Sasha Grey, Stoya, Lily Labeau, and Jelena Jensen grew out their pubes because they liked it and their fans did too."Īt the face to face nyc day spa-which has a waxing menu with 27 options for men and 23 for women-owner Enrique Ramirez says not much has changed for his business: straight and gay women still get the Full Monty (i.e. However, porn is now bringing pubes back. "Porn shaved off pubes so you can see more for close-up shots. "The reason women started shaving in the first place is because of porn," notes nude photographer Ellen Stagg, who has seen her fair share of naked women. And in the '90s, a few interesting things happened culturally that influenced the completely waxed look. The '80s showed slight bikini waxing around the panty line area. Pubic hair, as with eyebrows or hairstyles, really does find itself in the ebbs and flows of trends.
Maybe it's a 20-year-delayed reaction to the extreme grooming trademark of the Metrosexual, who came to fame in 1994. It's also about bringing back a sense of old-school manliness.
I mean, this new Lumbersexual look is all the rage, and that's not just about growing a gnarly beard, wearing flannel, drinking whisky, and looking like you know how to wield an axe. Maybe these pro-hair men and women have a point. It's just like a sexy beard, but down there." Au naturel is something I like."Īndrea, 38, says that pubic hair on men "is a must. "I haven't seen much of manscaping," adds Shelia, 25. "I like the comfort of their hair, the feeling of it, and it makes the man more manly to me." "I like my men to look like men," says Missy, 25. About 50% claimed they like their men neatly trimmed, and the other half prefer a healthy shag rug above their man's junk. The responses from the women were equally shocking. I need a woman to look like a woman and not prepubescent." "I have a daughter and don't want the girl I'm dating to look anything like that," says Nick, 28. "Well-manicured is best for me," says James, 24. "Nice and short is good," says Jason, 21. Hell-bent on finding a way to prove myself right, I turned to the under-30 crowd.
"Any guy who wants a woman to look like a prepubescent girl might need some help before he ends up turning to child porn," says David, 55. Mark's comment was echoed over and over by my other Facebook friends. "Au naturel is making a comeback and I, for one, am happy to have it." "I do think the Kojak look has past its prime," says Mark, 44. Out of the 100 public comments and another 20 private messages, 90% of the straight men polled were vehemently against the all-bald look on their women.Īs a woman who has been going completely bare down there since Carrie Bradshaw first endorsed it-"I feel like I'm nothing but walking sex," she oh-so-accurately declared in a 2000 episode of Sex and the City-I was disheartened by the reaction from the guys. I asked my 3,000 friends to weigh in, and the results were shocking. She wasn't exactly biting, so to prove my point I took the debate to Facebook. I was shocked and horrified to learn that she doesn’t fully wax down there. In a recent chat with a newly single girlfriend, we got into a heated debate over pubic hair.