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

[CdeLorraine]

It looks better and they are smart enough to see it. No issues with 'masculinity' as American guys tend to have

 

[JayPR]

It looks better and they are smart enough to see it. No issues with 'masculinity' as American guys tend to have

Shaving looking better is very subjective, but I see your point.

 

[latinbriefs]

I mean, Hispanic and Latino men have a whole other bevy of issues to deal with when it comes to masculinity, but that's a whole other topic of discussion.

Some of it is also due to societal pressure. I remember some years back (90s/early 2000s), a soap opera actor named Eduardo Capetillo would get regularly teased in Spanish gossip magazines for his incredibly hairy chest. When Marimar, the popular telenovela he starred in got imported to the Philippines a few years later, the actor's hairy chest became kind of a running joke among Filipinos, too.

It even got to the point where his son, who is likewise very hairy, would get tons of comments on his social media when he posted a picture of himself shirtless at the beach, telling him he looked unattractive and that he should shave his chest.

I don't understand it personally. I think Eduardo Capetillo is one of the most attractive men out there and it really makes him stand out amongst the cookie-cutter macho leading man types that are usually cast in telenovelas. I'm glad that Capetillo never gave in and kept his hairy chest.

 

[JayPR]

I mean, Hispanic and Latino men have a whole other bevy of issues to deal with when it comes to masculinity, but that's a whole other topic of discussion.

Some of it is also due to societal pressure. I remember some years back (90s/early 2000s), a soap opera actor named Eduardo Capetillo would get regularly teased in Spanish gossip magazines for his incredibly hairy chest. When Marimar, the popular telenovela he starred in got imported to the Philippines a few years later, the actor's hairy chest became kind of a running joke among Filipinos, too.

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It even got to the point where his son, who is likewise very hairy, would get tons of comments on his social media when he posted a picture of himself shirtless at the beach, telling him he looked unattractive and that he should shave his chest.

I don't understand it personally. I think Eduardo Capetillo is one of the most attractive men out there and it really makes him stand out amongst the cookie-cutter macho leading man types that are usually cast in telenovelas. I'm glad that Capetillo never gave in and kept his hairy chest.

Yes, Eduardo Capetillo is very handsome. I remember that back then most telenovela lead actors and singers always had some degree of chest hair showing up (Eduardo Palomo in Corazón Salvaje, even Ricky Martin back in the day.) Eduardo Capetillo was just very hairy, yet body hair was generally accepted as manly and attractive. However, as the late 90s and 2000s approached, there was a shift towards actors with a more model-like appearance, featuring less body hair and more muscles.

 

[Riip]

I mean, Hispanic and Latino men have a whole other bevy of issues to deal with when it comes to masculinity, but that's a whole other topic of discussion.

Some of it is also due to societal pressure. I remember some years back (90s/early 2000s), a soap opera actor named Eduardo Capetillo would get regularly teased in Spanish gossip magazines for his incredibly hairy chest. When Marimar, the popular telenovela he starred in got imported to the Philippines a few years later, the actor's hairy chest became kind of a running joke among Filipinos, too.

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It even got to the point where his son, who is likewise very hairy, would get tons of comments on his social media when he posted a picture of himself shirtless at the beach, telling him he looked unattractive and that he should shave his chest.

I don't understand it personally. I think Eduardo Capetillo is one of the most attractive men out there and it really makes him stand out amongst the cookie-cutter macho leading man types that are usually cast in telenovelas. I'm glad that Capetillo never gave in and kept his hairy chest.

I hate that the Gilette Industry, some women and a few gays without personality want discrimine hairy men, I love them, they're the ephytomis of masculinity.

 

[Sandymat]

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Shaving looking better is very subjective, but I see your point.

You are correct , personally, I prefer smooth , but as you say , it’s a matter of choice. Tall, short, old or young nobody is discriminating against anyone . Folks are allowed to like what they like .
People forget it’s subjective