The prevalence of pubic shaving

I've seen multiple reports lately of the increase in frequency of ER visits due to lacerations of the genital area due to shaving. Here's a relevant quote from The New York Daily News:

Emergency room visits due to pubic hair grooming mishaps have exploded in recent years, say University of California San Diego researchers, who found a five-fold increase in reported injuries from 2002-2010.

BTW, the 2002 date is consistent with my observations about when shaving really caught on.

Here's a further quote that adds something else interesting; viz. that not just women are shaving:

A total of 11,704 people landed in the E.R. after waxing, shaving or trimming sessions went awry — and it's a pretty even split between women (56.7%) and men (43.3%).

Further evidence (from salon.com) of how common shaving has become:

Now, between 70 and nearly 90 percent of females remove part or all of their genital hair, and roughly 60 to 80 percent of men.

Another question for/about women

Why are you embarrassed when someone sees you in your bra and panties, but will go to the beach (or pool) in an outfit much more skimpy and revealing than your underwear and never have an instant's self-consciousness?

And don't try to give me that business about "it's just different." In the first place, that's not an answer (and "just because" is not an answer either). Secondly, it's NOT different.

Swimsuit Areas

All swimsuit areas are charming, but the jewel of a girl’s body is her (hairless!!!) vulva. A bare pussy is one of nature’s most beautiful things. I could stare at a pussy for a very long time and not get bored.

Sharking

Sharking is when a man -- usually in a hooded shirt and sunglasses -- sneaks up behind an unsuspecting woman on the street, and yanks her top down. He then runs off. Frequently, he will have a confederate video-recording the stalking, the attack, and the aftermath.

The targets usually are women in tube tops (it’s a lot easier to yank down a garment that doesn’t go over her shoulders). Almost certainly, if she is wearing a tube top, she’s NOT wearing a bra. Ergo, her bare breasts are exposed in public.

A variant is to yank UP the hem of the woman’s dress or skirt. If she’s not wearing underwear, so much the better. If she is, her panties frequently will be tugged down as well.

A final variant is to relieve the woman of some or all of her clothing. Sometimes, the guy will hang around and taunt her with her clothes, enticing her to chase him. Other times, he’ll just run off. She might be left in her underwear, or she might be totally naked.

Sharking is very popular in Japan there, but happens elsewhere too. Google for videos of sharking to see the practice in action.

COMMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS

1. Why is (was?) sharking popular in Japan? I think it might be because of cultural influence on Japanese women. Japanese women usually will vocalize (squeak, shriek, scream -- not very loudly and not continuously), but they DON’T to fight the guy off. They spend all their energy trying to get (or stay) covered up. Western women will take a swing at the guy if they get the chance.
2. Corollary: If you don’t want to be a target of sharking, don’t dress in a manner that invites it!
3. You gotta be really ballsy to do that to a strange women in a public place.

Sexting

I haven’t seen or heard much about this lately. Maybe the kids all got scared when they heard they could go to jail for trafficking in child pornography for it; that they’d be labelled forever -- and have to register -- as sex offenders.

I think sexting is charming. It’s a safe way for early teens to begin to explore their sexuality, and to be open about themselves.

Why "doggie style" is older -- an anthropological view

I seem to remember that sex researchers have indicated that men and women get sexually aroused in different ways and at different rates. Men are aroused by visual stimuli -- and they get aroused quickly and easily. Women are more sensual/tactile/... something -- and it takes them longer.

Why?

Visualize the "doggie style" position for each gender. She's on all fours, facing away from the male. She probably has her knees apart. She may have her face on the ground. The male is directly behind the female. Let's say he's already on his knees.

What can he see of her? He can see her hips and her genitals (and, of course, legs, feet, etc), but virtually nothing of her upper body. She "presents" (that's the anthropological term) in this manner, he SEES her invitation, and he promptly gets aroused.

What can she see of him? Absolutely nothing. Nothing about her involvement in the sex act is visual. She only knows what he's doing when she feels him do it.

I submit that this explains the findings of the sex researchers (and if any of them came to the same conclusion, I don't know).

Shaving

This question (actually multiple questions) is mostly for the ladies... Of course gentlemen may respond too.

Do you shave your pubic hair? If so, when did you start (how long ago and/or at what age), and why did you start?

From my viewing of online photography and reading of Playboy, it seems the practice exploded back around 2002. Was there some kind of memo? <heh>

Let me say that I have a strong preference for shaved vulvas. I could stare at a shapely shaved pussy for a long time without getting bored. Trimmed is 'okay' but I really dislike full bush.

In the interest of full disclosure, both my wife and I shave. She was doing it before we met (so was an early adopter of the practice). I started when I needed a vasectomy, and my wife and I realized we both liked it -- so I've kept doing it. That was 6+ years ago.