Women and male body hair.
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Women and male body hair.
| Mon, 04-19-2004 - 11:23am |
I am a male getting a divorce. I don't think I'm ready to date or be intimate yet, but when I do, I wonder how women react to body hair. It seems all the "hunks" in magazines and such sport the shaved chest look. I, on the other hand, have a fair amount of chest hair, and my back has patches that are fairly heavy...not over the whole back, just in spots. Is this a turnoff for women? I'll be nervous enough dating again without wondering if I look like a gorilla.

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I personally LOVE chest hair. I hate when men trim or shave it. A little back hair is no big deal, but I don't really like hair on the upper arms.
The reason body builders and models get rid of it is mostly so it doesn't get in the way of showing off their muscles.
Anyways, I don't think you should worry about it too much, unless you are bordering on the monkey look, and then you can consider laser hair removal if you want (but leave the chest hair alone!!!)
Ultimately, I think women care more that you are a decent responsible human being that treats them right.
Leticia(who affectionately calls her DH furr butt lol)
Hairy or not hairy, makes no difference from me.
By the time you like her well enough, and she likes you well enough, I doubt very much if some body hair is going to turn her off! If it does, as the others have said, who needs her? That's so shallow! If we like someone, we don't worry about their little "flaws", and most of us don't consider body hair on a man a "flaw"!
And I agree with the others...it's masculine, and it's cuddly and warm! Don't worry about it.
i say be your natural self, there will be many women who find it sexy!
honey
There will be women out there that prefer the "groomed" look, but most of us will be fine with a more natural manly man such as yourself.
Melissa
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I read that Men's Health mag hasn't had a hairy chest on its cover since like 1990. I think that's odd, considering that the MAJORITY of men have hair.
My BF's roommates are both really buff. One shaves his entire body and is very into the way he looks. The other doesn't have much hair as he is 1/4 Japanese. My BF recently felt compelled to shave his chest and back. It was prickly. I prefer him with hair. Now it is growing back, about a half a cm in length. Its way better now than totally shaved. I made him promise not to do it again.
Maybe you could get a trimmer and just tighten it up a little if the hair is really a problem. I don't think most women would consider chest hair a deal breaker if they were otherwise interested in the person. If it is so unruly that it sticks out of your tee shirt around the neck, you might should trim it. On another note, I really hate when guys don't keep the backs of their necks shaved. It must be done at home between hair cuts!
If your hair situation is extreme (doesn't sound like it) you could always get waxed.
I think it sounds completely normal, not gross, and I don't think you should worry about it.
Sara
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