We're Talking About Pubes

It's all Caitlin's (Healthy Tipping Point) fault.

This morning on good ol' Facebook, she posted an older article from good ol' Huffington Post called Looking Through the Bushes: The Disappearance of Pubic Hair.

I suggest you read the article in it's entirety to get the full understanding of the sex, porn, cleanliness, femininity issues the article touches on in relation to women's pubic hair; but a brief summary is that it asks the question,

"Is Shaving Pubic Hair a Feminisit Issue?"

Let's completely disregard that fact that this article is written by a man. I'll forgive him...(today). So, the official answer from Mommy Needs An Aspirin - is NO. And here's why:

1.) Have we really run out of enough conversation to discuss in this world that we have resulted to women's grooming preferences in regards to their nether regions? Does it really matter if shaving/not shaving is a feminist issue? No. 

2.) My choice in grooming is not going to effect the emotional confidence in my daughter's own nether regions. I know for a fact that as a child I never stared at my mother's pubic hairs wondering what they were "saying" to me. In fact, I'm pretty certain my focus was on her boobs...yeah, those things, or lack there of...thank goodness I didn't inherit those genes! With fairly good certainty, I'm sure my daughter won't grow up trying to interpret my pubes too.

3.) Why aren't we talking about men's chest hair and it's relation to masculinity???? My husband is hairy - like caveman hairy (which ironically isn't far off from his personality...tee hee). He doesn't just have chest hair, he has a coat of armor: it's dark, billowy, soft, and curly, and sneaks out of the top of his shirts. In fact, my name is tattooed at the top of this black awesomeness, and in some ways, it looks like my name is floating on a cloud of beautiful, manly, chest hair. Yes, I think chest hair is manly. However, that mass of curls are perfect anchors for tiny fists to pull themselves up and around Daddy - even through t-shirts, when one of our little boogers gets a hold of his chest hair - it hurts. So dear husband trims his chest hair (he could shave it, but honestly, it's a lot). Is he less manly? Has his masculinity been diminished? Does it make him metro-sexual? Does it have anything to do with sex and porn? Uuuuummmm, no. Which leads me to #4...

I'm pretty sure he'd hate me for this pic (then again, he took it)
 - but do you see my name peaking out from a top the clouds?
 Obviously he was trimmed here.

4.) Why can't grooming pubic hair be just about grooming pubic hair? Why does it have to be about feminism and sex? I remember the day I chose to trim mine - and it had NOTHING to do with sex or feminism. There was a point in my teenage life that I played a lot of basketball - like every day but Sunday. I grew (har har har) a little tired of feeling like I was braiding my own personal rug for my vagina every time I ran - which is what you do in basketball - run. And *blushing* now you ALL know what I do with my pubic hair!

5.) Whose to say it's NOT about cleanliness? Obviously, the man that wrote this article isn't in his 3rd trimester of pregnancy, where vaginal discharge is at an all time gross factor, and you can't even see your pelvic area regardless. Yeah, gross. I know sexual satisfaction and my husband's preference is not priority numero uno at that stage. And obviously, this man has never given birth and dealt with that after-birth mess. Nor has he worn a tampon, pad, or diva cup.

So now it's your turn to sound off! Do YOU think pubic grooming preference is a feminist issue?

Yeah, we went there this morning. LOL.

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