Today we look at what we like about other people’s pubic hair. Welcome back to our “Keeping It Natural” series, where we celebrate our natural bodies.

Following our engaging discussions on “Pubic Hair, Gender, and Sexuality,” and how we feel about our own pubic hair, we’ve turned our attention outward. We asked our Twitter community the following question: “What do we appreciate about other people’s pubic hair?”

With responses from over 180 individuals, mostly queer men, we learned there’s a myriad of reasons you like about bushes. As always, to go along with your opinions, we’ve included community photos.

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What do we like about other people’s pubic hair?

In short, one can apparently like EVERYTHING about other people’s pubic hair. It’s worth noting that this piece focuses on what people enjoy, so any responses about what people don’t like aren’t included. If you personally prefer yourself without hair or other’s without hair, you have our full support. With that said, here’s some of our favorite responses.

The way a bush looks

“To me it acts like a neon sign pointing to ‘this is where the fun is.’”

The way it feels

“I enjoyed idly stroking [my boyfriend’s] bush as part of our foreplay.”

The way it smells

“The scent of a man’s bush when it is right makes something in me go primal.”

The way it sounds

“The sounds it makes when fingers or tongues move through it.”

The personal nostalgia

“It is one of the earliest things I remember being turned on by. Happy trails, armpit hair, thigh hair. Getting a look in the locker room was one of my most thrilling things.”

The retro aesthetic

“I think seeing guys with bush in the 80s and 90s porn really made me appreciate it. I think it imprinted on me and I subconsciously sought it out.”

The element of surprise

“It’s exciting discovering that an otherwise smooth body might harbor a secret, thick patch of hair.”

The sense of camaraderie it can evoke

“I prefer sexual partners who appreciate my pubic hair, which usually means they have some pubic hair of their own.”

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To finish off the piece, here are some thoughts from the anonymous community member who helped us write up the survey results.

Some say shaving their junk makes it bigger-looking or more accessible, but I always see a luxuriant bush as an enhancement, suggesting that your cup runneth over with sexual energy, and offering even more sensory pleasures for your partners to enjoy. Personally, I’d much rather get a few hairs stuck in my teeth than sacrifice those pleasures, but you do you.

Nothing is hotter than being comfortable in your own skin, no matter how much hair you have; don’t let anyone tell you otherwise, and don’t tell anyone else what to do with their hair. And even though it happens to grow you-know-where, appreciating the beauty of pubic hair doesn’t have to be sexual. But I would hate to beat around the bush’s undeniable erotic appeal.

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