In the Pits
Inspired by Starusticity's Up or Down? post and an angmo on the bus, I started querying friends and family a rather "sensitive" question. "Should guys shave their pits?" - breathe people, this is a very long post. Last Saturday on the bus, sitting on the seat right next to the stairs, this tall, huge angmo guy came up and "parked" himself on my left hand side. Directly beneath his pits, I noticed there was this strange patch of red stubs. It took me long moments of discreet maneuvering my head to realize that he had shaved his pits. It was then I wondered, why he shaved when most guys do not and what if he had not?!! For those who have forgotten, I was sitting right beneath his shaven pits! Directly below! So should guys shave their pits? There were some rather interesting answers especially those given by guys. Though the typical answers especially from guys were "NO!" coz pit hairs to them were the very image of manliness. What's a man without pit hairs? Some commented that they do not have a problem with pit-less men and gave the reason as hygiene - these are usually gals.
Atypicals Mr Smurfie: If they always wear sleeveless or play basketball then they must shave lor. Can you imagine them doing this - does a arm flip backwards action which disgusts me - in sleeveless tops and never shave? I never shave lah. Don't need. But I don't wear sleeveless. Can't recall Mr Smurfie's contribution word for word but the core is all here. Winston: Now the look is metrosexual mah, so trim not shave...up to the individual what, some do for hygiene one lor. Winston has just won the coolest answer award. Nobody mentioned metrosexual you know? Forgot to ask if he shaved though. Ronnie: Are you ok? ok...Ronnie did later on gave the conventional no no answer but when he asked if I was alright, I nearly flipped over.
The Norms Yong Yang: Of coz not...armpit hair is manly. Yong Yang sounds so proud of them.
Daniel: Not manly. For a moment I thought he meant not many though.
Jit Meng: There is no need. Characteristic of a male. Not a requirement by company. Jit Meng seems to be trying to look too cool in his answer. Not a requirement by company? His company doesn't require it? Maybe I should make shaving a requirement for Mr Smurfie starting from tomorrow.
Weilun: Guys how can shave? Shave liao not like men anymore. A basketballer that does not shave. Please refer to Mr Smurfie's replies.
Extremist Eternal Snow: Siao...if guys shave, then he's gay. She is an extremist, no doubt!
Airen: Cannot lah! How can? Like gay like that. Gals different mah but guys cannot lah. I couldn't remember his exact words either but it should be followed by shivers.
Xiaoye: EEEE! Guys cannot shave lah. So gay. She must be so glad Weilun - her 193cm tall basketballer boyfriend feels the same way. He's way too tall to be gayish too!
And just in case you're interested, i found something worth ofThe Fence Lovers and Hygiene Freaks
Starusticity: i knw body builders do, erm for hygiene sake some guys do cos sweaty stinky pits arent nice, it's not a should or shouldnt guess its more of personal choice. but if i see guys w shaved pits it is kinda weird. Ok, it's finally edited. Word for word. Rusty, you happy now? By the way, Rusty here has provided us with another insight into the male armpit. Read the comments! Jeannie: If they exercise or are swimmers then it's a must lor. I can't recall her word for word either but then I must start to notice swimmers to see if their armpits hair gets drenched in pools. Tashes' Aaron: Occasionally must shave to get rid of some lingering odours so that when it grows out again, it'll be brand new start...if a guy is a white tiger then so gay. That means he shaves? But then just after he shaved and before they grow out, wouldn't he be a white tiger?
The No Answers Phyllis: Ha ha...why? Your boy boy not doing it or has done it? It's normal they don't shave. Famous people shave a bit. So Phyllis, my gal and your opinion is? And no, airen is an extremist and he does not shave. Please refer to above. Tashes: Odd...it seems to be a girl's privilege to look hair free except for the head of coz but on the other hand, darn it's such a troublesome thing. Tashes, tashes, so should guys shave? We're not talking about gals here you know. You should read my post about Female Armpit Hair. DAMN! I seemed obsessed.
And of coz, there's Eric who never replied me. Why, Eric? You paiseh har? Ooops...I know lah, might be just busy at the moment.
In a nutshell, men smell while women smell better - hooray for being a woman! Talking about men and pits, I wonder if Jennifer Aniston left Brad Pit coz she does not wanna be called the Shaven Pit each time she shaved hers - duh. By the way, the pet is back - look to the right. YAY!Armpit odour, or axillary malodor, usually begins when you reach puberty, when your glands start working. There are two kinds of sweat glands in the human body, the apocrine glands, which secrete a milky fluid from the hair follicles, and the eccrine glands, which are the source of most perspiration. The sweat from the eccrine glands is water, which is used to cool the body by evaporation and to moisten the friction surfaces of the body.
Most axillary, or armpit, sweat is odourless, and comes from the eccrine glands. The small amount of apocrine secretion in the sweat, however, causes the problem.
Although fresh apocrine sweat is also odourless, it develops its characteristic smell when the sweat is broken down by the hair and skin cells in the armpit, and then eaten by bacteria.
It's actually the bacteria that make the smell, releasing a chemical called 3-methyl-2-hexenoic acid.
About 90% of men and 70% of women have these bacteria in their armpit, and women produce a milder odour than men. Most people have trouble smelling their own odour without burying their nose in their own armpit ... probably because your brain filters out smells which are always present.taken from here (http://www.wcsscience.com/armpit/odour.html)
...The purpose of the axillary hair is to reduce friction and to aid in evaporation (the hairs are hollow).
4 Comments:
oi, u quoted me wrong!! anyway to add to ur erm emerging thesis, have u ever noticed that pit hair has partings? there is centre parting and side parting and some is just a bush. n i do believe the HK gossip mags have actually done an article on it, I THINK. or was it just commenting on an artiste? hmm..
By starusticity, at 4/08/2005 01:32:00 PM
pit hair has partings? wow, i never knew.
anyways, i'm actually fine with whatever, it's their own choice. if hair growth gets out of hand, grooming does sound good to me.
By Tashes, at 4/11/2005 11:51:00 AM
I didn't know either till rusty commented. so far, ah fu = bush, bro = bush, dad = bush so no comparsion yet maybe will get mr smurfie 2 show us. btw rusty's bro has centre. go check the battery's.
By I Kid You Not, at 4/11/2005 12:48:00 PM
I finally edited your comments rusty! hooray!
By I Kid You Not, at 4/12/2005 12:43:00 PM
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