It's society bullshit. For some people it's important, some just prefer one or the other. But in the end, it doesn't really matter.

It's definitely a convention. Here in the UK it is normal for girls to shave their armpits but when I have been to continental Europe it is much less common there. As for pubes, as most people don't get to see them, that's even more down to personal choice. The only thing about pubes is that if they are too unruly they would get in the way of oral.

Well you should only shave for yourself. Course if our legs and pits aren't shaved we get strange looks. Don't have to do that yet, but I'll still do those. The rest well not planning to.

i only get waxed because when im diving i have to wear speedos, and hair showing is regarded as bad

As said above, it's entirely a societal thing.

Some guys may care, but that doesn't matter. If anyone is that worked up about the appearance of your pubes, they're really not worth it at all. You should do what you like. If you genuinely don't like pubes, then sure - go ahead. But you shouldn't feel forced in any way.

Personally (whilst this is entirely from a virgin's perspective), I'd never expect a girl to shave and certainly hope I'd never give the strange looks @FKKGirl describes having seen. I certainly wouldn't feel at all comfortable shaving my own pubic hair (I can't begin to imagine how painful any accidental nick would be and how irritating and prickly it would be when growing back the next day) so I wouldn't ever expect anyone else to do so.

Trimming it down with some scissors or something may be a good idea, though. Shaving is rather drastic: once you start, you can't really stop. (I have to shave facial hair for school and if you stop over the holidays it tends to get itchy and irritating if you let it grow. I'm told that stops if you leave it for long enough and the hair begins to grow to a reasonable length, but I can't tend to bear the itchiness). Also, how ever slowly and carefully you do it, you will generally nick yourself a little and it's really easy to get ingrown hairs when it grows back.

Nevertheless, if you're like me, your pubes can get pretty wild. I find leaving them natural an unrealistic solution as they get messy and obstructive when masturbating so trimming (just a little) with some scissors seems the best option for me. I wouldn't dare shave given my experiences with shaving my face and my feeling that it must be even more sensitive down there. Trimming does the job.

Also, I don't personally understand the aesthetic idea of being completely hairless. I'd worry it would make me look prepubescent and that's certainly NOT the age group I would ever want to be "banging".

But as I said, do what you wish. Anyone worth 'banging' isn't going to be worried about the aesthetics of your pubes.

It’s an evolutionary throwback
We do not need body hair; it serves no purpose
It’s kinda gross

I dont think its that important but I don't have that much body hair

Shaved looks cleaner and nicer. And avoids bad smell. Gladly i don‘t have to shave but i will need soon

from a guy's point of view it isn't required but i can go down on a bare one longer than a huge bush, trimmed is ok, landing strip is ok, shaved is great for giving oral hehe

rightly said...we are not in caves

Legs and armpits are a MUST!! Its so gross to have hairy legs!!!! Vagina is up to the women. Being that I only like hair on my head I "nair" the area!

It's not super important ofc but I do like bald or neatly trimmed, personally. But i wont judge

It's not important, everyone has different preferences. You keep it like you want.

This exactly.

I prefer smooth, but that's just me.

Being a Lifeguard all year around at a gym shaving a a huge thing for me. Since I wear a bathing suit all the time for my job I need to shave my legs, my arm pits and I choose to shave my lower area as well. I also love spending a lot of time at the beach and at the pool for my own time so this is really an important thing for me.

So you couldn't save someone from drowning if you had leg hair?

I definitely could, if my leg rubbed up against them while I was saving them from drowning they could get some serious leg hair stubble burn.

Prefer shaving, but mostly because of hygiene.

I think its an individual's choice if they shave or not tbh.