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Almost half of all men are trimming or shaving their leg hair – why?
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Posted on 10/17/2016 8:14:49 PM PDT by Phillyred

Almost half of men admit to trimming or shaving their leg hair – en eyebrow raising admission, even for a generation of spornosexual manscapers.

Male hair trimming that rarely concerns body hair south of the border, unless you’re a professional swimmer or cyclist – but these days average Joes everywhere are taking razors to their hairy pins.

Surveying their Facebook followers, Men’s Health found that while the majority of men are not completely shaving their legs, a surprising 15 per cent are, while a further 33 per cent admitted: “I don’t shave clean, but I do use a trimmer to cut it down”. That’s nearly half of the men polled that are tackling their leg hair in some way or form – but why?

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To: sheana

OK, why do they shave their legs? I mean I don’t recall the folks in the 80’s who wore shorts shaving their legs. Why does more people wearing shorts equal more men who shave their legs?

I do remember some skaters shaving so their road rash scabs wouldn’t get infected.

Freegards


61 posted on 10/17/2016 9:04:36 PM PDT by Ransomed
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To: Phillyred

I have hair on my head, chin and the other place. My fine leg hair got worn down by the jeans I always wore. Wasn’t enough to miss anyways. I only have to blade shave ye olde face every other day—if I shave it every day, I bleed. PITA!


62 posted on 10/17/2016 9:04:47 PM PDT by W. (The plot of Magnum Force comes to mind...)
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To: Phillyred

Homos, each and every on of them


63 posted on 10/17/2016 9:05:35 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Timpanagos1

“When I was on a cycling team, I shaved my legs.”

Years ago when I did a lot of cycling, I read they do it, in case they go down and scrape the hell out of their legs; and dried blood in hairy legs would complicate matters, versus shaved legs.

Is that correct?


64 posted on 10/17/2016 9:05:45 PM PDT by truth_seeker
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To: Clutch Martin

Ever get the feeling that most socks are too tight?


65 posted on 10/17/2016 9:06:28 PM PDT by wideminded
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To: Ransomed

I don’t know about the shaving. I was just saying that shorts are more prevalent now, even with older guys. They’re everywhere.


66 posted on 10/17/2016 9:08:38 PM PDT by sheana
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To: Phillyred

Betas/fags


67 posted on 10/17/2016 9:09:03 PM PDT by Ray76
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Wow I didn’t realize that they actually shaved their legs. So the knickerbocker thing and the Founding Fathers were shaving their legs? That’s almost depressing. The wig thing was bad enough. I hope wigs don’t come back too.

Freegards


68 posted on 10/17/2016 9:09:20 PM PDT by Ransomed
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To: Clutch Martin

ditto ... daughter commented on it recently,,,,to my chagrin...


69 posted on 10/17/2016 9:10:48 PM PDT by reed13k (r)
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To: RegulatorCountry
It runs in cycles.

The guys in the 18th century looked positively sedate compared to the guys from the Elizabethan era.

70 posted on 10/17/2016 9:10:52 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles!)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

True.


71 posted on 10/17/2016 9:11:58 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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72 posted on 10/17/2016 9:12:27 PM PDT by ETL (Trump-PENCE 2016!!!)
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To: Phillyred

I understand shaving one’s head, but not this


73 posted on 10/17/2016 9:13:05 PM PDT by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticides, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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To: Rome2000

Hairylegged and proud!


74 posted on 10/17/2016 9:14:03 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
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To: Phillyred

That’s somewhere on the slope to sitzpinkling.


75 posted on 10/17/2016 9:14:42 PM PDT by lightman (I'm nobody special...just a follower of the siren call of the Ison.)
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To: Ransomed
The idea of the black and white evening dress for men came from a gentleman called Beau Brummell. He also introduced the idea that a gentleman should not drown himself in scent and should change his underwear daily.

I always thought that he should get some sort of honor for the last.

76 posted on 10/17/2016 9:15:58 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles!)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Oh no they didn't and women of that time didn't shave their legs either...and they wore silk stocking up to their thighs!

After the fall of Rome ( I won'/t go into all of the ablutions, waxings ( they used honey back then ), makeup, etc. used/done back then ) Christian Europe stopped doing a lot of things; however, women tweezed their head hair lines, because high foreheads were supposedly a sign of intelligence. That went out of favor too, until the Elizabethan Age, at which point, no eyebrows, on women were also in vogue.

As for men, this was a time in both the English and French courts, where many men wore earrings.

I can give you a decade by decade, until present day, various different "ins" and "outs" in sartorial changes, but hopefully, this is enough to satisfy you.

77 posted on 10/17/2016 9:16:09 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: Phillyred

Michelle Obama should shave some of the hair off her back, belly, and arms. Maybe then she wouldn’t be mistaken for that mysterious reclusive beast that roams remote wilderness areas.


78 posted on 10/17/2016 9:17:05 PM PDT by ETL (Trump-PENCE 2016!!!)
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To: sheana

I agree, more men wear shorts now. Like I said, I guess the question is what started supposedly so many of these men shaving their legs? It has to be a chick thing, but there still has to be a reason why hairy legs are generally unfashionable or gross or whatever. Is it porn? The modern ability to shave easily through technology? What?

Freegards


79 posted on 10/17/2016 9:17:55 PM PDT by Ransomed
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To: 867V309
Studies have also found that men prefer women with small or no breasts, and giant cellulite thighs.

I do not lust for Hillary Clinton :)

80 posted on 10/17/2016 9:19:55 PM PDT by cpdiii (DECKHAND ROUGHNECK MUDMAN GEOLOGIST PILOT PHARMACIST LIBERTARIAN , CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR!)
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