Why Do You Shave?

Like some others I hate body hair. Plus everything that I wear feels so much more comfortable without worrying about hair showing through my pantyhose or adhesive pulling what little hair I have on my chest off.

I shave because the damn stuff won't fall out on it's own.

Oh, and all that stuff about smooth skin and looking better and less odor and adhesive pulling hair and honestly, if I didn't shave my chest I couldn't wear most of the tops in my closet without someone looking at me and laughing until they pee themselves.

Good question Anne!

For myself - all of the above too!
I grudgingly began shaving my legs and arms only last year after being certain I would never do so. Up until very recently this year I didn't tend to grow much in the way of facial hair at all, so that was plus in this case & probably meant that shaving was never usually on my mind.

I originally shaved my arms to look better in a short top, I found hairless arms quite attractive on me but swore I'd never do it again! Haha. I did. Then a few months later I decided to experiment with shaving my legs in the shower. I hated doing it & thought I'd make a terrific mistake. Until I had a bath, when the feeling of soft legs and hot comforting water felt awesome. Then I tried on my usual tights and found that my legs in tights felt amazing.

I had no idea I'd take to shaving so much. I originally worried about loosing my masculinity by doing so, & that I was in some way chastising my body for being male, which felt wrong. Odd ideals perhaps, but I'm more open minded now and soft legs, arms and torso is just wonderful.

I am also far better at balancing both my feminine and masculine sides of me, so I now feel confident enough and happy about myself to go to work & flirt with ladies whilst knowing that underneath my trousers are a pair of lovely tights. It hasn't damaged any side of me. Breaking down internal mind blocks definitely help.

It's such a part of my routine now that it's almost automatic. Having hairy legs seems like such a strange concept at this point that I could never go back. It's worth the effort imo.

I usually put on a podcast and set about doing it without really looking at it as a chore.

Just three little words, I Llike it.

Kymmie

I just wanted to get a jump on evolution.. Body hair is unneeded, and it is the natural progression of decent clothing for humans. It is a nasty home to bacteria, and their waste byproduct is the main reason for BO. I started with shaving, but as I was a regular in the Mexican 'Wolf boy' shows, it was required to live amongst our society. But shaving and stubble was just as nasty, so I soon turned to laser. I am now hair free from top to bottom, no stubble, no ingrown hairs, and can often skip a shower for two or three days and not get grossed out by my own BO!! Hairless is the only way to go, cooler, looks better, softer, and of course nothing between you and the person you may be snuggling with!!

I think at the beginning it was just because I wanted to. As the year progress I can say that during the summer I sure luv the tan and shinyness of my legs with sun tan lotion on. It has been a year now. I get tired of shaving my face but do it so my face can be smooth for most of the day. The legs, arms, and pits I epilate. I can go two weeks and not have much hair down there now.My only wish now is to get it all off once in for all. Money is too tight so for now it is a pipe dream.

Hello,at first an act of rebellous femininity,now I just love the whole feel of a hairless body,do'nt forget moisturize,moisturize,moisturize,when asked why I just simply reply "why not", where is it writen men must be hairy?

I started shaving because I wanted my legs to look more like a womans. But once they were shaved, I fell in love with the way they felt and the way they look. Also no more scratchy hair. But now that I have an epilator, I use that as much as possible and shave less. But I still love the cool breeze feeling of freshly smooth legs.

Staci

Just as an observation, I can't help but noticing how many Garden Staters are posting on this thread. This should be a clear sign to Gillette that they need to focus on converting more people in NJ to crossdressing. Just think of how many more razor blades you sell for full body shaving than for just your face.
Best, Christine

Shaving is a classic Freudian symbol for castration. Clearly, the attraction of having a fully shaven body for a man who wants to appear (or be) a woman is obvious from that viewpoint.

Edit: I was thinking about this, and had the blinding revelation, only about a century after Freud, that just maybe the reason that female SO's get so upset about their CD spouses shaving their legs and body hair is because they understand the castration symbology, if not intellectually at least at a subliminal level.

I don't shave,but I sure do wonder how it would feel! The more she worries about my crossdressing, the more my wife praises my hairy body and my male parts. I can't say that I wish she would get me an epilator for Christmas! But things are moving so fast and spinning in so many directions, that who knows what will happen in 2012. This thread emboldens me. Go, girls!

for me shaving pre-dated my dressing. i'll shave occasionally whether or not i'm dressing.

The first time I shaved my legs it was just to see if there was a difference when wearing stockings... I remember the night well and had bought some hold-ups... the impact was awesome! Lying in the bath and feeling my legs rubbing against each other - it was an amazing feeling.

I went back to being a hairy guy, but kept having to find excuses... them finally accepted my lot on life! It feels fantastic. As does having no hair on my arms, chest, and everywhere else... except my head, which sadly has little and I so wish it did!

So, for me it feels good... it also looks better when I am dressed. I would find it hard to go back to hairy though as it just feels so natural now to be hairless.