I think hairy armpits are beautiful. I have a complex question here which, perhaps, only a German lady or man can answer for me. I come from England, I'm 35 and I know that when I was growing up it was pretty much said that German girls always had hairy armpits. I thought this was (and I still do!) brilliant, attractive and sexy - but most other people used to say it was disgusting. It was (and is) very, very rare to see any women in England with hairy armpits. I have however seen many films where the female actresses have hairy armpits and lots of these films were German (dating from the 80s and early 90s). My question is this -

As a girl growing up in Germany through the 70s, 80s, 90s (I guess even German girls shave regularly now?), what was their view of having hairy armpits? Was it something they liked to show off to others? Did they view it as a sign of maturity? Presumably being something that everybody had, did it ever become competitive whilst growing up - i.e. jealousy over who got them first etc? Was there any interest in who had the hairiest? Did boys/men find the sight particularly sexually attractive, or was it simply an ordinary feature that nobody cared about?

These days the whole 'hairy armpits for women' thing has much argument against. I am trying to understand the position from a different culture perspective. As I said previously - I think women with hairy armpits are very attractive. I hope I've explained the question properly but I've always been curious about this and it's difficult to get the point across in writing. I guess what I'm trying to find out is how completely different the culture was in Germany compared to England and the USA in particular - where they appear to be even more opposed to hairy women!

Anybody know any Germans who might be able to answer this?? Biologically, body hair is there for a reason. Not only does it protect against friction when you're bumping, as well as signal that the person whose ugly you're about to bump is sexually mature, but the fact that it's located in the most odoriferous parts of the body is no coincidence. Your body hair provides ample surface area for bacteria to break down the fatty material secreted by the apocrine glands in your crotch and armpits, thus producing the delightful scent we know as BO. "In the old days, you could really smell your mate, and smell is the animal sense that inspires you. It got you hot," as Norman Mailer said in praise of pheromones in a Nerve interview earlier this year. "The kinkiness now. . . it's all in search of a lost smell."