Manscaping

[Strike For The South]

Do you Manscaep?

[Crazed Rabbit]

What?

CR

[Ice]

What?

CR

My thoughts also

[Lemur]

It's not a landscape, it a manscape (http://wendy.kinesisinc.com/?p=90)!

[naut]

Uhhh? Texas I guess.

[Crazed Rabbit]

It's not a landscape, it a manscape (http://wendy.kinesisinc.com/?p=90)!

Egads! No, no, and no! That's all so wrong!

Crazed Rabbit

[Gregoshi]

I hope there is a manicure for this manscape "thing". I agree with the other's sentiments on this - it is sooo wrong.

I happened to be in Bed, Bath and Beyond this evening (with the Missus) and they had a back shaving kit - a razor with about an 8 inch handle. The wife's reaction? "Eeeeww!" My reaction? How are you supposed to apply a bandage to the cuts in the middle of your back? Why would any sane man want to go through the same hassles that women go through to look nice? :no:

[InsaneApache]

Also not a good idea after a night on the lash. Those DT's are not conducive to safety. :sweatdrop:

[Ianofsmeg16]

I Vote Texas

[Bijo]

So that is the term; manscaping. I had been told many a month past by a friend there exist males who have it performed on them and here we have a certain term for such people -- some slang word which eludes me at the moment. They also seem to take special care of their top head hair and clothing.

From the article provided by Lemur:
"Now, if you aren’t familiar with manscaping, it includes waxing, plucking, shaving, manicuring, and so on. According to recent studies, male grooming is a trend that’s sweeping the globe."

Females becoming more feministic and independent through time, and now males becoming even more and more female. Fashion has shown significant changes as well throughout time: females wearing more male-like clothing, males wearing... ugh, etcetera, etcetera.

It appears an unnatural development. Or perhaps it is simply the natural tendency of female humandom for power (feministically influenced) and this is displayed by their becoming more aggressive, independent, "strong" and the likes.

And regarding males, perhaps it's... hmm, difficult to guess. "Inner soft side??" Or maybe some (il)logical response to the change of females' natures described above? But one thing is certain: commerce definitely has influence and the men who are affected thereby are more foolish than I thought them :saint:

"A Beauty or a Beast?" (http://www.askmen.com/fashion/fashiontip/21_fashion_advice.html) --> stupidity: it is the internal mentality that truly changes one but man will maintain its beast-like nature even if he physically appears... "beautiful". I say this "male grooming" is to be nullified as it is unnecessary.

Another thing to be aware of is the fact women like men who are healthy and look healthy and well taken care of.

[/critical]

I voted Texas by the way. I probably would have never done that but this case strangely forces it.

[Rodion Romanovich]

Hair ftw!

[Mikeus Caesar]

As we say on another forum i frequent....


(Yes, but please don't say it here - Beirut)

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

I wish I had more body hair, I wasn't overly blessed in that department by my genes.

[naut]

Oh so this is actually serious. In that case, hair is good as long as it doesn't equate to ape thickness.

[Louis VI the Fat]

I shouldn't have opened this thread. ~:mecry:

Now I'll never get the thought of Strike's kiwi's out of my mind again...

[Togakure]

To each his own. Personally, I have my hair cut at a barber once every six weeks or so, wash my hair almost everyday (maybe not on a day off if I'm staying in), put a small amount of goop in it to keep it manageable, shave every other day on average, brush my teeth at least once a day, keep my fingernails and toenails trimmed, and pluck prominent gray hairs out of my moustache. I use antiperspirant, not perfumes, and I wear glasses (ok, Armani) and a watch (ok, Omega). I do blue jeans mostly, black boots mostly, and plain, logo-less t-shirts.

That's what this man is about. I don't feel the need to do all that other stuff. But whatever floats your boat, I say. There was a time when vanity occupied me more than it does today.

[Csargo]

I voted Texas cause it was an option.

[Hosakawa Tito]

Manscapers Anonymous (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsbXwzqlqsU&mode=related&search=)

Body Groomer music video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjgTNPCj1nQ&mode=related&search=)

[Fußball]

Manscaping is great and the girls really appreciate guys who go through the trouble but I had to go with Texas.

Tschüß!
Erich

[Ja'chyra]

I don't do waxing but I do shave, err, various places. :2thumbsup:

[Husar]

I had to go with Texas because all the others don't qualify.
It's a valid question I asked myself before so Gah can not be applied.
I don't love my hairy *** and shave my face every day, so the second option cannot be applied.~:rolleyes:
But then I don't shave my hairy *** and kiwis and armpits and my rather less hairy chest so the first option cannot be applied either.

Now since I don't really have an opinion, I'd do it for a girl, I'd even ask what she prefers, but as long there is no girl, there is no incentive and thus the hair stays. Though I do think that hairy legs do have more erm, appeal, to them, a man with shaved legs doesn't always look better IMO, it often looks more like fat while the hair distracts from that. I could post that pic the guys from uni made showing my hairy legs from behind.:eyebrows:

[Bijo]

The only places of my skin I shave are chosen because they would facilitate and serve practicality: my face; my armpits (only if necessary due to (anticipated) smell); my **** and balls and their general areas. If you've performed this last action once, it necessitates shaving everytime (or perhaps you'd like the feel of hairs growing afresh?).


Hah hah hah! :burnout:

[Decker]

Lynyrd Skynyrd

[Togakure]

The only places of my skin I shave are chosen because they would facilitate and serve practicality: my face; my armpits (only if necessary due to (anticipated) smell); my **** and balls and their general areas. If you've performed this last action once, it necessitates shaving everytime (or perhaps you'd like the feel of hairs growing afresh?).


Hah hah hah! :burnout:
:laugh4: TOO MUCH INFORMATION! GAH!!

Re: armpits--hair is a natural insulator. By removing hair here, it could actually exacerbate malodorously odiferious unpleasantries. Trimming occasionally maybe, but shaving ... not for this dude.

[Bijo]

:laugh4: TOO MUCH INFORMATION! GAH!!
I know. That's why I said it! :saint:

Actually, especially the balls must be done; τhe areas above it are not so critical: the balls are more "prone to pain" and the freshly growing hairs will certainly apply at least some irritation or pain as you awake for some time.



Re: armpits--hair is a natural insulator. By removing hair here, it could actually exacerbate malodorously odiferious unpleasantries. Trimming occasionally maybe, but shaving ... not for this dude. That is probably true. The removal of this hair will -- if you sweat -- leave much sweat against the skin. One could actually sense it dramatically as the dirty liquid moves alongside the skin. The dirty odour: ugh...

It is worse in the summer time, when for example you find yourself in a public tranportation vehicle and people -- mainly men -- emit this foul disgusting stench as they wear clothing that actually exposes their armpits. A terrible smell, even worse if you stand or sit near the person. What if you stand and this person stands near you with his arm up holding some metal bar to facilitate his balance/stance? URGH!!! :smash:

[Husar]

You could take some deodorant and spray it under his arm.

[Bijo]

You could take some deodorant and spray it under his arm.
That would be quite a sight :laugh4:

[Martok]

I voted GAH!

In truth, my feelings on the matter are quite similar to Husar's: If a woman wanted to me to "thin out the thickets" (so to speak), I would probably do so. Unless/until that happens, though, no blade shall come near my nether regions. ~D

[Samurai Waki]

I think I'd have to agree with Martok on this one. Plus I just think it would look kind of ridiculous... unnatural even, like a Forest that has undergone Slash-and-Burn treatment.

[Whacker]

Postin' in this beaut' of an STFS thread!

(Take a guess which one I voted! :laugh4:)

:balloon2:

[Andres]

Allthough I don't really understand what Texas has to do with manscaping, it seemed like the only valid option.

Thus I voted Texas :2thumbsup:

[The Stranger]

:book:

[drone]

Didn't MRD or Strike do a thread like this in the Backroom? :inquisitive:

[Cyclops]

I mowed for the first time in about 6 months on Sunday, and that was just the front and part of the back lawn. I'll get back to it with the whipper snipper next weekend if I'm not too tired.

Am I doing it right?

[Major Robert Dump]

Well, there's a gardening thread not 3 spots below this one in the Front Room as we speak. :idea2:

The only polls I have ever created are:
- Which way do you wipe?
-Which is your favorite ta-ta, left or right?
-have you ever crapped your pants?

I envision a short life for this poll n the front room.

[drone]

Well, there's a gardening thread not 3 spots below this one in the Front Room as we speak. :idea2:

The only polls I have ever created are:
- Which way do you wipe?
-Which is your favorite ta-ta, left or right?
-have you ever crapped your pants?

I envision a short life for this poll n the front room.

Must have been Strike with the manscaping thread...

[The Stranger]

i take it all down Avatar style!

[Zradha Pahlavan]

It grows itself. And when you have lots of cacti, you don't even need to worry about vermin eating everything, or about burglars trying to sneak in.

[The Stranger]

are you a girl?

[pevergreen]

are you a girl?

Are you?

No, you're a manly man, who writes poetry. :tongue:

Tell you what though, I wouldn't want to meet you in a dark alley...:wink:

[drone]

Nicely merged. :2thumbsup:

[Reverend Joe]

I have no idea what Manscaping is, and I don't want to know, because any word with "man" arbitrarily added on to the beginning is almost certainly part of a giant plot to emasculate men.

[Fragony]

Keep my privates shaved, makes me feel like a porn-star.

[Viking]

I never scape anything - I am fearless and violent.

[Zradha Pahlavan]

Okay, who's the prosimian who merged this thread with the gardening thread? Now I look like even more insane than usual...
As for THIS thread, I don't know what 'gah' represents, so I'm going for Texas.

[Lemur]

Okay, who's the prosimian who merged this thread with the gardening thread?
Just trying to keep things neat and tidy. Which is very much appropriate for these two threads.

As long as we're on the topic of neat and tidy, by the way, how do Orgahs prefer their ladies? Natural, trimmed, depilated? And do you hold yourself to the same standard, or do you have a different notion of male versus female trimming?

[Fragony]

I don't mind a little bit of fluff personally, I'll take stripe or any padding over an open flesh-wound every time.

[TinCow]

Is there a term for thread necromancy via merging? Mergomancy? Necromerging?

[Strike For The South]

Just trying to keep things neat and tidy. Which is very much appropriate for these two threads.

As long as we're on the topic of neat and tidy, by the way, how do Orgahs prefer their ladies? Natural, trimmed, depilated? And do you hold yourself to the same standard, or do you have a different notion of male versus female trimming?

Well as the old saying goes beggars can't be choosers

File me under no prefrence. I really don't care, I guess thats because in my generation most chicks do it anyway. I've never encountered a woman who had so much hair it turned me off or made me think twice.

I generaly trim as it's easy and doesn't take much time. I will say this though even women whom loved my chest hair seemed ambivalent about my ball fro.

Also considering I keep my head hair very short it's really easy just to move the trimmer south. (I clean it)


I don't mind a little bit of fluff personally, I'll take stripe or any padding over an open flesh-wound every time.

I don't care what everyone else says. I like you.

[pevergreen]

Not a single piece of grass should be found in my ladys garden. Tis my opinion that the grass draws the eye away from the rose, and that the grass just gets in the way of appreciating the rose.

In my garden, I get a whippersnipper out every day or two, just go around. Tis a private garden, rarely open to public (or private) viewing, so as long as the grass is not too long, I can live with it.

[drone]

I take the trimmer to it, but I'm not a fanatic about it. Cut the grass too short and it itches, let it grow long it just looks and feels unkempt.

Regarding the ladies, trimmed is preferred, barren acceptable. Natural, not so much. The 70's are best forgotten...

[Kralizec]

It took me over two years to decide, but today I've voted for "Texas".

[naut]

how do Orgahs prefer their ladies? Natural, trimmed, depilated?
Trimmed or depilated (as you so elegantly put it :beam:). Natural the % risk of hair stuck in teeth or under tongue increases to unacceptable levels.

[Louis VI the Fat]

Just trying to keep things neat and tidy. Which is very much appropriate for these two threads.

As long as we're on the topic of neat and tidy, by the way, how do Orgahs prefer their ladies? Natural, trimmed, depilated? And do you hold yourself to the same standard, or do you have a different notion of male versus female trimming?Since you ask, and this being an anonymous forum, I might as well be frank.

For women, I don't really mind either way.

I may have a slight a preference for hair being present, trimmed down somewhat. Part of me feels like a paedophile when a woman is fully depilated. I just can't get used to it.
Please no landing strips, small stripes. That looks silly. And please no hair outside of the bikini line or on her behind.

Me, I slightly trim myself up front, and shave my behind. Wiping has felt so much more...'hygienic' ever since. Fortunately, I am not really all that hairy. Fairly light-skinned, with not all that much body hair. For some reason which I can't quite explain, I hate chesthair, so I don't leave any of that.



I once asked a girlfriend if she wouldn't mind to please use some tweezers to rid herself of some nasty, pitchblack hairs on her breasts. she didn't take kindly to it, but succumbed. I found it extremely off-putting. :shame:

[Fragony]

Some hair is better, imho it takes the female dimensions out of proportion when there isn't any. A little bit is sexy. (Glad Playboy agrees with me)

[Zradha Pahlavan]

how do Orgahs prefer their ladies? Natural, trimmed, depilated?

The 'Texas' option seems like the right pick for this one too.

[Snite]

I manscape myself, no waxing. I do this for a myriad of reasons, the two foremost being hygeine: after a long field problem it makes finding tics/fleas easier(though I've never found any thank god) and looks: a lot of girls seem to like it.

I also scape my backside as a previous poster said it's just more hygenicy feeling.

As for my women, I like trimmed and bald. All natural is not an option.

[Megas Methuselah]

Allthough I don't really understand what Texas has to do with manscaping, it seemed like the only valid option.

Thus I voted Texas :2thumbsup:

I have to agree with ya on this one, 'ole buddy. Although, like Kralizec, it did indeed take me more than a couple years to decide.

Mane, did I even have a garden back then? :laugh4:

[Furunculus]

i do not manscape.

[Weebeast]

I do manscape once a year. Nothing wrong with a little neatlyness. I am too very fond of pedicure. Those stuff beneath your nails can stink after a while.

I voted Texas - a little prairie here and there in the middle of barren waste.