I will be interested to see if there's a generational divide here.
Is it old school not to shave/wax?
Do the younger guys expect clean shaven based on what they've seen online, etc?
This is what I've been told by guys who... um.. follow the medium...

FWIW, I find clean to be reminiscent of small children and therefore creepy and not erotic. Just MO!

I can't wait to see what kind of responses you get, Chris...

Oooh, do we have a bunch of wimps here? I'll say right now, I prefer a woman who is shaved/waxed, basically because of ease of access. And lack of picking hair out of my teeth. At this point I sort of do expect it. Back in the 90s that wasn't the case, but I feel like it's much more popular now. I can't think of a girl I've been with in the past...oh, 10 years who wasn't shaved.

So I do expect it. I'm sure it has something to do with the bald beavers in porn, but I also conjecture that there is an increased incidence of men going down on women. Just a theory. If I'm with a girl and she says she's not gonna [insert humorous euphemism] if I didn't shave, I'd be gettin' to the razor so fast (but not so fast that I cut myself). Now, do I shave?

What a cocky perv you've become, Mr. Front Page!

But ohhhh, alright, I'll bite. heh.

If I had the financial means, there would be regular waxage of the...underbrush. However, since the good places require big $$$, the razor will hafta do, and since I'm a lazy chick, that's only on the menu when there's testosterone in the hizouse.

Oh, and a little manscaping for the hirsute set is always a lovely thing (noooo shaving, just trimmage).

I can't believe you asked such a thing.

I can't believe I freakin' replied.

let's see!
I'm 27. Not sure where that puts me in the generational spectrum on this forum but I find that some nice middle ground will work. I have to sort of agree a little with sciencechick...baldness reeks of prepubescense and there is something just a little weird about that.

But men these days expect their women to be perfect and hair-free like those high-maintenance porn girls. It's a little dissappointing that this isthe expectation.

I say closely trimmed for both sexes is acceptable and I'm with Bees Tone in saying there's virtually no body-scaping when there are no men in the picture.

I wish men weren't so judgemental and snobby about this issue. I've dated several hairy men and I never expected them to shave their chest hair or armpits, a little trim down there is nice but I never expect it to be completely gone...I like a man who isn't afraid to be a natural man.

I DARE you to wax your armpits! Just one. Then come back and blog about that. That's the pain women go through for men. My legs are smooth, my armpits bald and that all I'm telling you! Pthht!

Ease of access?!?!?!!!

Good lord, what have things come to when a little hair deters a man from entering the gates of heaven? ;D

This reminds me of a conversation I had with a cousin awhile back, which started out as a discussion of coloring one's hair. The inevitable question came up... should the carpet match the drapes?
Her response: If you go with hardwood floors, there's no problem!

Laughed my butt off at that one. :)

That's pretty funny, Science. Bees, c'mon, ease of access is an issue. I just find it to be more inviting. Why am I telling you people all of this? As for me, you can tell from my pic that I do shave. But when there's no action, it's hard to convince one's self to maintain such grooming. My beard gets scraggly. But at the same time I think maybe I shouldn't let it go, in case some unexpected action comes up.

So I have another question for you in regards to this issue...for anyone really. Isn't the stubble of such acts of shaving more of a turn off than a nicely maintained and trimmed carpet? I hate stubbly parts...accept a man's face, about the only place I can handle it.

And its hair people, its not gonna stay away for long.

The Pea neither shaves or waxes, rather I trim neatly. I am wholly against The Peanut manscaping anything other than a stray brow hair. We have hair there for a reason and frankly, I love his soft, downy, blonde curls 'down there.'

As for your ease of access and level of expectation in regards to cooters, I once dumped a guy for suggesting that I turn my manicured mound into mount baldy.

Trimming, but not fully shaving. No way...it makes me feel like a chubby baby (and that is a really gross, creepy, disturbing feeling). Boyfriends can take it or leave it. They always take it :)

Yesterday you just wanted to meet a girl.

Today you want to meet a girl (as Borat said) "with the shave down there"?

Geez. Who cares? It's a woman. With you. Naked. What men, for most minutes of the day, want more than anything else we can think of.

And you care about a little hair? Man, I'm not much older than you are, but... what is it with kids these days?

Man Talk Now - Thank you for saying what I didn't have the nerve to say.

For women...the only thing I care about is that my partner doesn't resemble the dense underbrush of the Amazon jungle. Anything from smooth to not underbrush is fun and games.

Umm...personally I keep the "tackle" smooth, just for fun...and trim the rest so it doesn't resemble an afro.

Can't believe I answered this either.

Wow, the hostility from MTN, Jane Smithie and Peanut....that's what I like to see. No, really. We all have our preferences sexually and how can you say whose are right and whose are wrong?

Hooray! I've never been called "hostile" before...I have to admit this makes me giggle. I'm not being facetious at all, I'm actually gleeful.

Gleeful! Excellent. You know, I really do like when people disagree. Keeps things lively. (I didn't really think you were hostile, Peanut, I was just being dramatic. I hope that doesn't disappoint you.)

1) I trim. With clippers. I just feel like it's common courtesy. I shaved with a razor once. It proved to be a rather hazardous activity.

Have you ever seen a naked mole rat?

2) I couldn't care less.

Rated for quality of beaver photo.

I stopped caring about my pubic hair around the time of our first wedding anniversary. He wants it shaved he can do it himself.

Isn't that a fine beaver photo, Nick? I know how many wet beaver fans there are around here (a reference to some previous posts). Maybe if I led with the beaver graphic I'd get more responses.