If the appearance of clean-shaven female armpits is considered natural and attractive, the male armpits for some reason shaved cause so much controversy, especially recently when there is opinion that the real men were translated.
Arguments pro shaving of armpits
Here, just, everything simply and few at whom raises doubts. First, shaving of armpits is elementary hygiene. The thing is that this area of body, both at men, and at women, is supplied with huge number of sweat glands. The sweat in itself allocated in the course of activity has no smell. But if not to watch purity of armpits and in time not to shave off hair, sweat begins to linger on their tips.
Thus very favorable environment for different reproduction of microbes which cause emergence of unpleasant smell is created.
Secondly, shaving of the axillary hollow is excellent economy of deodorants as on processing of the shaved armpit leaves much less means. In addition, if in a hurry the man forgets to use it, most likely, it all the same to some extent is protected from emergence of unpleasant smell, again because of lack of hair.
Well and, thirdly, from the esthetic point of view the shaved armpits look far more pleasantly and, according to many women, their owner is more attractive. Also it characterizes the man as the person clean.
Arguments contra shaving of armpits
Generally these arguments are based on the stereotype which has developed for centuries that the real man has to be hairy. It is enough to remember how emergence of the first hairs on body at boys does them more courageous and sure, they become men. Actually, not the growth or lack of hair gives to confidence. According to psychologists – it is just secondary sexual character demonstrating that at organism of the man there is hormone testosterone.
Its availability and quantity, as a matter of fact, also does the man by the man.
Arguments are given contra also by sexopathologists. The thing is that the person, together with then, has release of specific substances – pheromones which do and do it potentially attractive to opposite sex. And as shaven armpits keep smaller amount of sweat, the man loses the sexual appeal a little. To shave or it is not necessary to shave armpits is especially personal record of each man. It is possible to choose, for example, in general the third option – to cut hair in axillary hollows that their length exceeded 1.5-2 cm. Then it is precisely possible to keep appeal and to reduce emergence of unpleasant smell.