The Rumpus has a very interesting post by an author who got her pubic hair waxed in time for Valentine’s Day.
Before I came here, I asked the girls, “Why do people get this done?”
“To feel cleaner,” D said.
“But isn’t it pubic hair’s job to keep things out, in essence, to keep things clean?”
“It’s like getting a haircut or highlights,” she said. “You’re taking care of yourself.”
T said: “My hairdresser doesn’t tell me to hold my butt cheek while she waxes my asshole.”
“You do it for guys,” D said. “They like it the same reason they like you to swallow. It’s porno. It’s that special thing. They like it ‘cause they know we don’t.”
It’s a pretty enjoyable read, although it still doesn’t really answer the whole waxing question for me. And while looking for a SFW photo to attach to this post, I came across this video from three years ago:
And now I really don’t get it.
But maybe I have a knack for picking gyms full of confident women.
Maybe your anecdotes don’t make for statistical reality, either. I don’t know of any study done on the number of women trimming the hedges these days, but I’m certain that the numbers you’ve cited have been pulled from your hairy ass.
@51,
Not getting laid, eh? With that winning personality, it’s hard to imagine why.
Former Tri-State: I don’t know if my tone came out harsher than I intended or not–my post @ 30 was two rhetorical questions and an enthusiastic suggestion, rather than two hostile questions and a demand. I’m a big fan of the slippery, steamy, make-sure-you-scrub-everywhere joy of showering with an enthusiastic lover, followed an evening of diving. The hair is freshly shampooed and the loose curlies have all been washed away.
Still, I have no aversion to trimming or waxing or whatnot. To each his/her own.
Well, I don’t see any argument that the numbers you’ve been throwing out are anything other than statistically worthless there.
It’s been fun. 🙂
@54,
Yep, it has. And your use of emoticons is more telling than you probably know.
@53! So much more fun to read than scientific literature I have in front of me! The trimmed vagina I find only requires one good washing a day, or after the gym. A shower together is fun … but why wait that long. Often the vagina is still fresh the next morning.
@55,
As is your comical seriousness on this topic…
@56, mine has never been shower fresh the morning after banging all night – but maybe that’s cause when i was getting laid regularly we were barebacking. it never stopped us from doing it again in the morning, though. god, i miss that relationship.
@ 56, I see; it’s a timing thing–for you it’s: “Good morning, dear. Now where was I?” while for me it tends toward: “What a day! Let’s get cleaned up and settle down early tonight!”
Morning (for me) is good for spooning, with the lady on the inside and my Morning Wood making pointed suggestions…
@57: that’s just kesh. She’s always like that. Always.
@everyone who says that pubic hair turn them off cunnilingus: what? Who the fuck cares? You’re getting bent out of shape about a few pubic hairs? Sex isn’t good unless furniture gets broken, pets run howling into the night, and the neighbors threaten to call the cops. What’s a few pubic hairs?!?
Big Sven,
I enjoy your posts. You deserved a shout out on slog today, too.