You know what’s interesting? I tried searching for scholarly articles on this phenomenon in regards to pubic shaving and came up with… not a whole lot. There’s been extremely little evidence-based research on this whole shaving thing (like, an entire 2 studies on women and pubic shaving…) – though, there has been a huge amount of people opining in various magazines and newspaper op-ed sections, and calling it the “new norm”, but then failing to back that up with data.
Things I was able to find out:
– Over 99% of women remove at least some hair (including leg, armpit, pubic, and eyebrow).
– “Findings suggest that pubic hair styles are diverse and that it is more common than not for women to have at least some pubic hair on their genitals. In addition, total pubic hair removal was associated with younger age, being partnered (rather than single or married), having looked closely at one’s own genitals in the previous month, cunnilingus in the past month, and more positive genital self-image and sexual function.” (here)
– Men remove their pubic hair at the pretty much the same rates as women.
– When it’s male pubic hair removal, no one accuses the men of looking prepubescent or those who prefer their men bare of harboring pedophile tendencies. It’s almost like the “feminist” position is to buy into the idea that women’s grasp on adulthood really is hair-thin, while never questioning that a man could take a razor to his scrotum and still be 100% adult.