American Women Have Mixed Thoughts About Grooming, Survey

Many metaphors have been added to the vernacular describe the act of trimming or completely getting rid of one’s pubic hair (coiffing the badger and trimming the bushes being the least weird).

But regardless of one’s choice of words, it’s clear that Americans just love it. Women have experimented with of all kinds of techniques on their nether region, including vaginal facials and vajazzling.

A new study in JAMA Dermatology revealed that approximately 84 percent of women participating in a survey said they groomed their pubic hair one way or another while 16 percent said they were all natural at all times.

More than 3,300 women were included in the varied sample, coming from different backgrounds, with various races, ages, education levels, locations, and incomes. Going further into the overall statistics, some would say that the differences found by the researchers in terms of grooming habits are pretty evident.

It turns out that white women are more inclined to groom their nether regions than women of any other race; grooming is more popular among women aged 18-24 than women over the age of 45; and college-educated women were the most likely to groom.

As far as the grooming habits are concerned, most women reported using a nonelectric razor, as well as scissors or an electric razor. Interestingly enough, four of the 3,316 women also said they used tweezers for grooming, which is a scary thought for anyone who’s ever tried tweezing even one pubic hair.

Prior work had discovered that one of the most important factors in pubic hair removal is age – the younger the woman, the more likely she is to alter her appearance down south. The figures say 12 percent of those 18 to 24 years old never remove anything while 21 percent remove everything.

That’s not to say that pubic hairlessness because more than half of the women over 50 still sport full bushes and only two percent prefer to go bald. It only shows that this trend has caught on among younger women.

Beyond these demographic factors, the survey’s authors also inquired about other factors that contribute to a woman’s grooming habits, including “aesthetics rather than functionality” and “the mainstream media’s portrayal of women discussing and engaging in pubic hair removal.”
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Deborah Campbell grew up on a steady diet of fantasy stories, 19th century poetry and Greek mythology. It’s no wonder she turned into such a hopeless romantic. She has always had a knack for writing, but she has yet to publish any best-seller yet. At the beginning of 2013 she decided to try something a little different: she started working for a web design firm, as a creative artist. That’s where she discovered her second calling. Although seemingly opposite, fantasy and technology are Deborah’s two main passions. She is now part of the argyllfreepress.com team, for which she creates detailed tutorials & reviews for some of the world’s most exciting gadgets. She also tries to squeeze a verse or two in her reviews from time to time.