Manscaping The Land Down Under
Posted by: YourTango.com
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10:00AM, Friday June 5th 2009
Modern men (some of ‘em) are embracing their feminine side as modern women (some of ‘em) are becoming more masculine. (Pretty soon we’ll start going to the doctor before an injury is life-threatening.) As this Yin-Yang convergence occurs, interest in his looks, clothing and grooming is surging. Nowadays nearly a one-hundredth* of the shelf space for personal care items in pharmacies is now dedicated to men. Things like shave butter, hair “product” and David Beckham have colored how [some] men now comport themselves.
So it was pretty much inevitable that the era of women being bare “down there” would migrate (you know, down south) to the fellas. Per the touch cookies at Jezebel, a smooth sack is becoming de rigeur (if not exactly de rigeur, at least a la mode**). The ladies outline a handful of advertisements hinting at, alluding to and outright insisting that the ball bag is best sans pubic hair. The era of manscaping is in full-effect. Check out what the ad wizards at Gillette have to say about it.
Subtle, much?
In addition to the idea that body hair is unattractive (except chest hair, of course), men have been indoctrinated into the [entirely accurate] belief that pruning the hedges makes the trees look taller (if only we could ditch our tummies by the same logic). Since the first time average dude caveman spied Ron Jeremy caveman in the cave shower, we’ve spent large chunks of coin and clock trying to bridge the babies’ arms gap. Advertisers (many of whom are men, the bastards) do their best to exploit this inadequacy.
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EastCoastMale
wrote on June 5 2009 @ 10:16 am: [report]
hmm I thought this was known to most everyone by now. Taking pride in ones appearance is important =)
VocalVal
wrote on June 5 2009 @ 10:32 am: [report]
Manscaping is definitively the greatest thing to happen down there since circumcision. There is really no need to hide a mansion behind a forest of trees.
Perceptible
wrote on June 5 2009 @ 10:36 am: [report]
@VocalVal, ditto.
Plus, no pubes in your mouth is a big plus. I like it very short or gone completely. Everyone should trim their hedges.
sophie19
wrote on June 5 2009 @ 11:37 am: [report]
@vocalval and perceptible: no and no. No to circumcision (have you ever spent time with an uncircumcised man? so preferable!!), and no to the shaving. Just keep it clean and it’s fine.
CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on June 5 2009 @ 11:47 am: [report]
@sophie19: You fell into the preference trap again. Just because you like some way doesn’t mean it’s necessarily right or good.
Queen Frostine
wrote on June 5 2009 @ 11:56 am: [report]
Trimmed is very nice, but if you’re going to shave, you gotta keep it up. Prickly stubble is not so nice, especially on the chin.
IrishErin
wrote on June 5 2009 @ 12:48 pm: [report]
I was just discussing with my boyfriend last night about body hair. I made some sort of offhanded comment about girls with armpit hair and he was like “do you shave your armpits?” We have been together THREE years and he asked me this. I was like “um…yes. you would know if I didn’t babe”. He replied that he had never really paid attention though now that he thinks about it he has noticed the difference between me in a sleeveless dress and our friend who goes au natural. I just thought that was hilarious. Like who doesn’t notice that? Which led me to think, I wonder if all men and all women just stopped maintenance and went completely natural, what would we all look like? Interesting to ponder…
writergirl
wrote on June 5 2009 @ 12:51 pm: [report]
@IrishErin—don’t ponder too long. You might see your lunch reappear.
EastCoastMale
wrote on June 5 2009 @ 12:52 pm: [report]
agreed writer egads.
sophie19
wrote on June 5 2009 @ 01:35 pm: [report]
@ cheese: thank you for commenting that my preferences were preferences. It really made me realize that I prefer what I prefer!
CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on June 5 2009 @ 01:41 pm: [report]
@sophie19: You thanking me is like giving my ego a hand-y. Also you said you don’t prefer what I’ve got, cut and trimmed.
roastchicken
wrote on June 7 2009 @ 04:33 pm: [report]
@ cheese: Don’t worry babe, I “prefer” cut and trimmed.
As far as I know, from personal experience, having sex with a uncut guy feels exactly the same as having sex with a cut guy. I seriously don’t get what all the fuss is about with an uncut peen. A cut #### is much more asthetically pleasing to look at, and play with. IMO, uncut peens just remind me of elephant trunks, all wrinkly. Yuck.
To each his own I guess.