Shaving Down There!
By Simon Sheppard
Crave a crotch smooth as
a baby's bottom? With an increasing number of men are going for the shaved
look, what were once luxuriant jungles of pubic hair are now gleaming expanses
of newly shorn skin.
Many guys who opt for smooth schlongs shave themselves for looks. A pubic bush
obscures the base of the penis, after all, so an obsession with size is
well-served by a simple procedure that exposes every last millimeter to the
naked eye. Compared to the expense and hassle of penile implant surgery,
buying an extra can of Foamy is no big thing.
But there are other reasons for shaving, too. "I love the silky smooth feel
after I've just shaved myself," says one enthusiast. "My crotch just seems so
sensitive and alive. I end up jacking off a lot." Of course, it helps to keep
shaving regularly; stubble can itch like crazy and be uncomfortably scratchy
to your sex partner.
Just the absence of hair can be an attention-getter that advertises your
apparatus to the other guys in the showers at the Y. But the psychologically
inclined among us will note that a hairless crotch is a signifier of
prepubescence or even, given the maleness of body hair, femininity. So shaving
might be seen as a paradox, subverting adult male sexuality while drawing
attention to the adult dick. On the other hand, why worry? If you think it
looks sexy, you're certainly not alone. Go for it.
Kinkier overtones do come into play when two or more guys do a shaving scene.
Shaving another guy's crotch has sexual dimensions that some kinksters find
way hot. "Chuck wanted me to shave him," says Bill, "and I discovered it was a
great dominance/submission scene. I loved it all: the buzz of the electric
clippers as I trimmed his pubic hair way down; the smell of the shaving cream;
the sound of the razor shaving away the last traces of his hair. Even the
smell of the baby powder I used afterwards. I had a hard-on the whole time.
And so did he."
The dominance/submission aspects of shaving play can be further heightened by
tying down the bottom, or blindfolding him while he is, like Samson, being
"robbed of his manhood." Role-playing can be incorporated, too: a trip to the
Kinky Barber, anyone?
Using a straight-edge razor would be way exciting but a tad dangerous. The
less skilled among us should use electric clippers or a pair of sharp scissors
to trim the hair down to near skin level, then finish the job with plenty of
shaving cream and a new safety razor. (Yeah, you could use an electric razor
instead, but a Norelco just doesn't seem to have the same erotic charge.) Take
it slow and careful; shaving the ballsac can be particularly tricky. A styptic
pencil will stanch bleeding from little nicks, and the shavee will want to
keep other men's semen out of fresh cuts. (Or his own, for that matter; jizz
can sting like crazy.)
But most of the edginess is perceived, not real: many men squirm at the mere
thought of sharp metal blades near their organs, and that squirminess can add
a delicious dimension to shaving scenes.
So if the look of a dolphin-smooth crotch seems hot, or if you and your
boyfriend want to try out a kink scene with "toys" that already are in your
bathroom, then why not give shaving a try? At the very least, your partner
won't have to pull your pubic hairs from between his teeth.
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