Shaving

Okay, I know this isn't scientific but maybe something anyway. I'm kind-of an old dude (51). I was married almost 19 yrs. but my wife passed last winter. now I'm about ready to jump back in and would likw to know what to expect. So I have a question. Back in the day, women didn't shave much. Made for messy faced muff diving but I guess that'd be the case if you were into it anyway. So usually just stippers and porn stars were the only women who usually shaved. My wife complained of the itch factor. She shaved for me once but the itch was too much. So I read where 95% of women shave these days. Is that true? Or is that some porn statistic? Do you or people you've encoutered shave?

horses for courses...some do some don't. some wax, which is nicer to touch.

my ex didn't like it, too much pain to wax and too itchy to shave. the ex before that couldn't stand body hair so was bald all over. nice.

mine shaves hers personally like it better that way and remember to chop those pubic hairs too men no one like hair in thier mouth :)

Some shave, Some make designs, All most all trim in someway, and Then there is like a hand full *decent looking* women that don't do one of the above. So the odds are in your favor if you don’t want an all natural girl.

Most of my friends shave, I shave everything but a little patch on top. I very rarely meet a girl who doesn't.

Shaved looks, feels, and tastes (hair in mouth) better. Shaved also can include a patch above, or whatever just as long as there aren't some big ol hairy lips stickin out.

most of the girls i know won't go a day w/o shaving, they just can't stand their own hair. as for myself i tend to shave an arrow pointing to my member so girls can see where i come from.

yeah most do

some don't buuuuuuut you gotta do watcha gotta do even if ya gotta dive in there

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Originally Posted by qdavid

Okay, I know this isn't scientific but maybe something anyway. I'm kind-of an old dude (51). I was married almost 19 yrs. but my wife passed last winter. now I'm about ready to jump back in and would likw to know what to expect. So I have a question. Back in the day, women didn't shave much. Made for messy faced muff diving but I guess that'd be the case if you were into it anyway. So usually just stippers and porn stars were the only women who usually shaved. My wife complained of the itch factor. She shaved for me once but the itch was too much. So I read where 95% of women shave these days. Is that true? Or is that some porn statistic? Do you or people you've encoutered shave?

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Sorry to hear about the loss of your wife.

I'm suprised to hear so many girls shave and who men like it (not all do).
I don't think it's anywhere close to 95%

Maybe very young women and women that have to shave for their job, but I think for the average (middle age) woman, it's a hassle and doesn't add enough to sex to make it worthwhile. (not to mention itch, stubble and possible infections.)

Important information:

It is believed that the functions of pubic hair include the dissemination of pheromones and protection from the friction of sexual intercourse. Pubic hair protects your vulva from bacterial infections. Women who remove their pubic hair are more vulnerable to bacterial infectionsâ??including urinary tract infectionsâ??as well as irritations on the vulva.

One of the most common problems with removing pubic hair is being predisposed to vulvitis, which means â??inflammation of the vulva,â?� characterized by an itchy, red, and swollen vulva, and in extreme cases, may include blistering.

Pathological Disease
Manifestations of "Ingrown Hairs" related to shaving pubic hair

Inflammation: The body's response to injury. Skin tissue is damaged after the shaving process and it usually causes pain, heat, redness, and swelling. These symptoms occur because blood vessels in the area dilate to bring in extra white blood cells to eat the bacteria and other foreign particles gathering at the site of injury. As a result, dead cells begin to accumulate thus forming papule that turn into pus during the healing process. Any hair in the area gets bound under this formation, cannot exit the skin properly, and worsens the affected area. The hair must be removed to ensure proper and complete healing.

Papule Formation: A small superficial raised abnormality or spot on the skin commonly known as a bump.

Pustule Development: A blister on the skin containing pus.

Bleeding: The rupture of an infected pustule and surrounding blood vessels due to their dilation and close proximity. These vessels are present and in a dilated condition to promote healing.

Micrococci: Colonies or clusters of bacteria that cause abscesses in affected tissue. Their presence cause the body to begin the healing effort by both collecting these harmful bacteria and also by building a wall around the bacteria to prevent further spreading throughout the body.

Leukocyte Count Increases: - The presence of white blood cells increases in a damaged or infected area to protect the body against foreign substances and to help produce antibodies.

Hypertrophy and Keloidal Scarring: Skin tissue begins to multiply in response to injury caused by the act of shaving, especially in sensitive areas (e.g. bikini line) thus causing Keloidal scarring. Keloid development is common in a small percentage of the population and is clearly defined as a hard, prominent, irregular shaped scar tissue, in the skin, often increasing in size. Keloidal scarring also usually occurs where healing injuries, burns, or surgical incisions are under tension.

Wow. I didn't (really want to) know that. Hhm, it was interesting... o.O

shaved is betta

My ex was shaved, thats how i like it.

I've never shaved a single pube, BUT, i think i might one day... just to see what its like lol

lip...it looks like your 10 again...lol...i shave 4 times a week...and my girl friend shaves almost 3 times a week...but also...i have been with almost 30 other women in my life time...i would say that the ones that i had one night stands with...who i found didnt take care of themselves (i can hold my breath for 2.5 minutes if needed) do not shave...yes...it may help for infections and all that crap...but hair also causes odor...and men do NOT like odor....as for middle aged women not doing it...my girlfriend is 32...pretty middle aged...and she has always shaved...becuase she cares about my satisfactional needs as well as hers *which is why i shave*...relationships are 50-50 all the way around...women need to think of that....

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Originally Posted by stickyinsalem

lip...it looks like your 10 again...lol...i shave 4 times a week...and my girl friend shaves almost 3 times a week...but also...i have been with almost 30 other women in my life time...i would say that the ones that i had one night stands with...who i found didnt take care of themselves (i can hold my breath for 2.5 minutes if needed) do not shave...yes...it may help for infections and all that crap...but hair also causes odor...and men do NOT like odor....as for middle aged women not doing it...my girlfriend is 32...pretty middle aged...and she has always shaved...becuase she cares about my satisfactional needs as well as hers *which is why i shave*...relationships are 50-50 all the way around...women need to think of that....

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so you saying that the majority of the women you've been with didn't shave...
and your current girlfriend shaves so it don't stink

clean pussy.... hair or not... doesn't stick
she might wanna try some douch or something

my husband(s) were always satisfied w/and love my sweet smellin puss

if she doesnt shave u gotta think that maybe shes got something to hide. maybe not. u never know.

shaving is the only way to be.My wife and I shave everyday,nice and smoth and sensual

with all the fasion and all the single people out there everybody is trying to make them selfs look better and yeah most females do take care of the munch grass either by shaving or waxing, yeah waxing hurts more but it stay smoother for longer and us blokes like that hey... but it is nice to get that hot sexy 80's style muff everyonce and a while, takes you back.. , as long as its a girl whos cares what the stlye as i like em all....

so if ya girlie is smelling give her a 1L of pinapple juice a day should sweeten things up for you, hahahah well thats what us aussies do. and id rather buy them the juice and convince them to drink it than tell them they have a smelly glory box

hooray for shaving

shave it for summer and grow it for cold winter comfort. if she's a hippy, braid it. for oral sex, the hairs do piss me off...

"if i need flossing, I'll get my own floss dammit!"

Would your crack not be very itchy?

Ah well crab's wont be an issue for alot of ye LMFBO

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Originally Posted by Jake Martinez

The function of pubes...like ANY hair...IS TO KEEP SHIT WARM!

It's sensitive skin, it needs the warmth.

Pubic hair is usually all gross because we're slowly evolving not to have it because how long do you think we've been wearing pants?

That's just common sense, you dolt...if it had to do with bacterial infections (WHICH HAIR DOES NOT HELP PREVENT), then we'd have much more hair around our eyes than we do.

Think about how prone your eyes are to infections, then think how little hair they have to keep dirt out of them...now look at how much pubic hair you have.

Common sense, those researchers didn't know what they're talking about.

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i always love your common sense :thumbsup:

im 22 i've been with 11 chics before and they have all been shaved. usually always nice and smooth, somedays a little five oclock shadow......but who's complaining. And im kinda a hairy dude....i trim my pubes down but shaving that shit is fuckin itchy and i have kinda hairy legs so i figure why have some shaved balls then hairy legs and chest. Im trying to not look like a total moron

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Originally Posted by Jake Martinez

That's just common sense, you dolt...if it had to do with bacterial infections (WHICH HAIR DOES NOT HELP PREVENT), then we'd have much more hair around our eyes than we do.

Think about how prone your eyes are to infections, then think how little hair they have to keep dirt out of them...now look at how much pubic hair you have.

Common sense, those researchers didn't know what they're talking about.

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YOU callling ME a dolt?

So you're quite the expert on sex and women, huh?

Tell me how many times have you had sex with a woman? Touched a woman?

Perhaps you should become more familiar with female anatomy.

Dr. D.M. Thappa
Associate Professor and Head, Department of Dermatology and STD, JIPMER, Pondicherry
http://www.doctorndtv.com/FAQ/detailfaq.asp?id=5903

Women and Unwanted Hair by M. Sara Rosenthal Ph.D.
http://www.yourhealthpress.com/book_unwantedhair.html

http://www.coolnurse.com/sex_faqs18.htm


As for eyes, I've never had a period or a guy ejaculate in my eye, so I wouldn't know.

So why don't you go pluck your eyebrows and shave your pits and ass... cause I have better things to do than debate pubic hair with a trichophobic teenager (or man for that matter).

as long as a girl doesnt have a giant bush, im fine with shaved or a little hair. its not like i put my mouth down there anyways.

i would never EVER shave my genitals.

I find it interesting how people discuss openly on the net(especially us males...lol) My girl shaves all and i shave all.....stickyinsalm.....i couldn`t agree more,it does make you look 10 again and takes a bit of getting used to at first.But believe me you can make everything more sensual when shaved as you/her can lick parts that have never been licked before;)
It is itcy at first but you get used to it.............lol........scratch....scratch...+ you never catch ya pubs in ya zip anymore....lol
Sorry about the loss aswell,i fear that day aswell.
Luv from uk

I'm a dude, and every girl that i've been with either shaved or trimmed very close. Even the one girl that looked natural at first, ended up that she shaved her important bits.

Ah, another subject on shaving :D


My preference with a girl is either totally shaven (no stupid patches of hair in various shapes) or a girl who lets the bush grow but keeps it trimmed (IE it is still the triangle shape but trimmed VS a wild muff). I sort of lean more towards the latter to be honest as I've always thought the pictures I use to look at of Renaissance women to be very classy and sexy in a very artsy way... Completely shaven does look a little whorish but... Whorish can be a good thing :smokin:

I think not shaving/waxing is pretty fucking gross. Who wants a bush? Not meeeee

I'm the guy who started this thread. My wife was Korean. The one time she did shave, she did it for fun but after that the memory of the itch bother prevented her ever doing it again. But at that time she explained about an old "Koren Custom?" (probably Chinese, I don't know) that when women wanted to leave their husbands, they would cut their pubes, put 'em in an envelope, and send them to the husband. Kind of saying "no more for you". Ain't that cool?

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Originally Posted by qdavid

I'm the guy who started this thread. My wife was Korean. The one time she did shave, she did it for fun but after that the memory of the itch bother prevented her ever doing it again. But at that time she explained about an old "Koren Custom?" (probably Chinese, I don't know) that when women wanted to leave their husbands, they would cut their pubes, put 'em in an envelope, and send them to the husband. Kind of saying "no more for you". Ain't that cool?

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ha. thats rather funny. the pubes-in-envelope part.

If you want pretty much guaranteed shaved folks, look no further than Muslims. I lived in Turkey for a while, and everybody shaved. The womens' pubes, all shaved. Underarms and legs? Shaved, and some of those even by the men. I'm not a very hairy guy, but I'll tell ya, living in an area dominated by Muslims, I was one of the hairier guys there, because shaving my underarms and my legs...that just felt a little too feminine, and I couldn't make myself do it.

nothing worse than messy faced muff diving

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Originally Posted by baisez le monde.

ha. thats rather funny. the pubes-in-envelope part.

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I thought so too. If you don't mind me asking, is your handle, or whatever they call it here, meant as "fuck the world'' in a pissed off way, or like you love it all? You don't even have to answer that, of course, if you don't want to.

hhahaha like "FUCK THE WORLD, BITCHES!!"

or...

"I wanna fuck everyone in the world!!!!!!"?
.....lol

well.... when i fist joined it was definitely the first one, but now im a much happier person and i couldnt bring myself to say i hate everyone.... so i guess as of now im a slut who wants to screw everyone? :p

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Originally Posted by Buddha Man

as long as a girl doesnt have a giant bush, im fine with shaved or a little hair. its not like i put my mouth down there anyways.
i would never EVER shave my genitals.

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WHAT?!?!

Hate to call foul on JM's citing of hair's function (keeping shit warm I believe it was) but I gotta do it.

The role of a hair folicle depends on it's location. Hair comes in a varity of forms, just compare a hair on your head to an eyelash, or a pube. Different locales mean difference functions. In this case, warmth is a secondary concern, the primary ones being lubricity and retention of scent.
Women have 80% more scent producing glands than men do, I'll leave it to your imagination to guess where they're mainly concentrated ;) For a species with very poor night vision, an added medium was provided to help guys navigate in an olfactory sense, down to the goods. Handy when you're living in a cave with no indoor lighting I guess.
For those that doubt the lubricity aspect of hair, go get a Brazilian and shave your armpits bare - then go run in a marathon. When you're out of the burn unit, let us know how that went down.


Personally, I love vag in all of it's incarnations (the disease-free kind anyway!). A girl I used to play with was proud of never taking a razor down there, telling me she'd rather look like she belonged in a 70s porno than get those little bumps shaving girls are prone to. I know it sounds crude, but she had the sweetest pussy I've ever munched. Not sure if there was a correlation.
If a girl prefers a landing strip or even The Bald Eagle(tm), hey that less for me to worry about when I'm storming the gates. I'm guilty of cursory manscaping myself. I'd be embarrassed if I'm getting my hog smoked and someone gets a tickle in their nose or something. Oh, and for those who haven't seen it yet: http://www.shaveeverywhere.com Even if your not in the market, check it out cuz it's funny as hell.

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its not like i put my mouth down there anyways.

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You don't dine at The Y? I guess it's not for everyone. If a small number of girls can be militantly anti-hummer, then I guess it's fine for some guys to hold a similar veiw.


I myself am proud to be cunning linguist. I'm told I have a huge tongue too. ;)

Everyone has to try shusi once... come on ... KIPPA Rofl

jokes ladies.. jokes ;)