The earliest historical records describe examples of shaving the heads of people, such as in Egypt and Rome. In ancient Greece, long hair was a symbol of wealth and power, while a shaven head was appropriate for a slave. Throughout much of the 20th century in many Western countries, head shaving was considered somewhat unusual or lower class. Head shaving was often associated with manual workers such as seamen, dock workers and soldiers, as well as with prisoners and psychiatric hospital patients.

I’ve always hated shaving, one of many things I’ve done on auto-pilot for no particular conscious reason other than it’s something I’m supposed to do. Why do most men perform a daily act that is so anti-skin and anti-man?

Shaving on and around the penis is being done by males not just for surgery anymore. Just take a look around the locker room the next time you re at the gym. Today s males say shaving the pubic hairs on and ...