Good topic and one I ponder periodically as well. I have never been a hairy person and never needed much pruning. I do wonder, while swishing away the few swatches of underarm hair, why we do this? Why do we shave away our "humaness"?
I remember when, as very young teens, we were so proud to develop those first signs of womanhood. Girls would flash the faint shadow of hair under the pits to all her friends. I was jealous of my hairier friends whose 'womanhood' was well established. I always wondered why we started shaving everything off?
After researching I discovered underarm hair had to go when women in the '20's started wearing those very short sleeve shirts...underarm hair looks like pussy hair...too much so for the establishment back then...men, it seems, never felt the same pressure to shave their armpit hair, even when their attire altered and allowed some pit exposure (which was much later, even bathing suits then had cap sleeves)...
Now, the fad of shaving pussies probably got a boost from internet porn sites and various other media outlets exposing the sexual fashionistas sporting brazilians etc...
Some look cool, but, seriously folks! The senior pussy needs a little cover! A shaved pussy looks ok on a young thing whose labia has not been stretched out by childbearing. It looks very sad on a woman who has lost a good deal of her subcutaneous fat in that area...and I have seen a lot of wanna be porn star older cougars in the shower at the pool to know what I'm talking about...it's embarrassing...
A partial, where the hair is trimmed away from the dining area but left to blanket the front, is much more practical. I think most shaving and trimming is done to keep stray hairs from getting caught in the ole esophagus.
I have to admit, though, It has always crossed my mind that men who want bare pussies have latent pedophilia tendencies! Or OCD, and struggle to balance their sexual desires with their need for sanitized environments.
A pussy just isn't feline without a nice pelt!