We Have Pubic Hair for a Reason

[Xithras]

502. Lol. Touche.

Yeah, he probably wasn't the best example, but his personal proclivities don't change the fact that the the Sunan al Fitra directs the world 1.5 billion Muslims to shave their pubes, and has done so for about 1500 years.

As for the rest, I'm not an encyclopedia and DU isn't peer reviewed, so you can Google it just as easy as I can. I wouldn't say there's any 100% solid proof that people have always shaved their pubes, but there's rarely solid proof of anything in archaeology. You take bits and pieces and try to put together a tapestry using theory and educated guesses to fill in the rest. The evidence suggests, though admittedly does not prove beyond all doubt, that humans have been plucking their pubes pretty much since the dawn of history.

Quite frankly, though, I don't know that the history really matters all that much. If it's a style that people like, why does it matter where it originated? Baggy pants originated as a way to demonstrate sexual availability in prison. Few saggers care about that today. Body piercing was popularized in the west by punk rockers. Nowadays it's not uncommon to see tongue studs and nose piercings at country music concerts (and mohawks at NASA). Sometimes elements from subcultures simply spread, usually becoming disconnected from their origins in the process.

Even if you're right and vajayjay shaving came from porn (which it didn't...modern western shaving has actually been a progression over the past few decades as bikinis got smaller), I suspect that you'll find very few smooth women who do it to look like a porn star. My wife doesn't watch porn at all, and she's gone from a pencil thin line of hair in the mid 90's to nothing at all today. It was thin then to accomodate her bikini. It went away because she was tired of trying to shave it straight...it's easier to just take it all off. I shave because my wife talked me into trying it when I was 22, and I never went back. Since my wife prefers the hairless look, it's win-win.