Women : Shaved or not?

At the nudist resort nearest me, shaving is somewhat more common with women than going natural, but there's no pressure to be shorn and many are happy to leave their hair as is. Most of the guys don't bother with theirs, although in summer a slight trim seems to help when you are in and out of swimming pools.

I agree that to think that your own body's natural hair "is disgusting" is a toxic lack of self-esteem. Many guys think a woman's natural triangle is esthetically pleasing. A woman's confidence in her own body is also very attractive!

If you trim or shave because you think it looks better or facilitates love-making, that's different. It's an explanation that makes sense.

If you spend a lot of time naked outdoors in a hot sunny climate, pubic hair may be providing beneficial shade for a very important part of your body, so please think it through.

If you have a dark complexion, your skin may provide its own protection even without the hair.

Do whatever inspires you to look your best, but please learn to love your body.

 

I'm sorry, I just don't get this. Because some men like "natural triangle" those of us who don't want to accommodate that have some how "toxic" lack of self-esteem. Can't we just leave it at different strokes for different folks? I personally do find pubic hair disgusting and make no apologies for it. I can assure you that I do love my body and don't have a lack of self-esteem. If someone else prefers to grow a big ol' bush more power to them as far as I'm concerned: there's no rule that says I have to find every single person's choice aesthetically pleasing. I don't ask those who prefer pubes to justify their preference. It's enough for me to say that that's just their preference. Why can't people offer a similar courtesy to those of us who prefer to shave or depilate bikini area (as well as legs and underarm) without offering a list of "acceptable" reasons why they might like to shave.

 

I wasn't suggesting that those with a shaving fetish accommodate those with a hair fetish or visa verse. People who feel so strongly about it probably should stay well apart for a better chance at a happy life.

Ummm, the body you love grows the hair you hate?
A paradox, but paradoxes are a long-standing part of eastern thought, so I won't judge.

I have no illusions about helping adults escape hair phobia, but we can try to help our kids avoid such negative feelings about their own bodies while they are still under our care.

It seems obvious that the shaving fetish is indeed currently putting a lot of pressure to conform on people in some corners of the world. And I take a perverse pleasure in defying them.

However, if the hairy fetish ever takes over again and makes similar demands, I probably would shave my entire body down to eyelashes just to defy them!

 

IT doesn't have to be about a "fetish". It's not really any more of a fetish for me than shaving my armpits and legs which most bush-sporting women do already. And I don't think the women who prefer to leave a bush have a "hairy fetish". You say you don't want to judge but your whole post is dripping with judgement. Why should you have an opinion one way or another about what other people want to do with their own bodies? Lots of people like smooth and hairless and there's nothing wrong with that. Others prefer hair and there's nothing wrong with that either. It doesn't have to be about social pressure and I'd say if you looked for an honest answer there's no pressure at all, people just have different grooming and styling preferences for all parts of their bodies.

To say that because hair is natural one should embrace it or if one doesn't there's some sort of self-hate going on is really ridiculous. There's no paradox, it's just grooming. We don't live like cavemen, we all wear clothes, cut our hair, men shave some parts of their bodies, women shave others. We don't go around in the "natural" state. None of us do. Why single out women (or men) who shave their genitalia? Once upon a time the unshaven armpit was as "natural" as the unshaven "triangle". Yet the vast majority of women now recoil from profuse hair under there. Do they all hate their bodies? I don't think so. There's no paradox in recognising that the body you love might be presented better with a bit of grooming whatever way you want to do it.

 

Hate, hate, hate? Strong words, to be sure!

 

I have a friend who admitted she shaves the hair off her toes ..and just thinking about it kind of excites me

 

I don't hate my hair, but for myself I shave it all off.

For me I like it better, I feel cleaner there and sexier.

I really don't see how disliking your body hair is selfesteem issues. I don't like mine and I love my body for what it is. And for me it's pube free

 

For me i love the feel of being completly shaved. I shave during the cold months and around April I start going to a salon for a wax.

 

I prefer them to NOT BE SHAVED @ ALL!!!!!!! (Its a total turn off if they are)

They are adults and should have hair down below!!!!! (Looks better) -- I LOVE GIRLS ALOT!!!!!!

 

Depends! As we approach the "sunworshipping"months I will be shaved.....usually, though anyone who has looked at my photos will see that I can sometimes get lazy & not bother, but during the winter months I shave occasionally. I have no preference really, at my age my pubes can look a bit sparse & scruffy so I certainly keep them trimmed short at least, but I do enjoy the feeling that being completely bare gives once in a while.

 

i kind of like it when they leave a bit of mustache

 

I definitely like myself shaved. I've always done it.

 

Shaved/waxed..

The guy Im with at least needs to trim up down there as well !

 

But ya dont l00k as attractive then!


I bet your very pretty

 

Waxed is the best way. Smooth as fuck!

 

Agreed!

 

You forgot to mention painful as fuck! Don't ever let anyone tell you otherwise....they are liars!

 

wth, I thought this was a hippy forum? I'll take on a full bush... if my pappy could handle that shit back in his day I'm not going to scoff at it.

 

I don't mow the lawn but I do trim the bushes from time to time.

 

Shaved is nice, but I don't mind some curly Qs.


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