A Holdout

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I laughingly mentioned shaving off my pubic hair as part of a costume when I was casting about for ideas for our naturist Halloween party.  I wasn't one bit serious about doing such a thing but it made me start to think about all the people who do this and why.  These people are non-naturists and naturists, men and women.

I wonder why it is that people choose to shave this area of their body.  Isn't dealing with the hair on our head, leg hair and underarm hair enough of a job without adding yet another depilatory chore to the mix?  I've heard people say they like the bare look and the closer contact of skin to skin in that very sensitive area.  It's a visual preference as well as a tactile one.  I can't get past the nagging thought of feeling constantly itchy and needing to scratch (perhaps even in public, horrors!) where that hair wants to grow back.  Talk about constant upkeep!  Who's got time for this?  But there's more than this to my reluctance to hop on this particular bandwagon of style.

When you shed your clothes and stand naked before the world, in truth more like a group of people, let's face it--you are quite vulnerable.  As a woman I can only speak from a feminine perspective but I consider that little triangle of hair my one remaining bastion between me and the world.  Admittedly, it's not much of a fortress but I feel as though it keeps my private parts a little more...well, private!  That's why we call them that isn't it?  I find that while I have no problem with being naked around like-minded friends and strangers, I don't especially wish to share every last inch of myself with the world.  Retaining that strategically placed little tuft leaves me with one last shred of control over whom I choose to share those parts with, visually and intimately.

For some time now, I've been observing other nudists and naturists and how they carry themselves.  Personally, I think nudism calls for a certain amount of grace and decorum to be carried out successfully.  Many would probably beg to differ with me, they having more of a "let it all hang out" attitude.  This doesn't work for me and I'm conscious of how I present myself physically.  I apply this consiousness when naked in public or in the privacy of my own home with my husband.  I'm trying to express that I think it's possible to maintain a bit of mystery without benefit of clothing.  Consider this entry simply one of a musing nature.  I have to remain true to my journal's title once in awhile.