Why do you think,when you see a well-groomed man, you sometimes see two-inch-long chest hairs spilling over his t-shirt neckline?
So, why is it ok to cut, trim, and shave a man’s hair only from the neck up? Is there a biological electric fence an inch below a man’s Adam’s apple to prevent any clipping lower than that point?
As people age in industrial countries, there’s a constant effort to look younger than they are. They do this for lots of reasons, vanity, to stay competitive in the dating world, or to be more relevant in the workplace. Most people don’t want to appear old, and especially older than they actually are. And there’s a multibillion dollar cosmetic/fashion/medical/publishing complex built to provide you with solutions to your perceived problems. It seems like a cheap and easy thing that men can do themselves is some manscaping.
If a guy thinks “Is the two-inch long freak flag on my chest too long?” it probably is. If he mows it down a bit, say shorter than the hairs of his sideburns, it won’t make him gay but it will make him look younger than using an elliptical machine at a gym.
Here’s a practical example. When I was a kid, before dentists wore surgical gloves, my dentist had big hairy hands. Of course there was nothing he could about the size of his hands; but he sure could have gotten rid of some of the hair. No one would have thought about it, but I’m sure other patients also thought about him not doing it.
So what’s the deal with some men and their fear and reluctance about doing any below the neck manscaping?