Hairy Bits Poll

[dalekboy]

Given people's reactions, I figured what the hell! Mainly about genital hair, but the rest gets a brief look-in. Answers viewable to none, comments open to all.

[Poll #1068864]

Comments

[vegetus.livejournal.com]

You forgot to ask about what gender the person prefers.

I bet there is a fair bit of difference between people who prefer men and people who prefer women.

[dalekboy.livejournal.com]

True, but there's a point you reach when making these polls where you get tired of qualifying every question.

I'll go through the answers later and bring up the results that way :)

[vegetus.livejournal.com]

And you know the preference of everyone who answers your polls?

... how convenient! :)

[dalekboy.livejournal.com]

Well, everyone knows everything about me, so it's only fair :)

But seriously, even though I put answers viewable to no-one as the pref, I can still see them, just the way the system is designed. I used to make a point of saying that I would be able to see the answers with polls, but I sort of figure we're not discussing super-personal stuff here, so not as much need. That's also why comments aren't screened for a change. If I think people may wish to say something that may be personal, I screen.

I go for the reduced viability because even though most people are curious to see their friends answers, polls with results that are viewable get about a quarter the hits of the 'anonymous' ones. And the anonymous ones only get answered by about a quarter of the people who look at them. People want to see what their friends are saying, but they don't want their answers seen. This poll has had over 40 hits, but only 7 people have answered it, so far.

The Shave Poll has had 120 hits, but it's limited by its nature to fewer people answering, since some don't care about facial hair that much.

Having the answers is not that convenient. The info is no good to me beyond my usual curiosity about people. Though it has helped me with a couple of folks, as in realising that they really needed someone to talk to, so I've made time for them in a safe environment and left the rest to them.

[vegetus.livejournal.com]

It's funny, all the stuff you usually screen are topics that I don't really care about if people see what I have to say. However this topic on hair is one that I am particularly senstive to and would prefer to have had my comments screened (no matter now as alot of people have read them already and I wrote them censored so that people could).

But hey, I'm weird.

[dalekboy.livejournal.com]

Everyone is different as to what they are sensitive about.

[purrdence.livejournal.com]

I once had sex with a guy that shaved his pubes. I didn`t really think about it at the time, but since then I have and, coupled with the fact he was quite skinny and boyish (twink), it does feel a bit pervy.

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I`m not a big fan of back hair.

I used to watch this Brazilian soap opera with my Mum, and we both fancied the male lead.

That was until one episode where he took his shirt off to reveal a back so hairy that it would put a gorilla to shame. The cries of revolison could be heard down the other end of the house.

[angriest.livejournal.com]

I have to admit I ultimately never care that much. It seems a bit like fretting over wrapping paper when you should be looking at the present.

[dalekboy.livejournal.com]

Everyone's different. That's why I like the polls, they sometimes really clearly show that. Some people actually find pubic hair disgusting, even their own. Others find shaved really off-putting. It's fascinating the differences in perception and preference.

And to use your analogy, some folks who like bare would argue that otherwise they can't see the present because of the wrapping *grin*

[gutter-monkey.livejournal.com]

Well I fret over the present AND the wrapping paper.

I don't fret over body hair though. ;)

[capnoblivious.livejournal.com]

Agree whole-heartedly - one of the weirder conversations with my work colleagues involved me being surprised that people cared a great deal about shaved legs, and them being surprised that I didn't. But I mean - if someone's happy enough to get naked with you, it seems rude to split hairs, whether they're there or not.

(That said, I have ticked the boxes that correspond to the bits where girls don't normally have hair.)

[angriest.livejournal.com]

"Hi bridesmaid, like the beard! Gives me something to hang on to!! Woof!"

[kaths.livejournal.com]

I think some of it would depend on how much hair there is... eg I have some hair on my toes and fingers, as most of us probably do, but if there was a LOT of it I'd probably get rid of it, and wouldn't find it attractive on a partner.

I think the male/female thing would be interesting to explore. Eg I don't much like underarm hair on anyone, but I prefer it least on women. And I hate that the expectation is that women shave their legs. I don't, although perhaps I'd feel differently if I had more leg hair and wore more girly-girl clothes.

[dalekboy.livejournal.com]

The amount of hair does vary so very dramatically from person to person. One of my partners tended to have two to three hairs growing from each follicle on her pubes. It was thicker and wirier than any beard I've ever grown and she'd never shaved.

Is there a reason you prefer armpit hair less on women, other than you just do? I don't mind it either way, though in some forms of female dress I find bare pits preferable i.e. evening wear.

That said, one of the things that attracts me to a person is scent based, and the hair helps accentuate that. So there are times when I prefer bare, but with some people I really like them having hair.

[kaths.livejournal.com]

I suppose it's a cultural thing, that hair on men is just considered more acceptable, and that's rubbed off on me. But hairy pits on men in singlets when they lift their arms up just isn't a good look to me...

[dalekboy.livejournal.com]

At least you're pretty even handed about it :)

[kaths.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I dislike left pit hair as much as right pit hair :)

[hibikiryouga.livejournal.com]

There is a girl in Adelaide who had a large amount of her upper back covered in short thin blond/translucent downy hair. I always found this incredibly sensuous.

Years later when I met her again, it wasn't there any more. I never had the courage to ask her if it fell off naturally or if she intentionally removed it.

[dalekboy.livejournal.com]

Chances are I would have liked the hair, too.

[hespa.livejournal.com]

I can't see the "other" responses. Is that just Firefox being weird?

[dalekboy.livejournal.com]

No, that's just LJ being strange. I suppose if the poll is protected against people being identified, they lock those ones in case people give some sort of self-identifying answer. I have at times had highly personal and easily identifiable answers.