Body Depilation in Males: A New Body Image Concern?
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-2002
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.3149/jmh.0103.247
Abstract
We asked participants to describe how they felt just after shaving or trimming their body hair, and we also wanted them to compare that feeling with how they felt when the hair had grown back and the need to shave arose. The responses were highest in the categories of "clean/cleaner" (N = 14) and "good/better" (N = 9). Other descriptors included "better-looking" (N = 4), more "athletic or muscular" (N = 3), better "self-esteem or self-confidence" (N = 3), "healthier" (N = 2), "thinner or weighs less" (N = 2), and "sexual" (N = 2). For the comparison of how they would feel just before depilation, participants said: they felt "dirty" (N = 5) or "self-conscious" (N = 2). Other unique comments were, for example, "feeling bristly," "less presentable," "less muscular," "shameful," "shaggy," or "feel like I can't control it [i.e., the growth of the hair]."
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
International Journal of Men’s Health, v. 1, issue 3, p. 247-257
Scholar Commons Citation
Boroughs, Michael and Thompson, Joel K., "Body Depilation in Males: A New Body Image Concern?" (2002). Psychology Faculty Publications. 2167.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/psy_facpub/2167
