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Summer. Shorts. Hairy or shaved legs?

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I'm a cyclist, lift weights, used to play hockey, etc. I shave. Although I'm not obsessive about it, it feels better to me. Putting on sunblock is easier. I've never had anyone complain that I'm less of a man. I'm glad it's less of an issue except for the repressed dudes that seem to want to justify their image of what they want their man to look like.
 
I shave mine in the warmer months because I like it... oh and because I'm a bad motherfucker on the bike!
 
Gooberlx2 said:
The shaved look has never been in for men. Regardless, nobody actually cares, OP. If you wanna shave, go for it. No one's even going to notice unless you tell them.
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The shaved look (body, not legs) has come and gone but is mostly always just accepted without comment, except by the hairy folks and those who are turned on by the hairy folks. 😉

It's been in since the Greeks and Romans. They prized the human form and rejected the animalistic body hair, as it really is just a leftover from evolution and serves zero purpose on humans, except for those hirsute-types, where it may do something but I still doubt it.

I don't touch my legs, but I'll trim elsewhere. Makes underarm sweating less of an issue (I sweat like a motherfucker, so less hair = better deodorant application = less sweat). I'm not a hairy type anywhere though, I have no back hair and little chest hair, so I figure to hell with it, might as well keep the chest trimmed. Can't grow a beard or mustache to save my life, so no point working on that either. And manscaping elsewhere is far better imho.
 
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I shave my back every so often, it never made me feel less manly. I suppose if you want to shave your legs that is fine too. Just seems like a ton of work if you have hairy legs.
 
destrekor said:
It's been in since the Greeks and Romans.
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Fine. Let me qualify that, as you say, there have always been people who've shaved their body hair for one reason or another, but it's not like it's been the "fashionable" thing to do since probably the Renaissance or something, much less last year.
 
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Schmide said:
I'm a cyclist, lift weights, used to play hockey, etc. I shave. Although I'm not obsessive about it, it feels better to me. Putting on sunblock is easier. I've never had anyone complain that I'm less of a man. I'm glad it's less of an issue except for the repressed dudes that seem to want to justify their image of what they want their man to look like.
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I'm sure you sit when you pee too.
 
I shave my chest sometimes, but that's only because I get the most horrific looking patches of hair around my nipples and in isolated areas around my chest that I've ever seen. Gotta keep that shit in control around summer time. I did the leg shaving thing one summer, but I couldn't stick to it. I barely manage to clipper my face once a week as it is. Keeping the rest of me hairless is way too much trouble.
 
Was a swimmer in High School, shaved my body a total of four times in four years for League finals at the end of the season. The other thing that shaving your body does for swimming is it also removes all the dead skin off your body etc. This I found gives you a better feel for the water, so it isn't just reducing drag from the loss of hair. I wouldn't imagine doing it now for vanity sakes but whatever floats your boat.
 
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