tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614841571339583501.post3508236865861692328..comments2023-11-02T08:17:49.134+00:00Comments on Law and Sexuality: Enough with the Pubic Hair PanicChris Ashfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12071159399124287824noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614841571339583501.post-32934921887272772492011-02-14T16:22:20.295+00:002011-02-14T16:22:20.295+00:00Anonymous #2
As a side note, what's the motiv...Anonymous #2 <br />As a side note, what's the motivation for shaving your underarms other than a harmless aesthetic one? Why should your other pubic-patch be subject to such scrutiny? What's the real difference? Most female arachnophobes when pushed on what they don't like about spiders complain that they're 'hairy', also I don't think it's a stretch to say that most women don't like guys with beards,(if they did we'd all have one). From all this it follows without too much effort that the issue is more about women choosing to be hairless than being bullied in to it by their oppressive, porn obsessed, menfolk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614841571339583501.post-41476400108491015632011-02-14T09:28:35.819+00:002011-02-14T09:28:35.819+00:00Well I guess I don't see the ideals as anythin...Well I guess I don't see the ideals as anything different to people choosing to dress in a way that makes them feel sexy. I know a married woman for example, who always dresses in a rather racy fashion, not because she feels pressured to do so, or because her husband demands it, but rather because it is part of her persona. She is a really outgoing, strong personality, and she enjoys dressing in that way (boobs, legs out etc). Good on her I say.<br /><br />Similarly, I don't think the desire to look sexy downstairs comes from gendered pressure etc, but I think that people like to feel sexy- that comes from within. Perhaps that can be linked with the points Anonymous made with regards cleanliness/navigation etc. It's all part of the package so to speak! Lol.<br /><br />Beyond all that, it may indeed be that people generally have come to expect certain things, one being that men expect women to be trim. Even if this is the case, I still think that this can be driven by the same points as Anonymous made in relation to cleanliness and navigation. You're right Chris that oral sex has become populised, and this would naturally drive a move towards less pubic hair. For me, the issue comes because of the nature of the region in question- it is private. We wouldn't suggest that men are oppressing women because they insist that they brush their teeth before they have a snog? I just don't buy into it...Sean Hennellynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614841571339583501.post-55843209854999877662011-02-13T21:29:13.017+00:002011-02-13T21:29:13.017+00:00Well 'the feeling sexier' bit Sean is the ...Well 'the feeling sexier' bit Sean is the point - where do these ideals come from? Your comment that men are expected to be a 'little more tame' (a phrase that's going to stay with me) is an interesting one in terms of where those pressures come from. As I gay man I'm inevitably more tuned in to that issue but it's interesting to hear from a straight guy.<br /><br />Obviously, I'm not art of the panic brigade but I do think it throws up some interesting points.Chris Ashfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12071159399124287824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614841571339583501.post-62128724544892053392011-02-13T21:22:47.041+00:002011-02-13T21:22:47.041+00:00Agreed- it is about getting a look at the fun bits...Agreed- it is about getting a look at the fun bits (in my mind anyway). Why would it be about an oppressive aesthetic ideal? Even if it is about an aesthetic ideal, that doesn't need to be oppressive- I know, and have known women that consider their appearance downstairs quite sexy when shaved etc, and certainly not about some fear that a man will pass out if he sees a bit of bush!<br /><br />Also, I think increasingly these days men are expected to be a little more tame in the downstairs hair department too- I haven't yet heard a suggestion that men are being victimised by women. C'mon, get a grip- it is about having better sex, and feeling sexier. Maybe this will be like showing cleavage in the 50s/60s- eventually it will just be considered completely normalSean Hennellynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614841571339583501.post-19410723210292855292011-02-13T13:17:58.747+00:002011-02-13T13:17:58.747+00:00Thanks for the comments. Second anonymous - I thi...Thanks for the comments. Second anonymous - I think you might raise an important point. As oral sex - especially cunnilingus has become an increasingly populised activity - and acceptable for straight women to expect - has that contributed to a desire to remove pubic hair. Really interesting comment.Chris Ashfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12071159399124287824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614841571339583501.post-17384677285804194042011-02-12T15:17:04.591+00:002011-02-12T15:17:04.591+00:00Surely there's an argument to be made for the ...Surely there's an argument to be made for the idea that no-one, even the most considerate lover likes finding a hair in their food? on top of that, without any hair it's easier to get a look at all the fun bits and navigate properly? Nothing to do with an aesthetic ideal which is oppressive or the incredibly sinister implication about preferring girls to 'real women'?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614841571339583501.post-13326335455399655672011-02-12T14:35:31.972+00:002011-02-12T14:35:31.972+00:00'Upon seeing some real hair on a real woman fo...'Upon seeing some real hair on a real woman for the first time they may well vomit or faint, or both. That is something I'd like to see: a man so dizzied by the shortfall between reality and his own ignorance that his brain can't take it and he loses consciousness.'<br />So, she is suggesting she would prefer to see John Ruskin-esque situations then. Very illogical to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com