We Have Pubic Hair for a Reason

[JackRiddler]

578. Sorry, you're generalizing and putting words in my mouth.

My thesis has been that the recent United States trend to uphold the shaved pubus as an aesthetic and social quasi-necessity is the product of a cultural conditioning campaign that formed spontaneously within said nation and within the last couple of decades, and with its essential roots in porn and the cosmetic industry.

My other point has been that the history of "plates through their lips, flatten their heads, bind their feet, amputate foreskins/clitorises and so on" does not change that, and has next to no relevance as a causative factor. Therefore I did not make the statement about "unnatural body modifications" that you falsely attribute to me in your possibly malicious headline.

In other words, who cares what some Egyptian or Greek aristocrats purportedly did during limited periods of these civilizations' long histories? That was also my point in raising purported Aztec human sacrifice - who cares? We're not talking about that, but about how bush-shaving recently turned into a kind of cosmetic commandment among many American youth.

Why are Americans suddenly supposed to hate the female bush, to the point where some aggressively announce in public forums that this is a necessary aesthetic? That would raise an important question, rather than a settled point: What relation may this have to the general, still prevalent misogyny of this society?

Quote: "Perhaps if you practiced more of a live and let live approach to this you'd face less of a backlash."

In context, I am the backlash. Go back and read the posts in this thread in order, especially starting with the life-hating pronouncements about how disgusting and unhealthy and gross and creepy pubic hair is. These people have serious issues.

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PS- In adulthood I've almost never combed my hair, since it just stands the way it does regardless of what I might do. I think we should have a thread about whether that's unreasonably gross, and should be treated in some fashion lest innocents are disgusted.

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