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Originally Posted by sammy15
The only woman I now see naked are at a nudist resort. There, just about everyone is shaved, even the men. It made me wonder if as many nonnudists are shaved. Or is it just being totally nude?
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I've asked myself the same question.
I mentioned my wife, who initially felt that being completely shaven was a "silly fad." As our participation in social nudism increased, her amount of pubic hair decreased. From a trim, to a buzzcut, to partially shaven; until she reached the point of eventually going completely bald.
It had a lot to do with making nudist friends, and socializing with women that were all clean shaven. She started feeling that shaving was a part of the "nudist esthetic", and she didn't want to be "seen" as "unfashionable."
I'm sure other women - and men - venturing into social nudity come to the same observation/conclusion; and shave - even if it's not something they weren't already doing. Which then contributes to the continued prevalence of shaven genitals at nudist resorts.
From this, it's hard to tell what percentage of non-nudists shave bald. The nudist environment provides no indication of this, for the reason I mentioned above. But according to one survey:
An informative study published today in the journal JAMA Dermatology surveyed a sample group of 3,316 women (age 18 to 65) and found that 62.1% of them prefer to have no pubic hair and many (59%) do it for pure hygiene reasons, whether through waxing, shaving or other means.
In other words, if you see a non-nudist naked, there is a little over a 50/50 chance they'll be bald. If you see a nudist naked, there is closer to a 90% chance they'll be bald.