Teen son shaving his legs?
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Anonymous
| DS (16) has been shaving his legs. Now with DD, I had been all prepared to have the talk about how women don't need to shave their legs and the societal pressure is total bs. However, I'm unsure of how to approach this with DS, because the pressure doesn't really exist for dudes. Honestly, I feel like for them the standard is kind of the opposite and hairy legs = good. Now, I'm fine if DS does choose to shave his legs, but I don't want him to feel pressured. But if he does, where is pressure even coming from, like is this a new trend? It doesn't matter, but I'm just a tad bit confused |
Anonymous
| Maybe he’s gay. Maybe he’s into cross dressing. Maybe he’s trans. But at the end of the day why does it matter? Let him shave if he wants to… |
Anonymous
| Does he swim |
Anonymous
| Ask him why he does it. |
Anonymous
Why would this relate to him being gay |
Anonymous
+1 A lot of swimmers shave their body hair to reduce drag in the water. |
Anonymous
| Were you really planning on forbidding your daughter from shaving her legs? That seems cruel. |
Anonymous
My guess is they planned not on forbidding her but telling her she doesn't have to if she doesn't want to |
Anonymous
OP here. LOL, DH was a college swimmer and he's told me he would shave his legs to reduce drag back then! But no, DS is not a swimmer |
Anonymous
| The only man i know who shaved his legs was a closeted gay guy. Maybe things are different now and it means nothing? |
Anonymous
| I know some boys who do it because they are really into lifting and fitness and it’s the norm especially if they are really into social media. I also know boys who do it because they are big into mountain biking or cycling and it’s a pre-emptive move to make it easier to deal with road rash or gashes. The other situation is boys who do field sports and do extensive ankle taping, like lacrosse and football. If they don’t like pre-wrap it makes tape removal easy. |
Anonymous
| Manscaping. Leave it alone or else just casually ask him ONCE, in a nonjudgmental tone, why he’s shaving. Then leave it alone. |
Anonymous
| Mine does too, OP, and I haven't known how to mention it. |
Anonymous
Why do you need to mention it at all? Who cares? He is old enough to not need to be taught how to shave. People have different preferences about their own body hair. Some girls don’t shave anything ever, some shave their arms. Some teen boys shave their chest hair, some don’t. While legs is probably less common to shave for a boy, it isn’t something that needs a discussion. Body builders do it. |
Anonymous
Does he ride a bike? Those guys usually shaved their legs back in the day. |