Ieyke said:
Gender equality is great and all, up to a point. We're NOT equal. There are things each gender is naturally better at. Guys are naturally MUCH stronger than girls. It's not without reason that guys tend to be the one changing tires and wrenching pipes. The vast majority of the gals I know couldn't even begin to loosen the nuts on their wheels without a power tool. I'm pretty damn strong, and there are some instances where undoing those nuts is a feat pushing the upper limits of my strength.
So sure, while it'd be good for the gals to know what they're doing, guys REALLY need to know that stuff, unless they're just damn lazy and hire someone to do everything for them....
And no, body hair doesn't actually matter, so why get rid of it? Wasted effort.
And my point wasn't about guys who shave, it was about guys who just freakishly have none. It seems like a weird sudden trend....
I totally agree with you that, as a general statement, most men are stronger than most women. That said, you also mentioned there are tools for getting around such things. I just don't see why, in this century, it's a problem.
I have no interest in such tasks, so I don't pursue them. Say what you will, but even if I did spend some time learning about how to fix whatever problem occurs, I'd probably still rather hire a professional than go ahead and likely do a bodge-job in general. If there's people I can pay to do it for me, I will. If it's simple enough that any manual-labour cretin like myself can do it, then I'll Google it and do it myself. I'm sorry if this sounds effeminate to you, but it's really not an interest of mine. I don't mind getting my hands dirty, and I have worked both on a farm and in helping someone to build their own house whilst renovating other properties, but I have no interest in learning about every possible problem that can occur and fixing them.
I find body hair to be itchy, uncomfortable, and unattractive. Therefore, I remove a lot of it. I trim the hair on my groin because it's uncomfortable to my partners and looks unattractive to me, so it seems logical. I don't like having sweaty underarms, so I trim the hair to reduce the heat and make it so my deodorant actually hits my skin.
Having none isn't 'freakish', it's just how some people want to present themselves. Most of my sexual partners have found hair to be more of a nuisance than attractive, and I have the same mindset, so it works out well for me. I just don't know why removing hair from one place is 'normal' and from another is 'freakish' and lowers their perceived masculinity.
