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Fapstronaut
What are your views on shaving body hair? Which of your body parts do you shave?
That questions might seem a little odd, but this topic has bothered me for a while. Let me explain.
Until today, for the past 4 or 5 months I have only shaved my facial hair. Today I decided that too much is too much and I shaved my armpits and pubic hair, which I did regularly in the past, more or less. Afterwards I got sad about it. I felt like mutilating myself a little, and it could be that I will never do it again.
It occurred to me earlier that the general tendency in western society is to losing more and more body hair, and I started wondering what will be left of it in a few decades. Will everyone start shaving their heads as well and walk around entirely bald, looking like coming right out of chemotherapy? I can't help but see in this the same tendency as fruits, vegetables and slowly even pastries being wrapped in plastic more and more in the supermarket. Everything has to be sterile, because of EEWWW, people could have TOUCHED it (a product that has been a part of something called nature once, where slugs crawl and birds shit). I am all for hygiene and everything, but making everything sterile when it is not necessary is not how our immune system works. In a way, sterility can always be associated with isolation.
I admit there's one thing which seems paradox, which could make me look hypocritical: I still prefer women who shave their legs and armpits (as 99.9% of women in my age will do anyway). Why? I don't know. May be it's just to remind me that not everything has to be overthought... Peace!
That questions might seem a little odd, but this topic has bothered me for a while. Let me explain.
Until today, for the past 4 or 5 months I have only shaved my facial hair. Today I decided that too much is too much and I shaved my armpits and pubic hair, which I did regularly in the past, more or less. Afterwards I got sad about it. I felt like mutilating myself a little, and it could be that I will never do it again.
It occurred to me earlier that the general tendency in western society is to losing more and more body hair, and I started wondering what will be left of it in a few decades. Will everyone start shaving their heads as well and walk around entirely bald, looking like coming right out of chemotherapy? I can't help but see in this the same tendency as fruits, vegetables and slowly even pastries being wrapped in plastic more and more in the supermarket. Everything has to be sterile, because of EEWWW, people could have TOUCHED it (a product that has been a part of something called nature once, where slugs crawl and birds shit). I am all for hygiene and everything, but making everything sterile when it is not necessary is not how our immune system works. In a way, sterility can always be associated with isolation.
During sex, pubic hair leads to a broader range of sensations. During foreplay it allows to gently caress your partner's inimate region without even touching her skin, leading to more subtlety. People claiming that you need to shave yourself down there for hygienical purposes should be told that you can wash yourself and change clothes every now and then, even daily if you like to! The same applies to the armpits. By now I am absolutely sure that shaving them will not reduce my sweat or smell. And I definitely won't shave my chest. Chest hair was considered the epitome of masculinity once. When in doubt, just take a look at some older James Bond movies.
I admit there's one thing which seems paradox, which could make me look hypocritical: I still prefer women who shave their legs and armpits (as 99.9% of women in my age will do anyway). Why? I don't know. May be it's just to remind me that not everything has to be overthought... Peace!
