Anyone Appreciate The Hair Down There...

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Anyone Appreciate The Hair Down There...
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Fri, 01-28-2005 - 12:31am

Ladies Poll:Anyone appreciate the hair down there?

Au Natural (never been touched)
Slightly Trimmed around the edges
Sculpted Triangle
Landing Strip (wide)
Landing Strip (thin)
Hair above Clitoris, shaved below
Tiny Patch
Completely Shaved (Hairless)

You will be able to change your vote.

Edited 1/28/2005 12:33 am ET ET by flyguy2004




Edited 1/28/2005 11:13 pm ET ET by flyguy2004

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Registered: 09-22-2004
Thu, 02-03-2005 - 2:32am
Well everyone, my first thread on this subject is now up over 200 posts and this one (slightly different) is slowly on its way. Thanks for the continued support in this message board area.( :
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Registered: 09-22-2004
Thu, 02-03-2005 - 2:43am
Well all, I have come up with preliminary figures for you in case you have not yet done the math on this poll. Out of 22 posts, 10 are legitimate in terms of answering the initial question. Of the 10 responses so far on grooming style "down there", 30% (3) are fully shaved, 10% (1) have a thin landing strip, 10% (1)wide landing strip, 10% (1)trim & maintain, and suprisingly to me, 40% (4)au natural-including my response. I will continue to update these figures as the thread goes on as it's still early.
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Registered: 01-25-2004
Fri, 02-04-2005 - 3:18am

I am completely shaved

However, if you just want what women are, then of my close friends (not including myself):

2 are shaved bare
3 have a small landing strip
2 are natural with trimming along the sides

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Registered: 09-22-2004
Fri, 02-04-2005 - 5:08pm
Thanks angel, your reply really boosts my poll! I'll include all of your responses because this is hardly scientific and i'll take your word for it. Do you ever discuss with your friends why they choose to have it a certain way? Just wondering?
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Registered: 09-22-2004
Fri, 02-04-2005 - 5:17pm
Some new results thanks to the influx of responses from only one post! Angel, your friends who are natural but trim up the sides I have registered as trim & maintainers. Hope that is fine (still pretty natural, not a huge difference really). 33% (6 responses) are totally shaved, 22.2% (4 responses)represent the thin landing strip group, 5% (1 response) wide landing strip, 16.7% (3 responses) trim/ maintain edges, etc., and 22.2% (4 responses) are au natural. The poll keeps going, and i'll keep y'all up to date. Thanks
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Registered: 01-25-2004
Fri, 02-04-2005 - 6:01pm

You know you really are a bit overzealous about this subject. Lol. But as far as reasons go, I have discussed it with some of them:

I started about a year ago, just on a whim of what it would feel like to not have hair (I had already been trimming for a year, and maintaining the sides since I was 16). It had nothing to do with any guys' preference, as I wasn't with one at the time. I love the feeling. I enjoy feeling soft and smooth (although the actual look was weird to get used to). Mostly I just really liked the continuous smooth shaven feel all the way from my ankles to my pubic bone. It makes me feel more feminine (I AM NOT SAYING IT IS MORE FEMININE I just for some reason associate soft and smooth with femininity (as we shave our legs and pits) so it feels that way to me. And while there was no male influence in my choice...the 4 men I've either talked to about it, or fooled around with since, didn't mind AT ALL lol. Bare was all but one of them's preference (the 4th prefered landing strip)

My other two friends who shave bare did so at the request of a boyfriend. They don't like it particularly, but they don't mind the upkeep. So they do it. But one of them is in a LD relationship and only shaves when they're going to be together. But to me thats still bare. Its like a woman who shaves her legs but chooses not to if she's gonna wear pants for the day.

I don't know about the 3 with landing strips. Based on the types of people two of them are, I'd say its mostly a trend with them. They saw it in porn, and heard men liked it so they do it. If they ended up with a guy who liked hair, I'm sure they would grow it out for them, they're actually very compliant to men. Haha...I think they would probably shave thier heads if cosmo told them it looked good. The third, I don't know. Although my guess its at the request of her boyfriend.

The two that are natural just don't care. Its never really occured to them to shave. Both have boys friends whom they see regularly, but they don't even shave their legs half the time. Its just not an issue to them, and certainly not worth the time and effort.

Angel

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Registered: 02-04-2005
Fri, 02-04-2005 - 8:53pm

So in bringing up this topic with my friends I got a large range of answers:

2 - Landing Strip (thin)
Reasons: For one of them its the fact that its a trend but she also feels that its "sexier" and more hygenic. The other is partly the request of her boyfriend and partly because she likes the way it looks.

3 - Au Natural
Reasons: Honestly, all three were a litle put off by my question and (in my opinion) are not very comfortable with their own bodies

2 - "Like lace" (covers enough so you dont see everything)
Reasons: Both of these girls felt that general upkeep was important so the area looks nice but appreciate looking like a mature woman. One said she would do more or less depending on what her partner wanted and the other maintained that she couldnt be bothered with the upkeep of anything more than she already does regardless of her partner's wishes.

1 - Trimmed Around the Edges
Reasons: Since shes really active in things such as biking and rock climbing she feels that trimming keeps the area more comfortable when wearing shorts and working out for long periods of time.

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