Topiary - do you trim your bush?

[Sundae]

For Elspode

This brings up a question I've been meaning to ask...and probably should start a thread for (may have already been one).

When did 90% of women start shaving their bush? I mean, when I was a lad, and even a young man, shaved women were *very* few and far between. Now that I've slipped the surly bonds of monogamy and been around the block a bit, lo' these many years later, I find that exactly the opposite is true. Finding a lush bush anymore is nigh on impossible.

So, ladies...what's up with that? This is a serious, semi-sociological query.

My response is that I have always kept things trimmed down there, because it's more hygienic (think pee and periods). I started removing more hair when I was married, because my husband was a big fan of oral sex, but oddly was a little squeamish about hair. He'd always ask, "Are you tidy?" as a euphemism for washed and closely cropped.

In my next long term relationship, my partner liked even less hair, so I went down the brazilian route. I still kept hair at the front (no reason not to, I've never had a high cut swimsuit in my life!) but underneath practically bare. I think his preference came from internet porn.

Since then I've allowed myself to get more furry - in fact I'm back to where I started in terms of just keeping it neat.

I don't know if I'm influenced so much by a general trend towards or away from hair. My choices have always been based on the opinion of the person who gets to see it closer than I do.