I love having smooth legs. They finally make razors I can use and hardly ever cut myself. I went years without shaving my legs for some notion I had of feminism. Then I remembered how much *I* like smooth legs, and I haven't gone back. I think I'm a pretty stinky sweater, too, and it's worse when I have hair. So I shave my armpits.

I shave off the little hairs that would poke out of my bathing suit, but otherwise leave things alone "down there". Keep in mind that I see lots and lots of "woman parts" in my job as a midwife. I don't think mine are all that great looking, and a little hair blurring things is not a bad idea! Plus I hate the itchiness of hair growing back in, and I'm prone to folliculitis (infections in the follicles). If I had some guy ask me to wax or something, I'd try it out of curiousity.

This reminds me of something a lesbian folk-singer once said, "In the '70s we were living separate from men and shaving our heads so we wouldn't look like the idealized woman...but then we realized that we liked our girlfriends to have hair, too!"

Do whatever you like, what brings you and your partner pleasure. There are much bigger problems in the world!

(I'm a big fan of makeup. I'm pale and it makes me look much more lively. When I lived in Jamaica for two months, I didn't wear a lick of makeup ever. Too hot, too sweaty, too dirty, just silly)