Shaving

In a recent post, the lovely PK made a reference to her husband shaving and spanking her kitty as she calls it.

Here's the link: http://elisnewbeginnings.blogspot.com/2012/01/oh-voices-in-my-head.html

Anyway, I thought I would do a blog on shaving. I did it a couple of years ago but I have a lot of new readers and I find it fascinating how customs change.

When Playboy started publishing in the 1950s, pussy hair was considered so erotic the magazine couldn't show it. Then shaving was considered kinky. And then it became mainstream. I am still puzzled why and how this happened. There have been suggestions that porn actresses started the trend.

And interesting that many men like it and even some women prefer the smooth feel. Of course, some people prefer a trim or a landing strip compared to shaving it all off -- or waxing it off. And some prefer a full bush.

I happen to like pussy hair but that's me.

So I thought I would open the conservation. Do you shave, wax or trim? How long have you been doing it? Do you do it for him or do you like it yourself? Or do you not shave at all? And do you ever discuss shaving with your real life friends?

I hope you will share your thoughts.

FD

To Shave or Not To Shave

I promised a lighter topic this time although I want to thank all of you who read and commented on my last post.

Anyway, I thought it was time to write about women shaving. What prompted this topic was the lovely PK writing about her husband shaving what she called her kitty. I have to admit that sounds like a great scene to have him do it. I wonder if any of our other readers have a man in their life interested in doing it.

But I'm also interested in the whole topic of women shaving. We now take it for granted that women shave their armpits and legs, but how did it start? Googling the topic, one theory is that Gillette started an ad campaign from about 1915 to 1920 to convince women to do it.

Shaving down there is, of course, a much more recent phenomenon. In fact, in BDSM fiction, it was considered a kink like 30 years ago for a dom to tell his sub to shave and now it's mainstream and waxing is an industry. I've heard theories that brief bikinis was one reason it got started. The interesting thing was that when Playboy first started, it wasn't allowed to show any bush. It was a taboo.

So I just thought it'd be interesting to see if anyone wants to ccomment on why they shave or how much they shave. Do women like being shaved or do they do it for their man? Do they shave completely, leave a landing strip, just a trim or not shave at all. And do they wax or not? And do they find it a pain in the neck (wrong metaphor lol) to do it. Do our male readers like it or not?

One of my younger colleagues told me most women he slept with shaved but one who didn't the first time they had sex had shaved by the second time so some younger women feel it's the thing to do when they have a partner, but don't bother if they don't.

As far as my views, I'm kind of ambivalent about it. I remember the days when it was such a taboo that I can find the unshaven look appealing. But then the shaved look can also be enticing.

So I'm throwing the topic out on the floor. I'm not sure whether many people will want to comment, but I feel we often share personal stuff on the blogs so I'd see if there is interest in commenting. At the very least, I think the topic will get a lot of hits.

Your thoughts?