It takes a great storyteller to make me laugh while a method of torture prohibited in the Geneva Conventions (well, not specifically prohibited, but it fits in with the other methods that are, so I think it is covered) is deployed, but Average Jane sent me a link to a story about a Brazilian wax gone horribly, horribly wrong at Money in a Suit, and I laughed my ass off as I read it. (I also crossed my legs and hunched protectively over my crotch, all while giggling.) The Monkey in a Suit is a fine comedy writer.
While I am not knocking women who choose to undergo Brazilian waxes, I still can't help but wonder whether it is worth the pain. Obviously it is to some, otherwise they wouldn't pay people good money to pour hot wax in their cooter, and I've heard from many women who I very much respect who feel better with a shiny waxed snatch, so I sorta get it. But I also really, really hate unnecessary pain, and really, it seems far less painful to just leave the damn hairs there. My friend Mara did once point out that too much pooter puff could possibly get tangled up or accidentally get yanked while grabbing a tampon string to unplug oneself, thus causing unpleasant ouchiness, but I'm willing to take that risk. Trimming seems reasonable, and also does not carry the potential danger of skin being ripped out, burned, or bruised. (I guess there's a small chance one could get cut, but that my advice would be not to trim while drunk, high, or distracted on the phone to lessen that possibility.)
Pubic hairs strike me as peaceful bystanders in a beauty war. (Again, I do not mean to dis women who hate body hair for whatever reason. I get that you don't like it, just like I don't like how moisturizer feel heavy on my face.) They are just minding their own business, listening to their boss (the body), and suddenly, bam! Hot wax is dumped on the unsuspecting village of fuzz. Craziness.
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Wow. Just wow. I'm pretty sure if no woman ever waxed again, we could still get laid. Just sayin'.
ReplyDeleteI really don't understand it myself. I never really had a problem with just shaving down there. Once in a while I might get a slight rash, but usually not much and a little lotion takes care of it.
ReplyDeleteI have to say it's one experience I think I can live without ever having.
ReplyDeleteThanks for pointing that out -- that was funny! I ended up reading the epilogue and part one as well...
ReplyDeleteEvery time I visit your blog I thank goddess that my hubby thinks a hairy snatch is sexy. I like to keep mine trimmed for reasons of easier access (largely his) and public bathing suit appearances, but a brazilian? These are largely done to pleasure the partner's view, correct? I guess I don't get the benefit, whatsoever, of a bald pussy, let alone a bald anus. And I damn sure don't get subjecting oneself to the pain and risk. If I was asked to shave, I hope I would tell my parnter to grow up - pussies have hair!
ReplyDeleteHumans are mammals, and mammals are furry. I don't mind hairy armpits at all. I think hairy legs are ugly, but the problem is in my brain, not on the legs. As for the most private part of a woman's body, Mother Nature made it hairy and I feel a deep obligation to accept that. Some trimming with scissors to avoid embarrassment at the beach and pool, OK. But why should I ever shave down there when hubby and my OB-GYN are the only people who ever look down there? And for God's sake, why should I pay good money and suffer pain, just for a Brazilian? "Private parts" should mean "noncombatant in the vanity wars." The bald pussy is an artifact of rampant porn on the web, of too daring swimsuits. That some men and boys will oggle me on occasion, I can live with, but I'll be damned if I'll do anything to encourage it. As you can see, I like the title of this blog!
ReplyDeleteMy wife has wonderfully sexy, copper-red pubic hair. Two years ago, for a minor medical procedure, everything was completely shaved. On a whim, since this was late spring, she decided to wax it for the summer. While we could see some small benefits, by the end of the summer we were glad to go back to the natural state. She's a lovely women, and this is part of the package.
ReplyDeletei like a nice hairy bush...the kind where you can throw seeds in it and grow tomatoes...i don't like shaved vagina where it looks like it is going into the marines
ReplyDeleteMy bf felt I should keep shaving for him, I didn't... and now I've stopped... I hope things work out with me and him, but I've pretty much had it with the shaving after not having shaved much at all since puberty... I wish that lack of hair down there wasn't some sort of assbackwards beauty standard in america...
ReplyDeleteI agree with you completely, and I love your blog. As a single, 32 year old man, I'm just the right age to have observed the unfortunate transition to pubelessness as a norm first hand. In 15 years I've gone from being a normal guy who likes real women, to being a supposed "fetishist" who feels completely alienated by a world in which 20 year old dudes telling women to "shave dat shit" get to decide what's normal and what isn't. Ladies, I'm far from the only good-looking, intelligent man who prefers women with pubic hair. Methinks it's about time for a backlash. Bring back the bush!
ReplyDeleteHairy pussies are ok if they are trimmed, but shaved is much more sexier and allows a man to perform oral sex on her better. Women shave their legs and armpits so why would pussies be any different?
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