and remove it if you feel like it (I love having smooth legs:)) but don't let someone else tell you what to do with your body, and don't try to tell other people what to do with theirs :)

    Edit: and yeah, I know it's the influence of porn, but I can't help finding bald gentialia a bit too reminiscent of prepubescence. I'm not saying every man who likes a shaved pussy is a closet paedo, but it is kinda creepy if you think about it.
    I remember when the full pubic wax was starting to become a craze someone wrote about it in the Sunday Times, they pointed out that removal of all body hair was very much the norm in Middle Eastern cultures and then said "I can't help wondering if it's got somethig to do with them treating women like children..."


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  • Registered Users Posts: 105 ✭✭mcrods


    starling wrote: »
    If I had the cash I'd probably think about getting the legs and underarms lasered, just because it would be nice if I didn't have to spend any more time on them:) But that's as far as i'd go, removing arm hair etc is just a step too far for me. Same bf I mentioned above was genuinely astounded when he found out i'd trimmed my arm hair. I only do it when the mood takes me tbh, if I let it go for a while it doesn't bother me. He literally could not understand what the "problem" was with arm hair.
    Also, if you remove the hair from the sides of your face, it makes your face look fatter:pac:
    Bottom line, everyone has hair all over their bodies. Go ahead and remove it if you feel like it (I love having smooth legs:)) but don't let someone else tell you what to do with your body, and don't try to tell other people what to do with theirs :)

    But sure who sees the bush area other than your partner? Would it really make a difference if didn't shave?


  • Registered Users Posts: 167 ✭✭Boofle


    starling wrote: »
    If I had the cash I'd probably think about getting the legs and underarms lasered, just because it would be nice if I didn't have to spend any more time on them:) But that's as far as i'd go, removing arm hair etc is just a step too far for me. Same bf I mentioned above was genuinely astounded when he found out i'd trimmed my arm hair. I only do it when the mood takes me tbh, if I let it go for a while it doesn't bother me. He literally could not understand what the "problem" was with arm hair.
    Also, if you remove the hair from the sides of your face, it makes your face look fatter:pac:
    Bottom line, everyone has hair all over their bodies. Go ahead and remove it if you feel like it (I love having smooth legs:)) but don't let someone else tell you what to do with your body, and don't try to tell other people what to do with theirs :)

    Oh yes I would probably get my legs lasered also- the bliss of never having to shave them again :P - but I was told by a beautician that it is most effective on dark hair and mine is very fair so that's a no-go. I bet your arm hair is fine - I have a friend who is convinced hers is atrocious and mixes up some hair lightening cream in a little dish and puts it on her forearms to turn the hairs blonde - even though she has black hair and dark colouring. The hair on her arms really bothers her but I really cant see the problem with it!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,135 ✭✭✭starling


    mcrods wrote: »
    I agree.... Like its society telling women to shave! I for one am against this and we should stand up against it!

    Heh yeah, remember that picture of Julia Roberts with hairy pits? I was amazed how many people were going round saying it was "disgusting"...like, men usually don't shave under their arms so if it's so gross and unhygienic for women, why aren't men being told to shave their pits?:confused:
    Society - both men and women - loves to tell women what they should be doing with their bodies. Society can go fcuk itself :pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,135 ✭✭✭starling


    mcrods wrote: »
    But sure who sees the bush area other than your partner? Would it really make a difference if didn't shave?

    Not to me, personally, it's just that it seems like we women literally cannot look at our bodies without criticising ourselves; hair is just one part of that. If we have the notion in our heads that "a full bush is bad!" it's just one more thing to mentally beat ourselves up about. Even when we're aware of this pressure we put on ourselves, it's surprisingly difficult to break the habit:(


    Personally I'd trim the bush for two reasons. One, partners seem to find oral sex easier with less hair (though not everyone cares tbh, I never started trimming mine until I was 30 and I never had any complaints before:D) and two, I just found that I liked the neat and tidy look when I tried trimming it for the first time.

    Anything you can do to make seeing yourself naked more of a positive experience is good, IMHO, but only up to a point. If you're going through pain or spending tons of time/cash because you think that your body is just "not good enough" then I think you're going too far. There's grooming and then there's self-punishment.


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    starling wrote: »
    Not to me, personally, it's just that it seems like we women literally cannot look at our bodies without criticising ourselves; hair is just one part of that. If we have the notion in our heads that "a full bush is bad!" it's just one more thing to mentally beat ourselves up about. Even when we're aware of this pressure we put on ourselves, it's surprisingly difficult to break the habit:(


    Personally I'd trim the bush for two reasons. One, partners seem to find oral sex easier with less hair (though not everyone cares tbh, I never started trimming mine until I was 30 and I never had any complaints before:D) and two, I just found that I liked the neat and tidy look when I tried trimming it for the first time.

    Anything you can do to make seeing yourself naked more of a positive experience is good, IMHO, but only up to a point. If you're going through pain or spending tons of time/cash because you think that your body is just "not good enough" then I think you're going too far. There's grooming and then there's self-punishment.

    Good points. I've personally never trimmed anywhere. I've a woman and she doesn't care. She says it manly but she never says shave. Only thing she sometimes says is my area below the genitals is is getting thick.


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