A few times each year, I shave off my short beard. It’s usually a special occasion—likely Halloween or Movember. So when it came time to kick off Movember this year, I faced the task head on. You might laugh, but it’s no easy task. As any guy with facial hair will tell you, a clean shave after months of sporting a beard can be traumatic. For a few days, you won’t recognize yourself. You might even avoid looking in the mirror entirely and when you catch an odd glimpse, you expect to see your trusty beard…but it’s not there. Instead, there’s some younger-looking, clean-shaven guy staring back at you.
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Gucci posterboy and Hollywood leading man James Franco took to the cover of Flaunt magazine this month baring more than his soul. His bare (and we mean BARE) ass was front and center on the cover. Perhaps he was still trying to prove that despite his recent movie blockbuster Planet of the Apes, he’s about as far from simian as the evolutionary process will allow. There’s not a single hair on his rather tan buttocks, which makes one wonder: is the backside the new back?
Time was that men wouldn’t be caught dead with hair on their back. Somehow, hair on ones chest became sexy but once you crossed over to the great unknown on the other side of your shoulders, it was out of the question–sort of like the dark side of the moon. Now, it seems the bum could be the next body part to fall prey to the razor and esthetician’s wax.
What do women think of a hairless backside? Do they prefer their men fuzzy or free of hair?
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I’ve been getting a lot of questions about Movember lately:
What’s that thing growing on your face?
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