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clevernamehere
06/22/09

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God I hate Jezebel posts about pubic hair.

It is inevitable that someone will post "So, whose going to bring up pedophilia?" before anyone actually does, as if they are gunning for a fight. Often the supporting comments will make comments about how hairlessness makes oral sex better and how gross pubes are.

Then there will be a few comments about how posters don't want to look like "little girls" with responses about how someone's particular hairless labia looks fully grown.

I really don't care what people do with their pubic hair, but I wish people would stop talking about the pubic hair on their vagina. If your vagina has pubic hair, you should see a doctor, not a waxer.
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Diziet_Sma
06/22/09

@clevernamehere: "God I hate Jezebel posts about pubic hair."

Er, so you're just here to. . . get annoyed?
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Rooo sez BISH PLZ
06/22/09

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Who here epilates?
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Diziet_Sma
06/22/09

@Rooo sez BISH PLZ: Me! Legs and underarms only, mind. It's the best thing ever for a lazy/cheap sod like me - once a week/fortnight instead of every other day with a razor, and has saved me $$$$$$$$s at the waxer. I love it.
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lowkeylo
06/22/09

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I think we've become way too phobic about body hair. I was utterly and completely smitten with my last boyfriend, and let me tell you, he was hairy! Back hair, the works. It didn't phase me at all. Prior to him I had been with an Asian guy, and his hairlessness actually felt quite foreign to me, as the males in my family have a fair amount of body hair.

I couldn't imagine asking my boyfriend to go through some kind of painful waxing procedure for me.
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Rooo sez BISH PLZ
06/22/09

@lowkeylo: I too think fur is sexy on boys. Very manly.

But there are some women who don't even like facial hair. Give me a nice Tony-Stark-esque Van Dyke any day. But I was rewatching Oceans' Eleven and realized I wouldn't turn the George down with any facial hair variant either, including clean-shaven.
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veronykah
06/22/09

@Rooo sez BISH PLZ: Count me as one of those women. I got my last bf into shaving his nether regions and have always dated men without facial hair.
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Jeremy
06/22/09

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I had a girlfriend wax my chest once (10 years ago). After two hours of ripping with small strips, she left me alone-a bleeding, shivering mess on the floor of my dorm room. Apparently you could hear my screams two floors up. I later discovered that she was removing layers of skin.

I've since gone to a professional and it makes all the difference in the world. :)
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Rooo sez BISH PLZ
06/22/09

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Okay, seriously.

What is with Miss "I'm polishing something that's tarnished"???
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bluebears
06/22/09

@Rooo sez BISH PLZ: I liked the one who claimed it was "empowering"
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Rooo sez BISH PLZ
06/22/09

@bluebears: *INSERT MASSIVE EYEROLL HERE*
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bluebears
06/22/09

@Rooo sez BISH PLZ: so so tired.
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nessalicious
06/22/09

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You know what? I DON'T CARE WHAT ANYONE ELSE DOES TO THEIR PUBES. They're theirs! And I don't care to know. I don't care to be asked at a bake-off "So, do you wax it all off then?" over a glass of juice, nor do I care enough about someone else's pubic hair to ask them about it at anytime.

And if you're doing it for a man, heck you're naked and he's going to put his penis in your vagina, he should be damned grateful you're even allowing him to.

/end rant
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KetchupFiend
06/22/09

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OK ladies, here is my question. I would like to wax/shave my bikini line, but I am a runner and every time I do, I get horrible ingrown hairs due to the friction. Is there anything I can do?
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babyruthless
06/22/09

@KetchupFiend: I always used Desitin (diaper rash cream) post-wax. It always kept me happy, but I am not a runner (my phrase in college was literally "Ruthie doesn't run"). I waxed when I was a swimmer though, and didn't have any issues with my bathing suit rubbing. One of my teammates used to get raging ingrown hairs when she shaved, and none when she waxed.
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TatianaTheAnonymousModel
06/22/09

@babyruthless: TENDSKIN.
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veronykah
06/22/09

@KetchupFiend: I shave everyday and through trial and error have found it has to do with the razor I use. Seriously I order razors off ebay because I love this shaver so much [its a schick silk effects] only 2 blades, nothing too fancy. But I don't get a rash or ingrown hairs. I think shaving everyday might have something to do with it as well.
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KetchupFiend
06/22/09

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Most awkward waxing conversation ever: whilst pouring hot wax onto my labia the aesthetician asks me, "So, what religion are you?"
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Hana Maru, used up old slutbag on the pole
06/22/09

@KetchupFiend: WTF!
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Diziet_Sma
06/22/09

@KetchupFiend: I farted once. We both burst out laughing. Thankfully, it wasn't accompanied by any discernable fragrance. THAT would have been mortifying.
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Gweedle
06/22/09

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I used to get brazilians on the regular, and it really didn't hurt that bad AT ALL. It hurt bad when I would go to the cheap nail salons - and I had one terrible experience at an aveda. Typically though, it was not bad at all and if you can go somewhere that offers sugar waxing.

It got to a point, however, where I was fed up with paying 80 bucks every 5 weeks to maintain my pubes! That is more painful, to me - then the actual process!
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mbot says Spock yeah!
06/22/09

@Gweedle: $80??! Think how many burritos you could buy with that!
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SisterRay73
06/22/09

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Some of my utterly patriarchy-consumed sorority sisters shave EVERY SINGLE FUCKING DAY. I think the rationale they generally give has to do with with oral sex and boyfriends....even when they don't have boyfriends at the time. Granted, these are the same people who wear thongs on a daily basis and believe men will reject you if they see your panty line.

I, on the other hand, have had 1 Brazilian, and it was not worth it. All the guys I've been with have never said anything about my hair. Any guy worth being down there WILL NOT CARE. Both partners should be expected to be clean and groomed, but expecting your partner to undergo procedures like that if they don't want to is absurd.
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veronykah
06/22/09

@SisterRay73: OMG, I shave every day and wear [gasp!] a G-STRING everyday.

Don't you think it would stand to reason that if you shave everyday sans man in your life it then WOULDN'T have to do with the patriarchy and boyfriends?

I've been doing the above for a good, well almost 10 years. Boyfriends or not. I can't stand my underwear riding up, hence the g-string and I really don't like hair ANYWHERE but my head. I do it all for ME, no one else.
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Hana Maru, used up old slutbag on the pole
06/22/09

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It is not your vagina, it is your vulva that grows pubic hair.

The vagina is lined with hairless mucous membrane.

Vulva is external, vagina is internal.

Why, WHY do so many people get this wrong?
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brigidkeely
06/22/09

@Hana Maru: And why do people keep using the term "vajayjay"? Are we twelve? Can we not use appropriate terms for body parts?
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SevenNationArmy
06/22/09

@brigidkeely: I like to call mine "Magical Forest".
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Diziet_Sma
06/22/09

@SevenNationArmy hates summer: Mine's called Hermione. She's a bit posh.
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Diziet_Sma
06/22/09

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I do it because it feels nice after. If you get a good waxer and go regulaly, it doesn't even hurt that much - you get used to it.
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mbot says Spock yeah!
06/22/09

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I'd been vaguely considering getting some kind of professional waxing for awhile, but this video really settles it for me. I'll keep my muff and spend the money on burritos instead. Yay!
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MrPipeline
06/22/09

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Gillette Fusion Power razor ladies! Never wax again! It's amazing! Something about the vibrating head makes it so you don't get ingrowns; you can even go against the grain. I'll never go back.
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veronykah
06/22/09

@MrPipeline: I've been a huge fan of my Schick Silk Effects for years. Never had a wax, I don't think I could endure the growing out period required and I get super smooth with no issues with a razor.
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ginseng_you_sing
06/22/09

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The few Brazilians that I've had, the only really painful part was the waxing above the clitoris. The labia, ass, everything else was smooth sailing from there. So instead of Brazilians, I'm down for the Swiss!
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Rooo sez BISH PLZ
06/22/09

@ginseng_you_sing: @blueberrypancake: Must ... not ... make ... Kuerten ... versus ... Federer ... joke ... will ... reveal self ... as ... Wimbledon-obsessed ... mmmmffff ...
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