Do you shave down there?

No I don't shave down there; it is quite unhygienic and unhealthy in to shave there.

You're much more at risk for infection; it has long been known in medicine that shaving an area before a surgical operation increases the risk of an infection. A study conducted in 2012 suggests that pubic hair removal can increase your chance of contracting an STI because remove the hair affects the skin membrane, making it easier for bacteria to enter the body. The skin around the genitals, unlike that on your face, legs, etc., is more sensitive, and the removal of hair leaves small wounds that can spread infection to other areas of the body.

Pubic hair provides a cushion against friction that can cause skin abrasion and injury and protection from bacteria and other unwanted pathogens.

The idea that it is hygienic to remove pubic hair has no scientific basis. More than likely the obsession with pubic hair removal is fueled by irrational social standards of what the human body is supposed to look like.

I shave all my pubic hair and have done so for quite some time.

I always leave a 'muff' at the top, and I used to shave the bottom part (labia). I thought it looked neater and nicer this way, and also helped me with anxiety about getting oral. (the thought of hubby getting hair stuck in his teeth is not a pleasant one)

But recently I've stopped shaving the lower part, because I got to wondering if it was reducing my sensitivity. I've been having problems with feeling pleasure when being touched, so I figured I'd give not shaving a try, so now I just trim. We'll see how it works out.

I am s 49yo male and have always preferred to be hairless. I shaved for many years, but have been waxing for the last 3 years. Waxing is way better in my opinion.

I get my wife to shave me. It's a submission game.

Yup bald, smooth, because it feels great.

Brazilian waxed here.... 26/f/Australia

Waxed? Doesnt it hurt?

Not as much as I thought it would. The trick is to do it very quickly.

Yes very quicklt but the labia are very sensitive, i can imagine that must hurt a lot. What about laser?

Ladies, please done shave. Some of us guys miss that hair down there. And presumably, you have that hair for a reason (even if that reason is because guys like it. Don't diss nature!).

My guy tells me "don't shave, don't shave, don't shave...." He likes a woman that looks like a WOMAN and not a pre-pubescent child. I have had this sentiment echoed to me from other guys as well.

Hollywood is trying to push the "hair is gross, shave it, wax it, or do whatever you can to get rid of it" but the truth is that a lot of men like a woman who have a bit of hair down there.

I stopped shaving, and can't even trim too short because it gets irritating when I run.

I avoid the guys who want me completely hairless. As a child abuse victim, I don't want to appear the same as I did back then. Ahem.

I like to trim it and do maintenance, but I'm not completely bald. I feel less womanly with no hair.

Not every woman has a man, or is heterosexual. Somehow people made it about what men want and about sex.

I shave regardless if I have a man, I sweat a lot and work out and am extremely hairy so find it easier not to deal with all this hair especially in a summer



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Atm i dont have a woman but still I shave. I just dont like the bush down there. I find it unhygienic and also when I dont shave the border of the toilet is always full of pubic hairs.

Lesbian here. I promise I'm not angry or anything, but... I'm gay and don't care if you or any other guy wants me to have hair down there. I'll do whatever I want with my body, and the same should go for women who are attracted to men. This isn't about what men like. It's about what the individual doing the shaving/grooming prefers.

That said, I definitely prefer hair. Also, shaving isn't necessarily more hygenic. Just keep it clean.

I am with you on this!

I do agree we want to please our partners and be attractive but I do have a problem with having to be or look certain way to please men. In my younger years I dated men who didn't want me to cut my hair (I mean head) or wanted me to cut it, didn't want me to wear make up or wanted to, wanted me to wear certain clothes or wanted me to be certain way.

Now apparently some men tell women what amount of hair they need to have on their genitals!

As I got older I only go for men who accept me the way I am and want to be. Screw this! Cut uncut shaved unshaven make up no make up.

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Completely off-topic but I used to be with a woman who told me what to dress and what not to dress, who told me that looks like **** and in that you look handsome, your hair (head) is this and that. Instead of just accepting my choices and therefore accepting me as who I am.

No worries. I have no issues with lesbians. I just know what I, as a guy, like. And it's just sexy.

Yep. It just makes me feel cleaner

I think to an extent taking your partners (gender neutral!) preference into consideration is not unreasonable i.e. my ex-gf use to prefer me shaved, so I shaved. Even though generally speaking I wouldn't bother as it's a pain.

Where I come from people, men and women, get rid of unwanted hair with a blazing roll of newspaper. Don't try this if you have had less than one or more than three bottles of whisky.

I'm fine with taking my parther's preferences into consideration. I agree with you there. My point was that it's not okay to tell women not to shave simply because men like hair down there.

I meant no offense. I am operating under the assumption that most women do care what men think about what makes a woman sexually attractive. Just as most men care about what women think makes a man sexually attractive (at least I'm willing to admit that I care).

And my assumptions do nothing to change the fact that some women are lesbians and rather care about what other women think about what makes a woman sexually attractive.

So, there's nothing wrong with men letting women know what they find sexually attractive. It's not like I'm making demands. And some men do prefer a woman who shaves. I just don't happen to be one of those guys.

I honestly don't understand how my sharing an honest opinion could be thought of as offensive in any way.

I'm sorry if you got the impression that I find you opinion offensive. I don't. I even said that I'm not angry or offended at all in my earlier response to you. I still stand by my statement that it's not okay to tell any woman to do anything just because it's what men like. Women shaving/not shaving isn't about sex or about what men want.