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In reply to the discussion: We Have Pubic Hair for a Reason [View all]JackRiddler
(24,979 posts)You can find historical examples of everything.
What I said stands:
The attack on pubic hair in the United States is a recent marketing trend - almost no one was doing this in the US until about 20 years ago. It's part of a larger cultural shift against the natural human body. This specific practice came out of pornography, however, and has been taken up by the cosmetic industry.
Since people are feeling free to display their body issues on this thread and be obnoxious about it (calling everyone who's still natural disgusting), allow me to say, I find the shaved look pretty gross. A full pubic bush is beautiful. So are natural armpit hairs. And leg hairs.
It is no coincidence that the pressure is overwhelmingly on women to do these things, and that sadly many males have been conditioned to react publicly with their disgust at the natural look in women. Men don't feel a fraction of the same pressures.