Today, things are different. Pubic hair is considered so gross that we spend billions of dollars each year to remove it. So should it stay or should it go?
Why We Remove It
Fashion
In the 20th century, swimsuits and dresses got smaller and smaller and pants got lower and lower. As a result, Western societies declared war on pubic hair. Everyone agreed that while mini skirts and bikinis were sexy, a wild bushel of pubic hair blatantly peeking out was not.
Aesthetics
Many people are embarrassed by how unsightly their nether regions become if left untended. People, especially those with sexual partners, often prefer a well-groomed appearance. In fact, of women who removed all of their pubic hair, most were found to have a sexual partner - and to be very confident in the appearance of their lady bits.
Cultural Reasons
We aren’t the only ones who view pubic hair as unsightly and embarrassing. For many Muslims, removing pubic hair is considered a normal part of adult grooming - for both men and women.
Media
It hard to argue that there's nary a pube to found in most pornography, and that applies to men and women. Some people would argue that porn and the media have introduced a new aesthetic, and women have jumped aboard with reckless abandon. Statistics do show that the removal of pubic hair is more common among younger women, 20 percent of whom tend to go hair free some or all of the time.
Are the Curlies Making a Comeback?
While you won’t find many people in the Western world encouraging you to grow your bush out, plenty of people in the rest of the world would readily swoon at the very sight of natural, untrimmed pubic hair. As far as they're concerned, pubic hair is sexy. Seriouysly. Korean women pay good money to undergo pubic hair transplants because Korean men view pubic hair as a sign of fertility. Many Europeans, including Italians, Greeks and the French, also believe that pubic hair represents beauty. It's even made a small comeback in high fashion. And people are certainly talking about it. (There's even such as a thing as a merkin, or pubic hair wig!)So maybe those who think pubic hair is nasty have internalized some message about how women should look based on movies and pornography. Or maybe those who find pubic hair sexy think so because pubic hair is a sign of adulthood and sexual maturity. Or maybe how you wear your pubic hair is just a matter of personal choice. What's more likely is that pubic hair, whether it's beautiful, whether it looks sexy, and whether it feels sexy, is just as varied as everything else in the big, wide world of individuals out there.
