Poll: Pubes.

[Jonluw]

Hiya escapists!

Today in "Jonluw asks the community slightly creepy questions", we'll as usual prod at your comfort zones a tiny bit for the entertainment of the masses.

This time around: Pubic hair, how do you deal with that shit?
[sub]Note: If you have shit in your pubic hair, you're probably doing it wrong.[/sub]

Personally, I dip my equipment in gasoline and light it on fire; shaking it in circles to shake off the combustible before the burns get too severe.
I like to pretend it's a helicopter caught on fire and crashing. You should see me in the bathroom doing the sound effects.
I kid I kid.

I actually let it grow.
Why?
Because it's manly. In the same way a beard is. Only more so, because the beard's on your dick.

Of course, the only reason I can allow myself this luxury is that I'm not sexually active at the moment. After all: if girls complain about kissing guys with beards, I can't imagine how they'd feel about the current situation in my pants.
[sub]Extra-discussion: Come up with a good pick up line centering around "the current situation in my/your pants".[/sub]

When I do feel a bit snobby though, I trim.

Also: If you have no hair, there's sadly no room in the poll. Feel free to inform us that you are smooth as a baby's bottom by nature, or go somewhere else.
Edit: The amount of votes for dick-beard pleases me. You make me proud, escapists.
However, the female participation is disappointing.

And another question, if you're a male who shaves: Doesn't it look bloody weird with a snail-trail starting from nowhere?

 

[Sexual Harassment Panda]

A man is at his best when he's at his hairiest. That's what my mother used to say.

I don't alter myself.

 

[Flamezdudes]

I'm 17 and I haven't shaved any hair off my body apart from my face since puberty started. I haven't altered anything below the neck then basically. No one's ever given me a reason to really... and I'm not sure if I want to. There's no particular reason i've left it the way it is down there but i'm not sure what my girlfriend would think once we eventually got to having sex though.

Eh, i've never really been given a reason to. If you have one, please oblidge.

 

[Jonluw]

Eh, i've never really been given a reason to. If you have one, please oblidge.

Well, it looks a lot neater.
It really depends on how your growth is though. If your hair is fairly short and manageable without you needing to trim it, more power to you I guess.
I have fairly hefty growth though. It's a jungle down there. I can't shave either, since my thighs are too hairy. It'd look awfully weird with a bald spot in the crotch. Besides, completely hairless dicks look sort of creepy.
So trimming it is. ...If I feel like being neat. At the moment, it's free range all the way.

Oh, and if you do decide to shave or trim, be advised:
It itches like a *****. This is because the hairs acquire sharp edges from being cut and thus get caught in anything.
I shower and rub the hair in with conditioner before and after trimming to make it softer.
I also smear some lotion on the general area and try not to move too much the first couple of days to combat the itch.

 

[CAPTCHA]

A man is at his best when he's at his hairiest. That's what my mother used to say.

I don't alter myself.

You take sex tips from your mother? Yeah, im just gonna... *Runs away*

OT: Trim. There was a period where I had to shave if I wanted to get any, seems to be the standard over here. Man, it fucking sucks. It feels shitty, looks shitty (not literally) and most of all, you would not believe how much a little bit of hair down there does in terms of keeping some sensitive parts warm. In the winter I was freezing my balls off. Fuck that. Never again.

Doesn't that itch? I trimmed mine once, never again. I literally couldn't sit still for a week.

 

[Sexual Harassment Panda]

A man is at his best when he's at his hairiest. That's what my mother used to say.

I agree completely. Shaved men look like boys or women, they don't look like men anymore. It's creepy when they shave.

As for me, it depends on my mood and my partner. It's a bit of a pain to shave (literally and figuratively), but sometimes I do for practical reason (sexy outfit/swimsuit) or just because I feel like it. I will do it more often if my partner likes it (for one ex who was turned on by the bald look I stayed permashaved.

As for how I do it. I've shaved and used waxes and similar products. The hair remover methods work the best (smoother, lasts longer) but they hurt like the devil so I only go there if I really am trying to impress. Generally I take the shaving route, but then I have to shave every day to avoid my partners getting face burn from stubble.

This post reads very differently when I assume you're a man than it does when I assume you're a woman.

A man is at his best when he's at his hairiest. That's what my mother used to say.

I don't alter myself.

You take sex tips from your mother? Yeah, im just gonna... *Runs away*

OT: Trim. There was a period where I had to shave if I wanted to get any, seems to be the standard over here. Man, it fucking sucks. It feels shitty, looks shitty (not literally) and most of all, you would not believe how much a little bit of hair down there does in terms of keeping some sensitive parts warm. In the winter I was freezing my balls off. Fuck that. Never again.

Who said anything about sex? You should try not tampering with your mighty boosh for a while, you'll discover an inner confidence you never knew you had. You'll wow the bosses at that big meeting, get the girl all the shaved guys want, and food will taste better.

Trust me. I watch House, and he's a doctor.

 

[Vivace-Vivian]

I find it funny while many men don't trim, they expect women to. But that it's true for anyone here, I'm just making an observation.

I trim. The shaved or waxed look makes most women look like a little girl which I find disturbing on myself.

 

[Jonluw]

I find it funny while many men don't trim, they expect women to. But that it's true for anyone here, I'm just making an observation.

I don't really find it any stranger than the fact that women are expected to shave their legs and armpits. And wear makeup for that matter.

Bodily hair is considered a masculine trait. I don't know if it's a biological or societal thing, but that's just how it is.
That said some people, like the Japanese, find pubic hair really erotic.

 

[Vivace-Vivian]

I find it funny while many men don't trim, they expect women to. But that it's true for anyone here, I'm just making an observation.

I don't really find it any stranger than the fact that women are expected to shave their legs and armpits. And wear makeup for that matter.

Shaving legs and under arms are far more comfortable then shaving other areas.

As for makeup, I'm not even going to get in to that...

 

[Jonluw]

I find it funny while many men don't trim, they expect women to. But that it's true for anyone here, I'm just making an observation.

I don't really find it any stranger than the fact that women are expected to shave their legs and armpits. And wear makeup for that matter.

Shaving legs and under arms are far more comfortable then shaving other areas.

I don't see how that makes it understandable that men aren't expected to do it though.

 

[Vivace-Vivian]

I find it funny while many men don't trim, they expect women to. But that it's true for anyone here, I'm just making an observation.

I don't really find it any stranger than the fact that women are expected to shave their legs and armpits. And wear makeup for that matter.

Shaving legs and under arms are far more comfortable then shaving other areas.

I don't see how that makes it understandable that men aren't expected to do it though.

It doesn't. But it is likely why most women are more likely to do it. Myself included.

 

[FamoFunk]

A Man who shaves is not a good look.

 

[Jonluw]

Shaving legs and under arms are far more comfortable then shaving other areas.

I don't see how that makes it understandable that men aren't expected to do it though.

It doesn't. But it is likely why most women are more likely to do it. Myself included.

I suppose.

 

[Jonluw]

If you get itchy after trimming, you are doing something wrong. I have never heard anyone say that.

...
I need to know your secret.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

I trim when I feel like it. Not usually something I feel like doing but I've done it a few times. What puts me in the mood? Who can say.

I don't alter myself.

Do you never cut your hair either? It keeps growing back anyway <.<

 

[HerrBobo]

I trim fairly regular, for three reasons,

It makes it look bigger.

My g/f says it nicer to *ahem* kiss it.

It feels cleaner.

Also, after we were going out a while, I asked my g/f to shave all hers off, which she did and still does, so, you know, pay it back.

 

[Carl The Manicorn]

This is an awesome thread. I laughed so hard when I saw the title. Good one dude.

 

[Chalacachaca]

My dick has a beard and my ass has a mullet, and I would only shave them if I needed to go naked on a play about people without body hair.

 

[Jonluw]

Let me help you with that... While there are exceptions to every rule, on average...

Growing up at least half the girls I knew (probably more) had some sort of "older/mature" guy thing. Be it genetic or cultural, we are programmed to seek that kind of man out. We are not programmed to seek out little boys/teenagers/young men, thus the shaved men on guys is a general turnoff. It was really only inspired (outside the trans/gay community) by the porn industry who did it to improve camera shots and reduce the chance of STD transmission.

Almost every man I've ever known has had a thing for younger women (not when they are kids, but once they are adults). Everything about our society focuses on youth for woman, and that's probably based on the reality that younger women tend to be more fertile and thus its genetically programmed in to men.

Yeah, I tried to touch upon that a little bit.

Bodily hair is considered a masculine trait. I don't know if it's a biological or societal thing, but that's just how it is.
That said some people, like the Japanese, find pubic hair really erotic.

I don't know if the Japanese find pubic hair on men erotic though.

But I wasn't really saying that I didn't see how it was understandable from society's point of view. I was concerning myself with what she was saying.
She was saying she found it strange that men expected women to shave their genitals, while not wanting to do so themselves.
I replied that I didn't find it stranger than the fact that men aren't expected to shave their legs and armpits.
So when she said that shaving legs and armpits are easier, I replied that I didn't see how that made the double standard more understandable (from her point of view. I should probably have been clearer on that point).

Basically, you're arguing the same thing as I: That hair is seen as attractive on men, while the feminine is idealized as hairless.
I didn't think about the porn thing though.

 

[MetalDooley]

I find it funny while many men don't trim, they expect women to. But that it's true for anyone here, I'm just making an observation

Just down to the differences in oral sex I reckon.Lets face it unless a woman is deepthroating she probably isn't going to get a facefull of pubes.The reverse is not true however and choking on a pube during cunnilingus is a bit of a mood killer as well as not being very pleasant

OT:I'm au natural down there although I would have no problem trimming if a partner asked me to.Shaving is not an option however.I'm male btw