Guys shaving their armpits? Yay or nay?

[TheDevilInside]

Have you ever shaved your armpits? If you have never done this, I challenge you to!

I think a guy who is secure of his masculinity shouldn't be scared of having a smooth hairless armpits. It's more hygienic because there are less "stuff" for the bacterias to cling to.

Would you take this challenge? At least once?

Girls, what do you think on this topic?

I think guys shaving their armpits would make them appreciate what we women do more. We're required to shave EVERYTHING! Armpits are the easiest and smallest spot to shave. So I think if a guy does take this challenge, it would make him gain a bit more perspective.

Guy: I will feel like a woman if I shave my armpits (not very secure about my masculinity)

Guy: I know I'm a man, and hairless armpits would not make me less of a man

Girl: I like hairy armpits on guys/don't mind guys with hairy armpits

Girl: I think hairy armpits are absolutely disgusting and if we have to shave everything, then guys could also shave their pits.

See poll results.

Updates

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Also: I think that American men may feel more "protective" about their armpit hairs. Many European guys when they shave, they shave everything but their legs and arms.

Do you agree?

[NYkid27]

I shave my armpits because I'm too hairy. I get made fun of for it sometimes but Idc. I'd rather shave my armpits completely like once a week than trim them every other day or have a forest there. It's actually more comfortable with them shaved anyway

[Anonymous]

Your poll options are so biased. It has nothing to do with masculinity. I have hair there because the hair serves a purpose.

The argument of bacteria is slightly silly. Showers do exist.

[TheDevilInside]

Yes I know it's biased. lol That's what I think anyway about guys who won't shave their pits under ANY ciscumstances because of that reason. Because if he is secure about his masculinity, he shouldn't feel that "protective" about his hairs.

I know showers do exist. But what about those hot middays between the showers? You don't shower every 2 hours, do you?

[Opinion Owner]

Well let's just say I haven't shaved my arm pits for 30 years and I'm still alive, so I'm fairly convinced it's not that harmful.

[MrLi0n]

Most hair is to capture harmful bacteria and stuff. I shave my arm pits but that's because I feel better bald there... My hair doesn't grow long there but it just feels better and smooth and hair carries an Oder... I suppose that's where the de orang would come in to potentially help mask that Oder but I still prefer to shave there, it looks cleaner, better, smoother, sexually appealing... Trust me I have more than enough Masculenity to give a small demonstration in anything I do so hair under my arms doesn't say anything about me as a person...😎 at least that's how I feel...😌

[TheDevilInside]

It is not harmful for you, but it would increase the chances of your srmpits stinking when you sweat. Thus making it harmful for people around you.

[Opinion Owner]

It'd stink just the same without hair. I managed to get married after 8 years of dating, so it can't have been too terrible.

[Opinion Owner]

p. s. where I live, shops sell this spray you can use. It's called deodorant, look it up! :P

[TheDevilInside]

deo just covers up the smell. And you know what's worse than body odor? Body odor mixed with deodorant.

Wouldn't it be better to just eliminate the thing that would increase the chance of body odors?

[TheDevilInside]

by the way, how do you feel about unshaved women? Hey, hair there serves a purpose, you say, right?

[Opinion Owner]

I think you're making this a much bigger issue than it in reality is lol

And I honestly don't care if my wife wouldn't shave her arm pits

[TheDevilInside]

Well I personally think armpit hairs is disgusting, period. I'm willing to shave, so I expect men to shave too. No fucking double standard here. Pits are just the smallest spot on the body to shave anyway. The easiest. I don't think any man should have any reason not to shave their pits. Unless they're afraid of being mistaken as a girl if they shave.

[Opinion Owner]

Cool, everyone is entitled to their opinion :)

[kaminalove]

I don't mind if he doesn't do it, it is completely up to him haha :) I know my guy friends trim it sometimes

[thewanderingme]

yay-ish. as long as their not super bushy or loooong straight hair it doesn't bother me.

[emerald77]

I've never seen a guy with shaved armpits. I don't think I would really care though.

[TheDevilInside]

I think the US men are more protective about their armpit hairs. Many europears have hairless armpits

[AnOn-71]

You have issues if you think a man is insecure of his masculinity just because he doesn't want to shave his armpits.

It's women like you that's turning all these guys into little bitches.

[TheDevilInside]

Well if he is indeed secure about his identity as a man, he wouldn't need some few hairs to make him feel manly, no?

[CarnalKoala]

If I'm dating someone and they want me to shave, IDGAF, that hair's gone. Except the facial hair. Otherwise I'm to lazy to keep up on much more than trimming.

[TheDevilInside]

Trimmed is fine for me. Definitely better than totally wild.

[LibraPisces66]

I agree and have no problems shaving my armpits, or elsewhere for that matter. It is more hygienic, period.

[Theguywhomadeurday]

I shave my chest and trim down under (pubic hair).
I don't like shaving my armpit, its nothing like I would feel insecure or less masculine.

Although I have very little armpit hair or just normal hair on other body larts like (hands or legs).

[TheDevilInside]

why don't you like it? I mean, if you shave everywhere else already...

[Theguywhomadeurday]

Not every where.
i don't shave legs and arms.

day after shaving feels horrible and itchy.(Hair is really hard till fay 5-6)

Once i shaved down i wasn't able to walk properly since then i prefer trimming.

[rjroy3]

I think I shaved my pits once when I was 14 lol and that's a maybe. Can't even remember. The only parts I regularly shave are abs and beard, unless I'm growing it out.

[KyleSmith]

Im personally not a fan or hair. I shave my pitts, face, ass, junk, etc on a frequent basis.

[SomeoneImportant]

I don't like shaving my armpits just because it feels weird to me. I did once, didn't like it, having some hair their just feels more comfortable.

[TheDevilInside]

It's just a matter of getting used to.

[SomeoneImportant]

I'd rather not get use to it, I like hair on ma pits

[TheDevilInside]

but it's disgusting lol

[SomeoneImportant]

I guess to you it is lol. I've never gotten any complaints

[Hephaestus]

did it many a year ago when i was swimming
it's no big deal, just itches as it grows back lol

[TheDevilInside]

As with every bit of body hair after shaving. Now you know what girls have to go through lol

[Hephaestus]

they don't "have" to go through with it though lol
it's a choice ^_^

[TheDevilInside]

It's a choice. Except if a girl doesn't shave, she'll be considered disgusting by both men and women alike in today's society. So is it really a choice?

[Hephaestus]

yeah, it is a choice lol
not everyone deems it disgusting, it's an attempt to stick to a false social "standard"

[TheDevilInside]

I wouldn't call it a "false social standard". It's as real as it can get.

[Hephaestus]

no, it's not
if people want to live upto what they deem as a social standard... then that's what they have to do.
however, it's not a fact that peeps who don't shave are disgusting... thus... making it a false social standard

[TheDevilInside]

I will ask then a similar question on unshaved women pits. Let's see what the yguys and girls have to say on this. Ok?

[Hephaestus]

because that will prove what exactly?

[TheDevilInside]

Well if most people say "it's disgusting", then that will prove my point that society frowns down upon unshaved women.

So if a woman wants to be accepted in society, even have a chance of finding a partner, she has to conform herself to this standard. No other way around it.

[Hephaestus]

that won't prove your point at all actually.
that will prove that people on a select group (gag) find it so.

lol that is total crap hahahah
peeps dont need to conform at all

[TheDevilInside]

I have actually told stories to people I know about women I saw on public transportation wearing tanktops and having full grown armpit hair. ALL of them said "EW!"

Sure, you don't need to conform. But if you don't conform to the beauty ideals, you'll have a much harder time finding a partner. I know that, because I'm overweight. And don't tell me the bullshit that bigger girls don't have harder time finding boyfriends than slim girls. You know it's true and there's no denying it.

[Hephaestus]

so because of a few peeps you have told a story to, that makes it a fact that all peeps find it disgusting?

that is total bullshit lol
everyone finds it hard, as nobody is "perfect"
ya could be "perfect" to all men to look at, but have a cunt personality, and guess what... ain't gonna have an easy time dating lol

[TheDevilInside]

I've heard more people saying hair on women is disgusting, rather than people who think it's not disgusting. What are you supposed to think? People can only (and do!) draw conclusions from what they've heard and observed.

Yeah but if I were "perfect" according to the beauty standards of this society, I'd have way more options.

[Hephaestus]

keeping an open mind can be difficult, but it is so much better than assumptions.
but by that logic, i should feel all girls are douchebags and all that jazz? as it's what i have seen in a fair few cases... no, that just opens a path to bitterness ^_^
gotta keep an open mind to the world

for the beginning, then be totally unable to keep or maintain a relationship as the personality is to play then

[TheDevilInside]

Still better than feeling undesirable. Because literally, none but a certain type of guys would go after a girl like me, who doesn't fit the beauty ideals of a woman.

[Hephaestus]

is it?
you would rather people lust after you yet never want to settle down as ya hypothetical personality is utter shit?
that sounds like a sadder existence

[TheDevilInside]

There must be some guy that would want to settle with my type of personality then (it's actually not MY actual personality, but the hypothetical type of personality you've mentioned before). It's the perks of having many options. Besides, it doesn't have to be the extreme. You can still have a smoking body and choose to have a decent personality.

[Hephaestus]

same as there would be a guy who liked you for you, and even like ya body (as ya think it sits outside perfection)

you seem to think "perfection" to people is all the same

[TheDevilInside]

"perfection" = what the most members of a society think is perfect.

[Hephaestus]

not at all actually
we all have our own preferences, likes and dislikes.

[TheDevilInside]

Sure, that's the PC answer.

[Hephaestus]

That's the real answer ^_^

[TheDevilInside]

Let's agree to disagree...

[Hephaestus]

Lol
that's cool by me ^_^

[yourfriendforever]

I shave em like every 20-25 days
Else I feel really uncomfortable and insecure
but not the legs and arms and chest :)

[TheDevilInside]

Legs and arms should stay hairy on a guy XD

[yourfriendforever]

And chest?

[TheDevilInside]

chest hair is fine as long as it's not too much.

[yourfriendforever]

Yeppp :)

[404filenotfound]

I've shaved my arm pits before, it wasn't a big deal. I don't presently because I have absolutely no reason to do so, but I have nothing against it.

[clhcountry]

Never shaved my pits but I might if my girlfriend realllly wants me too.
More like dares me

[JackKerouac77]

I did it once to see how girls feel. It's weird. I'm glad I don't have to do it.

[FierceBrosnan]

I shave them. I don't like how the hair looks so I get rid of it.

[badger25]

I never have but I guess if a girlfriend asked me to a suppose I would

[Seangreen]

I shave my armpits and I prefer it. Having hairy armpits sucks.

[takahiro123]

I used to shave them but it was annoying to keep shaving them so I did laser hair removal. so i dont have to shave frequently

[blondfrog]

I have very little armpit hair but not from shaving.

[aguyintheworld]

I've been doing this for about a month now. I don't shave but I use a trimmer down to the skin. I think I am gonna stay with it

[MACTEP]

I lasered my armpits. I despise any body hair and it makes me sweat less.

[JustinCaseUDontKnow]

I never shaved my under arm pits :p :D