I went out and got myself some designer pubic hair.

And he laughed.

Why was I so certain that he would love this new look? Convinced that I had to do it, even? I fell victim to pop-culture peer pressure, and I’m not the only one.

Ever since Pam Anderson bared all in Playboy, some sick force has slowly been pushing this over-bronzed, impossibly proportioned, tweezed, hairless ideal on women. And, ladies, we’ve been suckered in to it!

A friend of mine talks about Brazilians like they’re no big deal: “Guys my age just expect it. They grew up with Playboy and the Spice Channel and Maxim. They think women just come hairless.”

This is a big deal. When did things get so out of hand? Just a few generations ago women weren’t shaving above their knees. Now we’re all-but-expected to wash, condition and exfoliate our pubic region, then obliterate all signs of hair life?

Read the whole thing at: http://www.alternet.org/sex/89996/

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