Male Body Depilation: Prevalence and Associated Features of Body Hair Removal

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“It Shouldn’t Stick Out from Your Bikini at the Beach” (2013, background): “Research in the United States and Australia reported that a significant majority (62%–83%) of men have removed and/or trimmed some pubic hair at least once (Boroughs et al., 2005; Martins et al., 2008a; Smolak & Murnen, 2011), with less than half removing any pubic hair with any regularity (Martins ”
Leaks, Lumps, and Lines (2011, background): “Similar harsh judgments are reflected in the negative terms used to describe some of the effects of aging on the body (e.g., crow’s feet, bat wings, and turkey wattles; Clarke et al., 2009), which, like menstrual blood, can be seen as stigmatizing marks.”
Body Dissatisfaction in Adolescent Boys and Girls: Objectified Body Consciousness, Internalization of the Media Body Ideal and Perceived Pressure from Media (2008, background): “Boroughs and Thompson (2002) showed in their qualitative study that body depilation, (i.”
The Hairlessness Norm Extended: Reasons for and Predictors of Women’s Body Hair Removal at Different Body Sites (2008, background): “Toerien and Wilkinson (2003) argue that such hairlessness serves to contrast the feminine with the masculine and thereby contributes to the social construction of a “tamed”, and “less than fully adult”, femininity, although it needs to be noted that there is an emerging trend for men to also engage ”