Infographic: pubic hair removal practices of college students

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Personally, I was hoping that the infographic would itself be styled a la pubic hair.

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Well, this is one subject I’ve never discussed (and with any luck WILL NEVER DISCUSS) with my university classmates.

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Count me among the .07%. I’m old, but I find this to be really depressing. I think it’s an effect of porn, which itself is depressing, artificial, and a twisted representation of the natural.

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Au contraire, porn used to favor the furry look, with pubic hair being part of the forbidden. Now it favors depilation. Porn favors what people (well, mostly men) want to see. And just as modern advertising didn’t invent depilation, neither did porn. (Not saying that porn doesn’t have any effect on the popularization of pubic grooming styles, though.)

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I like how the infographic designer just “went for it”.
Fuck any consistency in color choice or anything. We are going to make this random as shit and confusing.

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Two things which perplex me are:

  1. What trends of pubic hair removal have to do with “sexual medicine” (as in Journal of Sexual Medicine)

  2. How/why people’s opinions change based upon whether they happen to be wearing trousers or a dress.

  3. Why there are no intersex/non-binary options.

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  1. Why isn’t there a braiding option?
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Wellllll, yeah, okay, but two things.

First, pornography has been influencing sexuality since back when it was painted on cave walls. Pornography is a culture talking about sex with itself. You might think the discussion is filthy or evil or whatever, but it’s never not been there.

Second, “natural” is one of those words, you know? When it doesn’t conveniently mean “what I prefer,” it generally means something totally alien to how humans actually live their lives. Maybe you’re most attracted to humans who groom and bathe themselves according to pre-civilizational practices, but that’d put you in a pretty small niche.

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Proof that heavy advertising porn consumption from a young age shapes expectations in adulthood.

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In the real world “shaven” typically means “stubbly”

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On the contrary, I now think the thread would be lacking perspective without your post.

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That’s true of shaving. Which I can’t do, because it causes a rash. The best non-permanent option I have found is hard wax. It is a bit more of a chore than shaving, but stays smooth for much longer. And when the hair does grow back, it grows in slightly more fine.

Of course, you can still partake in rough sex, if you so choose. >;]P

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So… you’re a never nude?

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So should I really explain about the heat rash on my thighs commonly encountered on the first few days after resuming shaving and/or using depilatory cream? (I’ve found that I can help that if I cover the affected area with an Ace bandage to prevent chafing.) Honestly, I’m not sure if anyone wants to hear about that, but I can report that if you keep up the grooming, your skin gets used to it after a few days.

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I love how it’s based on two schools. If you did a study where I went to school you’d find the country was 50% Irish Catholic and 49% Italian Catholic. And 1% Asian Catholic.

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2.5 years of nursing school re-calibrated my set point for TMI. To date, I still haven’t reached it.

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I’ll give it a shot.

I groom my no-no region into a Freedom Hawk. I call it… Vyvian.

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To give you an idea of my threshold for TMI: I can discuss candidly with my parents about aspects of their bowel movements* they deem worthy of sharing and then grab lunch.

*They initiate these conversations. I may have a high threshold for TMI but my curiosity remains that of a normal person.

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