Hooray for the return of pubic hair!

ELMontague · Aug 21, 2010

Now I'm opening this for the general audience because it's a good conversation piece, but I'm really just stating it.

I write erotica. Point of fact, I've never written a piece that didn't at least have a little sexual tension in it. And I don't think I've ever written a bald vagina. My characters are often concerned with a clean appearance, but none of them are Barbie clean.

If you wander around the net you'll find myriad posing pixies with inflated fake boobs and clean as a whisper pussies, even the guys are shaving down there. That's just not real, not in my experience anyway. Sure, I've shaved a few in my day, one twice. Day to day, though, and girl to girl, I don't think the norm is Kojak.

When I'm given the image of a woman with a clean shaven crotch, my mind goes straight to 'pro' and the whole thing loses a little sexy. Pros have their place. And they can be damn sexy. But please don't give me a librarian with a full on wax.

I'll take a flat chested thirty-something with an over-grown disco muff over the latest product from the assembly line any day of the week.

Long live pubic hair.

And that's what I have to say about that.

jennontheisland · Aug 21, 2010

Long live the 70s bush!

Full removal is a freaking hassle. And guys shaving... really seems to take something away from the masculinity. I mean, he should have more body hair than me and spend less time doing his makeup than me.

And really, I think most guys don't care if there's hair or not, they're just happy to be seeing one.

Writing historicals though, I always mention the hair. Though I have been told that pointing out that women have leg and armpit hair as well as cunt hair is too much.

kuwisdelu · Aug 21, 2010

I like both. Variety is good, IMO. But since all you see in porn tends to be waxed, all my favorite actresses have nicely trimmed bushes.

My characters tend to have pubes, too. My IRL women keep it mixed up.

Domoviye · Aug 21, 2010

I like a woman to be trimmed, although shaven is preferred. If its wild and wooly it tickles the nose and goes down the throat too easily.

kuwisdelu · Aug 22, 2010

I have to defer to my television alter ego:

Hank Moody said:
HelL-A Magazine blog number 1. Hank hates you all. A few things I've learned on my travels through this crazy little thing called life. One, a morning of awkwardness is far better than a night of loneliness. Two, I probably won't go down in history, but I will go down on your sister. And 3, while I'm down there it might be nice to see a hint of pubis. I'm not talking about a huge 70's Playboy bush or anything. Just something that reminds me that I'm performing cunnilingus on an adult. But I guess the larger question is why is the city of angels so hell bent on destroying its female population.

Granted, I like waxed/shaved in real girls often enough. But in porn, it just gets tiring, and a nice bush is refreshing. To go back to what I said earlier: I like variety.

firedrake · Aug 22, 2010

Trimming or shaving has never even crossed my mind.

Sincerely,

70s disco babe.

Satori1977 · Aug 22, 2010

LOL, great post!! Personally, I keep myself very trim. I just feel "cleaner" that way. Not saying you aren't clean with a lot of hair, it is just how I feel. But I hate hair on my body. If I could get electrolosis everywhere except my head and eyebrows, I probably would. Hate the feel and look of it. I do shave myself completely sometimes, but it usually gets tiring trying to maintain it....stubble...all that good stuff. So a nice strip works well.

On guys? I like my men hairy, but I like when they do trim around the twig and berries. Makes it stand out more, so to speak, and maybe even look a little bigger. But mostly, it is better for going down on a guy. Don't like those pesky hairs getting caught in my teeth.

scarletpeaches · Aug 22, 2010

Ugh. If I saw someone with a full bush it'd turn me right off. Barf.

At least fucking trim it, or the deal's off.

Maryn · Aug 22, 2010

It seems to be a very generational thing. We've had this discussion, among two generations of Maryns, over the dinner table many times. Only the young ones find a full bush even slightly off-putting. Only the old ones find a bald-as-a-baby adult creepy.

There's nothing wrong with the way nature made me, IMO. Sometimes I'm trimmed, sometimes shaved to various levels, sometimes furry as a bear. If you don't like it, you're cordially invited not to go down on me.

Maryn, who feels like a natural woman

Satori1977 · Aug 22, 2010

Maryn said:
It seems to be a very generational thing. We've had this discussion, among two generations of Maryns, over the dinner table many times. Only the young ones find a full bush even slightly off-putting. Only the old ones find a bald-as-a-baby adult creepy.

There's nothing wrong with the way nature made me, IMO. Sometimes I'm trimmed, sometimes shaved to various levels, sometimes furry as a bear. If you don't like it, you're cordially invited not to go down on me.

Maryn, who feels like a natural woman

LMAO. I don't care what other women do, though I don't really like the look of bald women (kinda weird, since I will do it to myself on occasion). I just can't have a lot of hair, I don't like how it feels on me. Plus, in bathing suit season, don't want anyone to see hairs sticking out...usually shave completely when I wear a bathing suit.

On a side note, my hubby doesn't like when I shave completely. He likes a little hair.

scarletpeaches · Aug 22, 2010

I don't want someone's minge to look like a 1970's Motown afro.

Don't make me get the lawnmower out.

If you're wearing a bikini, get rid of the pant moustache.

Maxinquaye · Aug 22, 2010

But it can be a serious afrodisiac to bring out the trimmer on a wild grown bush now...

Ooops. Sorry. This isn't the bordello.

Satori1977 · Aug 22, 2010

scarletpeaches said:
I don't want someone's minge to look like a 1970's Motown afro.

Don't make me get the lawnmower out.

If you're wearing a bikini, get rid of the pant moustache.

Makes me think of a scene in the Sex and the City movie, where Miranda hasn't waxed (not that you have to wax, I cannot wax there, I just shave well) and little hairs poke out of her bathing suit. *cringes*

If I don't have to see it, I don't care. But I do not want to see that!

Satori1977 · Aug 22, 2010

Maxinquaye said:
But it can be a serious afrodisiac to bring out the trimmer on a wild grown bush now...

Ooops. Sorry. This isn't the bordello.

Was that on purpose?? LMAO

Maxinquaye · Aug 22, 2010

What's wrong with a little word-game now and then

Synonym · Aug 22, 2010

*pauses to ponder if El got in the liquor cabinet last night and remembers that he doesn't do that kind of thing*

Maryn is correct IMHO, it's certainly a generational thing. Completely bare looks wrong to me and it does seem to hint at 'pro' as El pointed out. Also it just appears wierd. Pre-pubescent appearance under a pair of mature breasts? Own your age.

And Max has a point also...a little help with a trimmer is quite nice.

Smish · Aug 22, 2010

In my college years, I went through a pubic hair identity crisis. I just couldn't figure out what suited me best, so I went through a period of experimentation. From full to bare to decorative shapes. I decided that a simple trim is best, for me.

And I love the Schick Quattro Trimstyle with the bikini trimmer. That little gadget made life so much simpler.

Satori1977 · Aug 22, 2010

Smish said:
In my college years, I went through a pubic hair identity crisis. I just couldn't figure out what suited me best, so I went through a period of experimentation. From full to bare to decorative shapes. I decided that a simple trim is best, for me.

And I love the Schick Quattro Trimstyle with the bikini trimmer. That little gadget made life so much simpler.

I had a friend in college who tried to shave shapes into her pubes. The best was a lightening bolt. Not as easy as you would think.

scarletpeaches · Aug 22, 2010

I did mine in a heart shape once.

General consensus among my exes is "I don't much care."

I'm not a fan of organic dental floss myself and with guys I much prefer it if they're completely bald.

Bookewyrme · Aug 22, 2010

I shaved completely once. It was weird, and the growing back in was SO. FREAKING. PAINFUL!! I'm not opposed to either a full bush or neatly trimmed though. Trimming can be a pain but worth it for your partner.

Satori1977 said:
On guys? I like my men hairy, but I like when they do trim around the twig and berries. Makes it stand out more, so to speak, and maybe even look a little bigger. But mostly, it is better for going down on a guy. Don't like those pesky hairs getting caught in my teeth.

I agree with this. Fully shaved is a bit odd, but twigs and berries? NOM! And yea, hairs in my teeth = not sexy at ALL!

Satori1977 said:
I had a friend in college who tried to shave shapes into her pubes. The best was a lightening bolt. Not as easy as you would think.

I've always wanted to try this but never had the time or correct tools. I mean, I know it's not important or anything, but it's one of those things I would find amusing.

Maryn · Aug 22, 2010

Does anyone else find it odd that in a time when all-natural, organic foods, 'green' cleaning products, reusable shopping bags, green/repurposed waste products, biodegradable packing, and similar sorts of items are more and more in demand by young adults, they find naturally-occurring pubic hair gross?

Maryn, ponderful

kaitiepaige17 · Aug 22, 2010

It seems like more of women my age are the ones who really like to be clean "down there." Personally, I don't take it all off, but make sure the bushy is gone because I don't think it looks good with panties; who wants a pretty, skimpy pair of undies with hair growing out all over the place?

But shaving it all off is a big no-no for me. I did once and it just reminded me of being five years old again.

Synonym · Aug 22, 2010

Maryn said:
Does anyone else find it odd that in a time when all-natural, organic foods, 'green' cleaning products, reusable shopping bags, green/repurposed waste products, biodegradable packing, and similar sorts of items are more and more in demand by young adults, they find naturally-occurring pubic hair gross?

Maryn, ponderful

Well said. Humans are so contradictory!

veinglory · Aug 22, 2010

I terms of erotica I see the full range across different stories from natural to trimmed, landing strip and bald.

sunandshadow · Aug 22, 2010

Bookewyrme said:
I shaved completely once. It was weird, and the growing back in was SO. FREAKING. PAINFUL!!

Same here. Had to coat the whole area in vaseline in order to be able to walk around without the stubble sanding my skin off. I'll definitely never try that again.

Hooray for the return of pubic hair!

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