Why most Latino men tend to shave all their body hair?

[JayPR]

Based on my experience, most Latino/Hispanic men tend to shave their body hair (legs, armpits, chest, and pubes.) There's nothing wrong with that, but I am curious to know why is this so common, especially here in the U.S.?

With other ethnic groups, it is more of a mixed bag between body hair and non-body hair (Muslim men also tend to shave but for religious reasons) but most Hispanics/Latino guys I meet tend to shave almost everything. I am Hispanic myself and I don't do much manscaping, I personally find body hair attractive. However, whenever I'm on a dating app, it's almost sure that if he is Latino, he has no armpit hair or hair on his legs.

Genuinely curious.

 

[openfly]

Interesting topic--not Hispanic myself, but it is a thing I never gave much thought to. Now I'm curious as well!

 

[halcyondays]

I'm probably wrong but maybe the difference is top/bottom? Almost every Hispanic guy I've topped has been shaved or neatly manscaped.

That said there's an enormous amount of manscaping going on across ethnicities.

I think it's just the style. Almost everyone wants to look good naked.

Modeling agencies, Hollywood and porn started stripping hair off men back in the 1980s and the trend continues. Their influence cannot be ignored.

 

[openfly]

I'm probably wrong but maybe the difference is top/bottom? Almost every Hispanic guy I've topped has been shaved or neatly manscaped.

That said there's an enormous amount of manscaping going on across ethnicities.

I think it's just the style. Almost everyone wants to look good naked.

Modeling agencies, Hollywood and porn started stripping hair off men back in the 1980s and the trend continues. Their influence cannot be ignored.

poem's cool--

 

[Steed Holt]

I believe it to be a cultural thing that is a remnant of the pre-Columbian civilizations for which they have inherited a number of indigenous beliefs and responses.

The natives took clamshells and scraped the hair from their bodies. In the humidity of their lands, it was mainly for comfort but also served to decrease the number of parasites that they lived with.

Clearly the reason for this was originally utilitarian but as the cultures developed, being clean shaven was seen as socially necessary.

 

[openfly]

I believe it to be a cultural thing that is a remnant of the pre-Columbian civilizations for which they have inherited a number of indigenous beliefs and responses.

The natives took clamshells and scraped the hair from their bodies. In the humidity of their lands, it was mainly for comfort but also served to decrease the number of parasites that they lived with.

Clearly the reason for this was originally utilitarian but as the cultures developed, being clean shaven was seen as socially necessary.

Thanks--good sense

 

[JayPR]

I must clarify that not all Latinos shave their body hair. I've been to Mexico and Argentina and my experience there was the opposite, most guys were proudly displaying their body hair. However, Latinos from the Caribbean (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico,) and also Colombia, tend to shave most of it. I even have a Dominican friend that told me that in DR almost all guys shave their armpits and pubes. Is this true?

 

[Brauliot5]

Based on my experience, most Latino/Hispanic men tend to shave their body hair (legs, armpits, chest, and pubes.) There's nothing wrong with that, but I am curious to know why is this so common, especially here in the U.S.?

With other ethnic groups, it is more of a mixed bag between body hair and non-body hair (Muslim men also tend to shave but for religious reasons) but most Hispanics/Latino guys I meet tend to shave almost everything. I am Hispanic myself and I don't do much manscaping, I personally find body hair attractive. However, whenever I'm on a dating app, it's almost sure that if he is Latino, he has no armpit hair or hair on his legs.

Genuinely curious.

I'm Latino (Dominican) and it's pretty much the beauty standard to look more ''clean''. It's even more complicated with women, They get brazilian waxing and everything

 

[Alan35]

I'm latino and I never shave my body hair. In fact I love my hairy chest, arms and legs, I find it so manly

 

[JayPR]

I'm Latino (Dominican) and it's pretty much the beauty standard to look more ''clean''. It's even more complicated with women, They get brazilian waxing and everything

Thanks for clarifying it's a beauty and hygiene thing.

It is so interesting because in Puerto Rico (I am Puerto Rican myself) about 25 years ago most guys would have never done it. Back then, I still remember that guys who shaved their legs or armpits were mocked for being "feminine" or not manly. But now, a lot of guys manscape especially those into urban music like reggaeton and hip hop, one of the most hypermasculine social spaces.

I would like to know exactly when and how this changed, from being considered "feminine" or not manly to being hygienic and cool.

 

[Sandymat]

I'm Latino (Dominican) and it's pretty much the beauty standard to look more ''clean''. It's even more complicated with women, They get brazilian waxing and everything

Love it when a nice tan body is shaved

 

[Jockstrap Guy 20]

I am a young Latin College Boy....don't shave because I am pretty smooth. Have a little arm pit hair and dick hair. My balls, hole, and ass are naturally smooth. Just have a little black peach fuzz on my lower legs!!!

 

[deleted4667851]

I must clarify that not all Latinos shave their body hair. I've been to Mexico and Argentina and my experience there was the opposite, most guys were proudly displaying their body hair. However, Latinos from the Caribbean (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico,) and also Colombia, tend to shave most of it. I even have a Dominican friend that told me that in DR almost all guys shave their armpits and pubes. Is this true?

If that’s the case I need to book a vacation in the DR very soon. Yum.

 

[openfly]

I am a young Latin College Boy....don't shave because I am pretty smooth. Have a little arm pit hair and dick hair. My balls, hole, and ass are naturally smooth. Just have a little black peach fuzz on my lower legs!!!

Sounds pretty hot. I'm the same but my hair is brown, with about 7 chest hairs!

 

[goonlat]

Latino here, I just trim my bush, sometimes my belly and the 40 chest hairs I have, lol. I do shave my lower back. Everything else is untouched.

 

[QuantumRaph]

Thanks for clarifying it's a beauty and hygiene thing.

It is so interesting because in Puerto Rico (I am Puerto Rican myself) about 25 years ago most guys would have never done it. Back then, I still remember that guys who shaved their legs or armpits were mocked for being "feminine" or not manly. But now, a lot of guys manscape especially those into urban music like reggaeton and hip hop, one of the most hypermasculine social spaces.

I would like to know exactly when and how this changed, from being considered "feminine" or not manly to being hygienic and cool.

At least in the Dominican Republic, the trend started in the 90's and has become very come. Porn was very influential on this. Most men trim or fully shave their groin area, and gym rats tend to shave everything to accentuate their muscles.

 

[deleted4667851]

At least in the Dominican Republic, the trend started in the 90's and has become very come. Porn was very influential on this. Most men trim or fully shave their groin area, and gym rats tend to shave everything to accentuate their muscles.

Thanks for this info. Gym rats for me!

 

[JayPR]

At least in the Dominican Republic, the trend started in the 90's and has become very come. Porn was very influential on this. Most men trim or fully shave their groin area, and gym rats tend to shave everything to accentuate their muscles.

Yes, in Puerto Rico it started also in the 90s. At first, it was just guys shaving their legs. Some of my high school friends started doing it. Then by the early 2000s guys started trimming their pubes. I moved to the US at the time, but when I visited years later, I saw the whole trend of guys shaving armpits, groin, and even their arms. I think right now it is pretty mixed because body hair started to become trendy, especially among younger guys.

 

[Totalshave]

Yes, in Puerto Rico it started also in the 90s. At first, it was just guys shaving their legs. Some of my high school friends started doing it. Then by the early 2000s guys started trimming their pubes. I moved to the US at the time, but when I visited years later, I saw the whole trend of guys shaving armpits, groin, and even their arms. I think right now it is pretty mixed because body hair started to become trendy, especially among younger guys.

It's a shame that the younger ones are going hairy again. It's not an easy thing to do for men to normalize shaving their bodies. The guys in the late 90's and 2000s had to be the brave ones to go for it and show the world that they could be MEN and still shave. Now the younger guys are throwing that opportunity away. Same shaving trend happened in the US at the same time but things got hairier in the 2010s. Luckily, it's still mixed and hasn't completely gone away. In fact, there's a big trend again with young gym rats shaving their legs again in the US. Tiktok is full of young men doing it!

 

[CarsonBigley]

Manscaping is a blight on society. Pubic hair removal should be a crime.