"Down there" - what is the norm/what do you prefer?

I wanted to know what is normal for both guys and girls 'down there' and what you personally prefer for your partner. Shaven completely, trimmed, or not.

It's not really a matter I discuss with most people, but I was curious as this seems to be a touchy subject for most (even if my friends and I openly talk about sex, this NEVER comes up!)

A penis.

Erect is nice.

^ LOL

not sure I understand the question OP. Care to elaborate?

ROFL I meant in regards to shaving/waxing. I re-wrote my post so I completely forgot to mention that even though I thought I did. I just added that in!

Ah, now. Thanks for editing.

Completely shaven is weird (especially on girls...ewwwhh dont wanna look like a kid down there), guess it's nice when trimmed.

Shaven for both, don't like hair in my mouth!

I get regular brazilians and get rid of everything. I do this because I am a dancer and some of the costumes can be very highcut and well... you don't want to be caught in that awkward situation lol. My ex's have enjoyed me not having any hair down there and personally, I like it too

On Men, trimmed. I find hair a masculine thing so if they had nothing its just a little weird to me but they need to keep what they have tidy.

I trim but I do not shave. It's very uncomfortable and contrary to social myth, has NOTHING to do with hygeine. It's all about what makes the woman feel fine, having hair there does not automatically mean you are going to smell like pee (at least, if you wash and maintain yourself down there). Hygeine is about washing and taking care of yourself, not if you have hair. Just to throw it out there because I know someone is going to say 'because it makes me more hygenic'.

I try to keep it trimmed and I like the same on a man...I don't really like getting hair in my mouth.

I trim to the rim and prefer my partner to trim or shave. If she is full bush thats fine also as long as I'm gettin some.

The awkward moment when you see a couple of the newly trimmed hair poking through your undies...

Ah, now. Thanks for editing.

 

Completely shaven is weird (especially on girls...ewwwhh dont wanna look like a kid down there), guess it's nice when trimmed.

Really? A grown womans vagina fully shaved looks NOTHING like a kid. I dont get the correlation between the two when they arent even close.

I prefer shaved.......bare is good too - MY partner is clean shaven.....I dont mind a strip either....but full bush is not for me

I trim, but when I go bare, I DO look like a little girl (I have tiny labia and next to no vaginal lips). I like my men the way God made them. There is something feminine about men who trim and shave their genitals. I want hairy chests and the like. I want a man!

Oh god these threads never end well. Bring on the hypersensitive debate - "Hair is unhygienic!" and "Bare looks like a child." etc...

Anyway, I get rid of all hair, that's my preference, and yes I look like a woman. On guys I don't really care as long as it's not a forest.

I trim, but when I go bare, I DO look like a little girl (I have tiny labia and next to no vaginal lips). I like my men the way God made them. There is something feminine about men who trim and shave their genitals. I want hairy chests and the like. I want a man!

I love me some hairy chest. Nothing says 'I'm a man' like a hairy chest - well, facial maybe. I love facial hair too though.

I have to say this thread is kinda odd.

But ok, i will play along. For a girl - i prefer either completely shaven or ''landing strip''. I dont prefer natural ''Zohan'' look.

Really? A grown womans vagina fully shaved looks NOTHING like a kid. I dont get the correlation between the two when they arent even close.

 

I prefer shaved.......bare is good too - MY partner is clean shaven.....I dont mind a strip either....but full bush is not for me

I agree, I find this a weird opinion. I don't think I look like a child at all down there and I shave simply because I prefer it and it's nicer for my boyfriend to not get hair in his mouth. I like it when a guy at least trims too, for the same reasons, hair isn't so fun (and no I am not into little boys!

Really? A grown womans vagina fully shaved looks NOTHING like a kid. I dont get the correlation between the two when they arent even close.

I know, right. How many times do you see that: "Shaven looks like a child." Huh?

I put that right up there with "anal sex betwen a man and a woman is 'gay.' " Makes zero sense, but people keep writing it anyway.

i think shaven is the norm now a days. but my bf perfers some hair. so i leave a little bit and keep it trimmed. i like the masculine feel to keeping the hair for him. so as long as its trimmed and stuff im good.

To some people, completely bare looks childish, just like to others, completely bare looks feminine. Some people here have said that a guy that is completely bare looks feminine, but I would never associate bare genitals with femininity. Since the genitals are an area that people don't get to see much, naturally there is a wider range of preference than say, a woman's legs. In western culture, it's expected for women to have bare legs and anything else is considered ugly. However, I have lived in a country where nice leg hair on women was considered attractive. Would you then go to that culture and say, "What? How could leg hair be considered attractive? I don't get it. It doesn't make sense. That's just weird." I would hope not. They have been exposed to different things than we have and of course they are going to feel differently about it.

To some people, completely bare looks childish, just like to others, completely bare looks feminine. Some people here have said that a guy that is completely bare looks feminine, but I would never associate bare genitals with femininity. Since the genitals are an area that people don't get to see much, naturally there is a wider range of preference than say, a woman's legs. In western culture, it's expected for women to have bare legs and anything else is considered ugly. However, I have lived in a country where nice leg hair on women was considered attractive. Would you then go to that culture and say, "What? How could leg hair be considered attractive? I don't get it. It doesn't make sense. That's just weird." I would hope not. They have been exposed to different things than we have and of course they are going to feel differently about it.

Amen. It's all about perception and enculturation. When I grew up, it wasn't 'normal' or expected for women to shave or trim where I lived. Now, for those under twenty five or so, it is. There are fourteen year old girls being bullied in schools because they are not clean shaven. When I was in school, you would probably be bullied if you did shave it clean.

I trim a bit. I tried shaving once purely to please a partner, but I absolutely hated it. As for the man, I don't really care - just whatever makes him comfortable.

When people seem to try to justify their opinion with their own personal opinion rather than facts that seems to provoke the hypersensitivity. Have any preference you like, just like other people will have theirs. Whatever you preference that can only really be accomplished by yourself because your partner may not have the same preference.

I don't mind people having other prefrences, I just don't like being compared to a child down there. Plus I've seen some people compare guys who prefer girls to be shaven to paedophiles which is totally uncalled for.

I myself prefer bald. I think the Vagina is so beautiful that it shouldn't be hidden. Not to mention it much better not to have hair in the way when you go down on it. All I know is I could never have survived the 70's.

Plus I've seen some people compare guys who prefer girls to be shaven to paedophiles which is totally uncalled for.

Ha ha, I've never seen that. That would be just plain stupid.