Were the 90s the last decade before most young men started shaving the pubes/chest? Crazy how tastes changed so drastically over a 20-year span.
Yes, pretty much. Up until the 90s, most guys didn’t really bother with trimming or shaving their pubic hair. The mentality was that when you go through puberty you grow pubes and that stays there as it is. In my experience, almost everyone had full bushes in that decade. It wasn’t until the 2000s that it really took off the "war on pubic hair", thanks to the whole metrosexual trend and a big push from shaving/grooming companies. I still remember magazine articles selling the idea that the man of the 21st century needed to take care of himself, and getting rid of pubic hair was one way to do it (probably sponsored by those grooming companies.) The aesthetic of what a naked man should look like started to change. Now, it’s super common for younger guys (and not so young) to keep things tidy down there. So yeah, the 90s was kind of the last decade where having pubic hair was the default.
 
Yes, pretty much. Up until the 90s, most guys didn’t really bother with trimming or shaving their pubic hair. The mentality was that when you go through puberty you grow pubes and that stays there as it is. In my experience, almost everyone had full bushes in that decade. It wasn’t until the 2000s that it really took off the "war on pubic hair", thanks to the whole metrosexual trend and a big push from shaving/grooming companies. I still remember magazine articles selling the idea that the man of the 21st century needed to take care of himself, and getting rid of pubic hair was one way to do it (probably sponsored by those grooming companies.) The aesthetic of what a naked man should look like started to change. Now, it’s super common for younger guys (and not so young) to keep things tidy down there. So yeah, the 90s was kind of the last decade where having pubic hair was the default.
And that's exactly what makes the boys of the 90s unique. Also, like women, not being in the standards made them unique.