Manscaping

[Sodahead]

How many fellas on TMF make a habit of manscaping? What do the ladies here think of such a practice? Personally it's something I've made a habit of lately because 1) I like how I look and feel and 2) I think it's something many women appreciate in a man.

 

[chicago]

If you're in the first stages of dating someone, yeah. Us girls are expected to be pretty much hairless from the neck down, so keepin' your mane tamed is nice. But I'll admit, after a year or so of getting comfortable, I'm not exactly shaving my legs every day, so I wouldn't be that hard on the S/O either.

 

[knicks255]

I think it depends on if you mean, like, shaving your face, in which case, yeah, do that, but I can't say I've ever shaved the down-under before, and I don't really have the urge to do so.

 

[duderino84]

I think it depends on if you mean, like, shaving your face, in which case, yeah, do that, but I can't say I've ever shaved the down-under before, and I don't really have the urge to do so.

I've done it a few times. Good fun for getting nicks in your junk and feeling like an ostrich. I mean it's soft....but doesn't really feel masculine. I have to learn to clean the clipper if I'm going to continue this habit. Ironically the times I shaved for the date....I didn't get lucky.

 

[BBGuy5240]

I think it depends on if you mean, like, shaving your face, in which case, yeah, do that, but I can't say I've ever shaved the down-under before, and I don't really have the urge to do so.

I've shaved the "Down-Under" multiple times. I do everything except the "Walnuts". I've got to get Clippers with a Guard for that lol.

But everything else "Down There", I've had no problems with.

 

[TTT for joy]

It took people close to me a considerable effort to convince me to shave my facial hair, so you can imagine how I would feel about shaving anything underneath. I'm not that much of a hairy guy anyway, except for my legs maybe.

 

[Sodahead]

I'm not just referring to "down below." I mean, I do some trimming in that area, but I also trim up my chest hair, keep my beard neat, etc.

To Chicago's point....yes, women go to great lengths to get rid of unwanted body hair, it's only fair that us fellas reciprocate to some degree.

 

[Bohemianne]

What do the ladies here think of such a practice?

Not bad!

 

[TTT for joy]

To Chicago's point....yes, women go to great lengths to get rid of unwanted body hair, it's only fair that us fellas reciprocate to some degree.

I don't know. Just because women spend time on eyelashes putting lipstick etc..., that does not mean men should.

 

[chicago]

I don't know. Just because women spend time on eyelashes putting lipstick etc..., that does not mean men should.

Women spend that time not only for themselves, but to attract men because that's what's been presented as attractive for the last 40 years or so. Yes, there are guys attracted to different things, but the majority... And I don't know that anyone said men had to put on lipstick, but I don't know that you'd show up to a first date flaunting your neck beard and back tufts. Or nostril hairs hanging down over your top lip. Or ear hair that pokes out. Of course no one HAS to do anything. Women or men. But many prefer to take some pride in their appearance.

 

[TTT for joy]

Women spend that time not only for themselves, but to attract men because that's what's been presented as attractive for the last 40 years or so. Yes, there are guys attracted to different things, but the majority... And I don't know that anyone said men had to put on lipstick, but I don't know that you'd show up to a first date flaunting your neck beard and back tufts. Or nostril hairs hanging down over your top lip. Or ear hair that pokes out. Of course no one HAS to do anything. Women or men. But many prefer to take some pride in their appearance.

I agree. However what OP said is that it's a question of fairness, which is totally irrelevant I think. I put the examples of eyelashes and lipstick just to point out the absurdity of it. The final judge is the person you date and that is more relevant to what you do with your appearance, than any kind of "fairness".

 

[CaptainValiant]

I think as long as you don't have coffeeshit breath, everything is OK. Be your slightly unkempt, manly self! Women don't want to feel like they have to compete with someone who spends an hour in the morning getting ready. When it comes to crotch hair, I must admit I'm a little lazy. This thread has been a reminder to trim up a bit. Thank you.

 

[DontAskJusTckle]

I'm a big fan of a clean shaven face. In my experience, facial hair far too often looks like either it's the result of lazy hygiene, or somebody trying a little too hard to look cool, or in more extreme cases, it can make a guy look like a terrorist.

As for shaving down below, I've never done it. I once overheard a woman trying to convince her husband not to shave down there but to remove the pubic hair by way of wax!

 

[Sodahead]

I'm a big fan of a clean shaven face. In my experience, facial hair far too often looks like either it's the result of lazy hygiene, or somebody trying a little too hard to look cool, or in more extreme cases, it can make a guy look like a terrorist.

As for shaving down below, I've never done it. I once overheard a woman trying to convince her husband not to shave down there but to remove the pubic hair by way of wax!

I dunno dude, to each their own. I have a short beard that I keep pretty neat and was told flat out by a woman that I "look better with a beard" lol. But it's not something for everyone and some guys look much better clean shaven.

As far as the wax goes....never gonna happen. I'll trim up when I need to but no one is taking wax anywhere near my crotch

 

[chicago]

I'd be curious to know how many people who dont take time to look neat have an s/o or have gotten any recently.

 

[CaptainValiant]

I'd be curious to know how many people who dont take time to look neat have an s/o or have gotten any recently.

I knew someone would ask this. Listen. It's just an attitude thing. I see guys who look like goons with their asscrack hanging out and they get women. Why? Because they have proper attitude and are really fun to be around and bullshit with. I've got decent looks and I hardly ever get any. Why? Because my social attitude repels others and I don't take chances. It hasn't a thing to do with whether I trim my neckbeard.

 

[General Zod]

I will trim my nose and ear hair. I don't shave every day,as it bothers my skin. I will not shave "down there".

 

[kurchatovium]

I try to stay in good shape now cause my widdle baby trees need me lots and lots. 😀

 

[porcelaindoll2]

I bought a waxing kit at Sally Beauty. Waxing my boyfriend is fun 😈. Don't worry he wants me to do it, but not for the pain. I do it for the pain(I'm a bit of a sadist) and he lets me do it, so he looks better.

 

[chicago]

I knew someone would ask this. Listen. It's just an attitude thing. I see guys who look like goons with their asscrack hanging out and they get women. Why? Because they have proper attitude and are really fun to be around and bullshit with. I've got decent looks and I hardly ever get any. Why? Because my social attitude repels others and I don't take chances. It hasn't a thing to do with whether I trim my neckbeard.

I was curious to see how much one affected the other, but way to get defensive.

 

[Bator]

Perhaps being blonde does have it's advantages after all. I only shave once a week because all I have on my face are patches of peach fuzz. I have it on my forearms and calves as well, but it's hardly noticeable. I don't have any hair anywhere else on my body except for my head and the other obvious places. Wow, maybe that was too much information lol Anyway, there is not much point in me manscaping as of this moment at least.

 

[Dussicar]

Lol!

Man-cave! Man-hole! MANSCAPING!!!! ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!

Has anybody else noticed that since we've been regressed to the 80's mentality in the last few years, that all of a sudden there are all these douche-based buzzword/lifestyle excuses surrounding men?

I shave when I fucking well feel like it. Sometimes I wait up to two weeks to do it inspired solely on my laziness.

I don't shave my chest, my balls, eyebrows, asshairs, fingernails, etc.

"Hey! Us guys are doing it!" (according to the corporate media) "You chicks should do it too!" "And twice as much!!!"

 

[Sodahead]

Lol!

Man-cave! Man-hole! MANSCAPING!!!! ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!

Has anybody else noticed that since we've been regressed to the 80's mentality in the last few years, that all of a sudden there are all these douche-based buzzword/lifestyle excuses surrounding men?

I shave when I fucking well feel like it. Sometimes I wait up to two weeks to do it inspired solely on my laziness.

I don't shave my chest, my balls, eyebrows, asshairs, fingernails, etc.

"Hey! Us guys are doing it!" (according to the corporate media) "You chicks should do it too!" "And twice as much!!!"

Well thats certainly an over agressive response to a pretty light hearted thread.

 

[Amnesiac]

Lol!

Man-cave! Man-hole! MANSCAPING!!!! ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!

Has anybody else noticed that since we've been regressed to the 80's mentality in the last few years, that all of a sudden there are all these douche-based buzzword/lifestyle excuses surrounding men?

The use of "man" as a suffix started trending around the time of Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, where Eddie Griffin used the word to make sexual acts and terms designated for women more masculine sounding in the context of prostitution: "vagina" became "man-gina." It was a joke, but I imagine that the film's popularity led to quotability, which led to using the prefix for virtually every word that became associated with specifically masculine behaviors.

Its unlikely that the culture is regressing to 80s mentality because the sexism has changed. Instead of men being superior to women or women or men being better at things than women, the sexism has shifted into "men should have their own culture" in the way that women do as well. I think the misogynistic aspects of it come from 1) the hyper-commercialization of sexuality with greater pervasiveness due to the internet and 2) the narcissism that comes from a heavily networked-but-emotionally-detatched youth culture that has spent its entire existence with heavy socialization, but very little empathetic character building due to the micromanaging of daily life.

John Carpenter (director They Live and The Thing) felt that the 80s never went away because of the impact Reaganomics had on the class system, so probably the materialistic dissociation that comes from that influence is probably more to blame than anything else. And in a way, that is an 80s mentality, but not the one you're thinking of.



On a partially related note, I despise body hair and would LOVE to manscape more thoroughly than I do, but the upkeep is difficult because I usually sleep until I have to go to work and then i don't feel like taking a second shower to finish the job.

Certain body parts, however, have to stay slightly hairy because the hair works as insulation from chafing skin. I would do more...subterranean manscaping if I were 60lbs lighter, but currently, I'm just too heavy and my legs will chafe themselves raw without some hair buffering them.

Yep. And now it's in your head. You're welcome.

But although I work diligently to maintain good hygiene, my skin's too sensitive to shave every day and even then, I dress the way I dress because it's comfy and I'm not very fashionable. And I'm pretty sure that my lack of action has been a direct result of this unfashionable appearance, but it's also my personality. I blame myself for my own action problems and to an extent I'm okay with it because if I'm sexually unappealing because of who I am, then that's the way it is. If I change that, then I'm trading my true self for a vapid forgery.

Suck it, baby.

 

[Filthyweasel]

Dry, with an old blunt razor I no longer use for my face, and quickly. Not even a nick.

Like a boss. 😉