My dream guy lookalike. - Nathaniel Stewart/Freelance Photographer

During one of my regular brainstorming sessions with the talented team at this brilliant newspaper, the lifestyle editor asked me a strange question: "Do you know any man who shaves his body hair?" I said no and wondered out loud why any self-respecting macho man would put a razor on parts of his body other than his face. As far as I was concerned, only women should get rid of excess body hair!

Well, it seems like I am stuck in the dark ages. After speaking to 10 of my male friends randomly, only one said he did not shave hair from any place other than on his face. All 10 said they did not shave their leg or chest hairs and, I must admit, I breathed a sigh of relief. But all of the others shaved stomachs, pubic areas and armpits regularly. Wow, men have come a long way!

One guy said the hairs cause him to sweat too much. Poppycock, I say. How about us gals who love to see 'hard-work sweat' earned from toiling in the blazing midday sun and glistening from hairs on your bodies. Think of the fun we get cooling you down!

So, I guess what I am trying to say is, I love hairy men. Perhaps because my dad had thick, neat sideburns, a full beard and enough chest hairs to have me grow up with a preference for men who look just like Daddy. Alas, love is blind and my other half has no body or facial hair at all.

Yum!

But back to my fantasy. In my dreams I live in a locker room filled with hairy hunks (except on their backs) sporting one gold earring, a bandana tied around the head, leaving just enough hair escaping to their necks, thick, full beards and wicked, evil-looking eyebrows. Yum! No ponytails please, but I will take some well groomed dreadlocks. Did I say the hair must be clean and well groomed too? Move on over Johnny Depp! Perhaps I better move to the planet of the apes.

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