Romance for Real Women

A few months ago a British tabloid ran a story about male body hair and a survey asking who likes it and who doesn’t. I have a huge stash of hot guy pics and it struck me that very few of them had body hair. I did my own informal survey and was surprised to find a significant generational gap among women in their attitudes toward male body hair and an even bigger gap in men. Older women (50+) pretty much see body hair as a given in their partners since most men 50+ have never even considered man-scaping. On the other hand, young women (20’s to mid 30’s) often said they insisted on at least basic man-scaping.

Personally, I understand why a regular guy wouldn’t want to wax his entire body regularly (although they sure like it that we get our painful bikini waxes), but let’s face it—if I wanted a bed full of hair, I’d let my black lab sleep with me. Furry shoulders and backs just aren’t sexy. A bit of chest hair…okay. (BTW, whisker stubble is VERY sexy. Go figure.) As for private areas, all I can say is at least trim, guys. It’s called grooming. The same he-man who would be disgusted if a pretty woman failed to shave or wax legs, armpits and bikini often expects us to be turned on by the thick pelt covering his entire body. Yuck!

But to be fair, not all body hair is equal. Here are two hot guys—one with and one without. So what’s the verdict?

 In a YSL fragrance ad a few years back, Tom Ford had a gorgeous young French athlete pose naked complete with natural body hair. BTW, ads only appeared in French mags and I’ve cropped the pic to make it PG.

And here’s Cristiano with absolutely no visible body hair whatsoever.

Hmmmm. I may need to do more research. Perhaps the debate will just have to continue.

Aloutte