Survey results

[julesjones]

For those who saw my post yesterday on waxing, but thought that the comments thread might prove to be TMI, the results of this totally unscientific survey seem to suggest that



a) suggestion of testicular hair removal would probably be taken seriously, at least in the context given

b) shaving or cream would be preferred to waxing, for reasons of ouchiness

c) thus, suggestion of "have you ever thought of waxing your balls?" to male hair stylist who has suggested waxing to a woman who doesn't wax might well be understood as a suggestion that they had been impertinent, but don't rely on it.

I'll note that my reason for suggesting this as a reply was specifically the tit-for-tat ouchiness factor with waxing, as I've had enough TMI conversations to know about the popularity of shaving. :-)



And at least one other person thought that the original suggestion from hair stylist was basically a plug for a new service.

Comments

[green-knight.livejournal.com]

Umm, apparently - and I've heard it from two, totally unrelated sides, so there might be a grain of truth in it - there is a male beauty treatment known as 'back, sack and crack.

The mind, she boggles.

[julesjones]

I think I've actually heard of that one before, because it engenders a feeling of deja vu on the boggling.

As implied above, I was well aware that some men shave their testicles (and not just for beauty/sexual reasons, I know a few cyclists), so the simple suggestion of hair removal wasn't supposed to be the bit that might put a guy off suggesting a wax treatment to a woman. The idea was supposed to be "how would you like to do something very painful in order to conform with someone else's views on proper appearance?" And then I remembered that in fact there are guys who would do that, and wondered just how many would in a semi-random sample like my flist. :-)