The Bald Chick Thread

[Guybrush]

About hair and stuff, that people should accept hair although the norm is shaving ..

I wonder what guys here would think if we turned the scenario around a bit. Let's say you meet a guy who you can tell shaves his legs. Perhaps he wears shorts and you just happen to notice his baby butt calves. Would it influence your opinion of this person in a positive or a negative way? Or would you not care at all?

I'll just be honest and say that for me, a guy shaving his legs would be pretty bad

[Janszoon]

Originally Posted by tore

About hair and stuff, that people should accept hair although the norm is shaving ..

I wonder what guys here would think if we turned the scenario around a bit. Let's say you meet a guy who you can tell shaves his legs. Perhaps he wears shorts and you just happen to notice his baby butt calves. Would it influence your opinion of this person in a positive or a negative way? Or would you not care at all?

I'll just be honest and say that for me, a guy shaving his legs would be pretty bad

Eh. I had a friend who used to shave his legs, I didn't really have an opinion about it one way or the other.

[baldy1138]

Originally Posted by tore

About hair and stuff, that people should accept hair although the norm is shaving ..

I wonder what guys here would think if we turned the scenario around a bit. Let's say you meet a guy who you can tell shaves his legs. Perhaps he wears shorts and you just happen to notice his baby butt calves. Would it influence your opinion of this person in a positive or a negative way? Or would you not care at all?

I'll just be honest and say that for me, a guy shaving his legs would be pretty bad

I have a friend who used to pretty much shave his entire body. He was by no means effeminate. He was a soldier, in fact. But he was also pretty seriously into bodybuilding. He never competed or anything, but for a while he was shaving down to better show off his definition, just like the pros do.

I think that's why I don't read much into a guy shaving his body or leg hair. I was always a fan of Schwarzenegger, Ferrigno and that bunch, and they did it. But even if he isn't a bodybuilder, what does it really matter if a guy doesn't want hair on his body?

Myself, I prefer to have a bald head, and I've been shaving it for so long that I not only find baldness normal and pleasant, but any amount of stubble is decidedly unpleasant. I don't like hair on my head. But I'm hairy everywhere else, and almost never without some kind of a goatee, Van Dyck, chin puff or other beard.

But if a guy wants to shave his legs or his armpits, or every square inch except eyelashes and nose hair, good for him. It doesn't mean anything other than he likes how it looks and feels. And if I want to be an advocate of female head shaving, it would be kind of hypocritical to oppose men shaving their legs if they want to.

I think it was more the fact that it was a group of 15-20 guys walking around after the fact, all VERY tall, quite large, and all with shaved heads rather than the actual baldness

That I can understand. One person with a shaved head could be nothing, but if it's several people, then something is obviously up. And when it's a bunch of big, tough-looking guys, odds are it's either a sports team or a gang of some sort.

I recall when my wife shaved her head, she didn't mind going out in public without a hat, but only when I wore a hat. If I didn't wear one, she put one on. That was because while she wasn't too embarrassed about being bald, she thought the two of us bald together in public would look a little strange. I hadn't thought of that, but it made perfect sense to me.

When she was wearing the buzz, and I was bald, that looked perfectly natural. Both bald together seemed weird - like the family with the matching tshirts taken way too far. In private, it was fantastic though.

[Guybrush]

Well, bodybuilders, swimmers and the like have an excuse perhaps Aside from possibly being a bit prejudiced, I think us guys should enjoy that we can get by fine in society without make up, cream in our hair and shaved legs .. at least in Norway. There's a whole industry who would love all that to become the trend norm so they could make cash from selling beauty products to men - and they're pushing it.

In the place I'm from, guys my age and up seem pretty resistant to this sort of stuff. I don't know many guys who really spend much time on their looks, f.ex by shaving legs and using male beauty products, but it seems some of that is becoming the standard with teenagers.

[boo boo]

Originally Posted by jackhammer

I get reactions now as a male having a shaved head so for a female to have a shaved head is even more 'odd' to look upon.

I'm not saying it's right at all. I have been called a fascist and a Nazi in my time just because I shave my head so for a woman to have a look that is so diametrically opposed to the classic 'female look' freaks people out.

I talked to a woman once at my place of work who wore a head scarf due to chemotherapy she was having (hence bald) and I managed to convince her that there is nothing wrong whatsoever in looking that way and a few days later she came back without the headscarf which made me so happy for her and she herself said that she felt liberated. Good for her.

It's easy to judge people on first impressions and we all do it but I have found that the people worth knowing are those who make a mockery of that inbuilt initial prejudice.

<3

That's wonderful Lee.

Originally Posted by tore

About hair and stuff, that people should accept hair although the norm is shaving ..

I wonder what guys here would think if we turned the scenario around a bit. Let's say you meet a guy who you can tell shaves his legs. Perhaps he wears shorts and you just happen to notice his baby butt calves. Would it influence your opinion of this person in a positive or a negative way? Or would you not care at all?

I'll just be honest and say that for me, a guy shaving his legs would be pretty bad

As anyone can guess I'm not a fan of hairiness. I'm not gonna judge a guy who doesn't shave his legs but wears shorts and sandals for example, but I think it's ugly as all f*ck and there's nothing wrong with thinking something is unappealing to look at, it's just about how you treat people because of it.

You can have a great friend in somebody without wanting to f*ck them.

But yeah if a guy did like you said I'd have no problem with it, I think it looks better than not shaving at all.

Originally Posted by tore

Well, bodybuilders, swimmers and the like have an excuse perhaps Aside from possibly being a bit prejudiced, I think us guys should enjoy that we can get by fine in society without make up, cream in our hair and shaved legs .. at least in Norway. There's a whole industry who would love all that to become the trend norm so they could make cash from selling beauty products to men - and they're pushing it.

In the place I'm from, guys my age and up seem pretty resistant to this sort of stuff. I don't know many guys who really spend much time on their looks, f.ex by shaving legs and using male beauty products, but it seems some of that is becoming the standard with teenagers.

There's nothing wrong with wanting to look a certain way. Even if it's deemed unnatural.

The thing is people deem headshaving on women unnatural even though it's not any more unnatural than men doing it. I of course disagree with Vegan about something being wrong just because it isn't natural.

Getting tattoos are not natural, or getting piercings, or putting makeup on your face or cutting your hair or shaving your beard but these are all choices people have. We're not cavemen, we shouldn't be confined to certain things because of how nature intended. What sets us apart from other animals is that we have free will, we don't have to do things purely on instinct.

But unless you ARE Grizley Adams living in the wilderness, it's best that you shut your mouth about things being unnatural because we all do something unnatural.

I can go on (and I have) about why I find bald women more attractive than women with hair but I don't even have to justify it, it's just my preference, we all have prerences of our own. Instead of thinking it's such a f*cking bummer that people aren't exactly the same we should embrace the fact that we're all different.

It's corny to say but that's how it is, if we all embraced ourselves and what makes us unique from others instead of constantly comparing things and defining them by what's normal and what isn't we'd all be better off.

[boo boo]

Originally Posted by baldy1138

I have a friend who used to pretty much shave his entire body. He was by no means effeminate. He was a soldier, in fact. But he was also pretty seriously into bodybuilding. He never competed or anything, but for a while he was shaving down to better show off his definition, just like the pros do.

I think that's why I don't read much into a guy shaving his body or leg hair. I was always a fan of Schwarzenegger, Ferrigno and that bunch, and they did it. But even if he isn't a bodybuilder, what does it really matter if a guy doesn't want hair on his body?

Myself, I prefer to have a bald head, and I've been shaving it for so long that I not only find baldness normal and pleasant, but any amount of stubble is decidedly unpleasant. I don't like hair on my head. But I'm hairy everywhere else, and almost never without some kind of a goatee, Van Dyck, chin puff or other beard.

But if a guy wants to shave his legs or his armpits, or every square inch except eyelashes and nose hair, good for him. It doesn't mean anything other than he likes how it looks and feels. And if I want to be an advocate of female head shaving, it would be kind of hypocritical to oppose men shaving their legs if they want to.

Well you're a bald guy who loves bald chicks. That's more consistant than a long haired guy who loves bald chicks I guess. But a lot of bald guys love long haired chicks and don't dig bald chicks so how many people can you call "consistant" anyway?

That I can understand. One person with a shaved head could be nothing, but if it's several people, then something is obviously up. And when it's a bunch of big, tough-looking guys, odds are it's either a sports team or a gang of some sort.

I recall when my wife shaved her head, she didn't mind going out in public without a hat, but only when I wore a hat. If I didn't wear one, she put one on. That was because while she wasn't too embarrassed about being bald, she thought the two of us bald together in public would look a little strange. I hadn't thought of that, but it made perfect sense to me.

When she was wearing the buzz, and I was bald, that looked perfectly natural. Both bald together seemed weird - like the family with the matching tshirts taken way too far. In private, it was fantastic though.

Whenever I see a couple and they both have shaved heads I think it's cute, even romantic. My initial reaction is usually "awwww".

I find that a lot of guys with this fetish tend to sport the look themselves but in a weirdly ironic way I actually love having long hair myself, though eventually headshaving is something I will try at least once, and is likely what I'll do if I ever start losing my hair. People who do it tend to love it and have the opinion that everyone should try it at least once.

But if I ever get a girl to shave her head and she doesn't like it I'll cover her hair with mine to make her feel better. =D

This one girl told me that being bald would make her feel like being a baby. I never got that. Being bald only makes you look like you're a baby if you're really fat.

[baldy1138]

Originally Posted by tore

Well, bodybuilders, swimmers and the like have an excuse perhaps Aside from possibly being a bit prejudiced, I think us guys should enjoy that we can get by fine in society without make up, cream in our hair and shaved legs .. at least in Norway. There's a whole industry who would love all that to become the trend norm so they could make cash from selling beauty products to men - and they're pushing it.

In the place I'm from, guys my age and up seem pretty resistant to this sort of stuff. I don't know many guys who really spend much time on their looks, f.ex by shaving legs and using male beauty products, but it seems some of that is becoming the standard with teenagers.

No argument there. Shave, shower, brush teeth, apply deodorant is about as complicated as my grooming ritual gets, and that's the way I like it. Likewise, I have a few fairly similar garments in my closet, mostly in black, white and grey. Shaving my head is the only place I do anything extra, and it's a trade-off with combing and haircuts.

Personally, I find the modern-day dandies to be a bit difficult to relate to. I don't generally trust a guy who obviously puts a lot of effort into his appearance, but that's more because I usually see those guys in banking, insurance or sales, and it becomes part of a whole smarmy vibe, and a general distrust of the businesses they work for.

That said, I don't think removing body hair should be equated with metrosexuality. I don't agree with either gender wasting too much time and money serving personal vanity or living up to someone else's ideal image, particularly men, who, as you say, aren't expected to do so. But they're free to do what they want with their appearance, and I will try not to let that influence my opinion of them. I've encountered plenty of metros who were yuppy a**holes, but some were nice guys once you got past the meticulous grooming.

As for somebody who just feels tidier or more attractive without hair on his legs, chest or wherever, or just gets some personal enjoyment from removing it, I say more power to him. I totally support that. I'm also inclined to agree with boo boo, at least as far as a guy with a totally smooth body is easier to look at than a guy with a built-in sweater. But as a straight guy, it doesn't really make that much difference to me.

[boo boo]

I'm curious to know, how many people close to you know about your acomo thing and do they pick on ya for it?

It's not something I share with anyone IRL, and on the net I've been called a repressed homosexual on some occasions.

[Tea Supremacist]

Originally Posted by jackhammer

I get reactions now as a male having a shaved head so for a female to have a shaved head is even more 'odd' to look upon.

I'm not saying it's right at all. I have been called a fascist and a Nazi in my time just because I shave my head so for a woman to have a look that is so diametrically opposed to the classic 'female look' freaks people out.

I talked to a woman once at my place of work who wore a head scarf due to chemotherapy she was having (hence bald) and I managed to convince her that there is nothing wrong whatsoever in looking that way and a few days later she came back without the headscarf which made me so happy for her and she herself said that she felt liberated. Good for her.

It's easy to judge people on first impressions and we all do it but I have found that the people worth knowing are those who make a mockery of that inbuilt initial prejudice.

I think that's so nice. It's one thing to be bald through choice - I've always maintained that if you make a choice to look different then you have to put up with the odd looks and cruel comments (unfortunately). But when it's not through choice, it's the worst thing to be mocked for it.

Originally Posted by jibber

A good friend of mine shaved her head to raise money for cancer. Until her hair grew in long enough for a "pixie cut" type style, she got a LOT of strange looks. Some were pitying, as if assuming she had cancer or alopecia, other's just stared at her as if she were a zoo animal, it was pretty eye opening.

I had a similar thing. I shaved my head once - Actually, I was very drunk and watching the scene from Empire Records where Deb shaves her head and it seemed like a good idea at the time - when I woke up in the morning I decided to go and rinse money out of people for doing it and donated it to the hospital looking after my Uncle, a cancer sufferer. Anyways, the looks I got were like nothing I've experienced before! I'm used to comments, being pierced, tattooed, having weird hair colours etc, but having a shaved head (not even 'proper' bald - just as short as a set of clippers can go, a bit of stubble) was a total eye opener. I got accused of being a lesbian. I had a woman tell her child to get away from me after I threw a ball back to him. I had someone ask me outright if my chemo was going ok. It was surreal!

Saying that, if it weren't for my job I'd go back to having a clipper job done any day. So practical

[boo boo]

I assume lot of chicks do it once, loved it, but don't do it again because they didn't like how people react. Is that close to the truth?

I f*cking hate people so much. I also hate Youtube because I do search it all the time for bald chick stuff and the comments people leave are just excruciating.

It's just the idea that people can't grasp because it's so alien to them. I've yet to see someone give a reason why bald women are ugly that actually makes sense to me.

They look like dudes?: No they don't. Women look like women the goddamn hair is not what makes a woman a woman without it she is gonna look like a woman. Only woman that looks like a dude bald is a woman that looks like a dude with hair.

They look like big babies?: Only if they're fat.

They look like cancer patients?: Why don't people ever say this about bald men? And they don't. Cancer patients look sickly. Simply being bald isn't gonna make you look sickly.

They look like lesbians?: There are lesbians with hair too. The lesbians that shave their heads tend to be rather butch. If you're an otherwise feminine woman and people think you're a lesbian just because you're bald then they're stupid.

They look like neo nazis?: I think only the male neo nazis shave their heads but I could be wrong. Still stupid though. It's actually more reasonable to believe any guy with a shaved head could be a neo nazi, which is also stupid of course.

They look like aliens?: Have you seen an alien? No. I do think it's alien in that it's not normal. Which is a part of it's appeal.

Speaking of aliens Baldy. I remember that in your blog you mention Gene Roddenberry being a possible acomophile and now that i think about it that makes perfect sense.

Star Trek: The Motion Picture wasn't a great movie, but I loved it's positive depiction of the Lt. Lila character and how this bald chick could be hot and everybody wanted to bang her. I can't think of any mainstream movie before or since where a bald chick was depicted as being sexually desirable to men.