WOMEN: How long ago did the trend for Pubic Hair Grooming for Women begin?

Question (primarily for women) >> In my recent post, I mentioned that it has really only been in the last 5 years that I have noticed (in my health club's locker room, steam room, dry sauna, whirlpool, etc) a significant increase of men's (especially younger men's) pubic areas being very shortly trimmed or bald. I know that this trend started much earlier for women. When did this trend really start to gain traction for (I'm assuming primarily younger) women? What percentage of college aged women now-a-days choose to be bald “down there”? Maybe medical doctors have a good idea what the answers are?

I think it started in about 1979 when there were some swimsuits that were a bit more narrow in the crotch. Ladies started just trimming a bit at the sides so they were not showing hair. I think stuff like porn just started exaggerating the trimming and it just eventually ended up with a lot of girls thinking they have got to just shave everything off, it just became a bit of a fashion and I think a lot of men started thinking they have got to not like pubic hair any more.

I think it is just a bit silly really and I just trim a bit at the sides for my bikini line but I do not do the silly total shaving thing at all, I am natural inside my bikini line.

I think most women shave or trim but I do not know what the percentage is. They just let themselves be told what to do but I am not like that, I do what I want and my husband really likes it.

Well said, @Amethyst

I believe I've read that the hyper-grooming trend can also be at least partially attributed to what the porn movies reveal--as more men and women in the adult movie biz began trimming more and more, or shaving entirely, that was/is reflected in the grooming habits outside of porn.

Go with whatever makes you feel happy, sexy, and confident in your own skin!

I am not a fan of the bush at all and have only come across one woman with hair in the 12 years I've been active. I fingered her after speed dating outside, she pulled her jeans and knickers down to her ankles so she could bow her legs and give me better access. She had hairy legs too and apologised for the hair saying she hadn't expected this to happen. She came to mine for sex a few months later and her legs were shaved but she still had the full bush.

I have asked the question to lesbians older than me and they consistently say that completely shaved started in the mid noughties.

I started to trim my bush around 1968 , and i guess in the mid 70's started to fully shave and in the early 80's i had my all my body hair done with laser and oddly i am now finding a mega hairy bush a turn on , i guess because i have not touched a hairy bush in like forever but you can bet that bush trimming started the day man discovered oral sex

When my wife came home from the hospital after our first son was born in 1966 she was completely shaved. I was so turned on I couldn't keep my hands and tongue away from her pussy. Alas that only lasted a couple weeks and she objected to me keeping her shaved saying it made her feel like a little kid. I believe I already knew of that trend at that time. The saying was, nobody likes picking hair out of their teeth.

I have asked the question to lesbians older than me and they consistently say that completely shaved started in the mid noughties.

"Naughties": Never heard that term before. “The period of years between 00 and 10 in any century, usually 2000–2010” - would the mid-naughties be around 2005??

… would the mid-naughties be around 2005??

That's correct.

My first husband started suggesting it sometime around the early 90’s - and I noticed the women in porn were starting to do it so I figured why not try. I had been trimming since the 80’s and high-leg bathing suits

I was in college in the late 1980s and every young woman I was with had a full triangle of hair down there. Granted, I wasn't super promiscuous so the sample size was relatively small.

I was in London by myself in 1992 and bought a magazine of women who were shaved and retreated to my hotel room for a couple days of dedicated masturbation. I recall the concept of hairlessness seemed unusual at the time and indeed I was very excited by the images in the magazine.

Now that the bald look is in, I must admit I miss the look of a nice patch of hair between a woman's legs. I find it so feminine and beautiful. My favorite is when a few pubes stick out of the bikini bottom. Check out the album cover for the Black Crowes record Amorica!

On the other side of the coin. I go to a nude camp ground, it is a camp ground that allows single men and nudity. One day there was a commotion and I took a look to see what was going on. There was a lady, mid 60's, trim and good figure. She had a full bush, it was odd to see a full bush when everyone else was shaved baby smooth. Interesting and exciting at the same time. Me I am not shaved or trimmed but no one cares either way with men, at least I do not think so.

What I'm curious about is when and why the “landing strip” became popular. Googling “landing strip bush” brings up allot of info…

What I'm curious about is when and why the “landing strip” became popular. Googling “landing strip bush” brings up allot of info…

Could it be just for a change of pace?? Like different color nail polish, or a change in a hair-do? In one article a beautician said some women just like to “change it up” sometimes. One article said keeping a little bit of hair keeps you from looking like a baby.

Shaving pubic hair goes back as far as ancient Egypt where they used sugaring (similar methods today). Also in ancient Greek and Roman culture. Often it was used to control public lice as a public health matter, especially for sex workers.

https://www.crfashionbook.com/beauty/a32332850/hair-removal-history-waxing-brazilian/

But remember there are vast cultural, age and personal reasons for removing hair - or not!!

I absolutely love a clean shaven look down there On both my wife and me. The best part is I get to do the shaving. We do it in the shower together. I start with her legs and just keep going. I have her stand with her legs spread and I sit on the floor. Take my time and do a very careful job and close examination to make sure got every hair lol.

1980/90’s for porn films.

Don't know the law on it but in some countries insisted that on films there must be Pubic Hair. it didn’t say how much or what was allowed. So it kept producers on the right side of the Censors.

When i was married to my first wife in the early 70's i was in the hospital with a broken back . i was shaved by two young nurses as they were almost done an older nurse came in and told them they had made a mistake and were supposed to shave my back and upper rear end . My first wife tried to keep me shaved after i was sent home . After a year or so she lost interest . My second wife was adamant that she was going to keep me as smooth as she could and kept her self shaved as well for 34 years . Now that she has passed i have a lady friend every week or so comes by , so i've been clean shaven down there for over 50 years now and don't care for a hairy crouch any more .