Isn’t humour a funny business? We spotted this joke item on sale in Japan. It seems the Japanese find nose hair hilarious. Having seen some Japanese game shows, with their obsession with pain and toilets, we can be thankful there’s no ‘booger’ attached to the joke nose hair.
What we find disturbing is the fact that the illustration on the pack appears to show a Frenchman, that’s if a striped jumper and beret make you French? Why pick on the French anyway? Is it because of the urban myth that all French women have bushy underarms? Just try Googling ‘french women hairy arm pits’. You’ll find websites in praise of hairy women for reasons I’d rather not go into, as well as forums dedicated to smooth hairless (body hair that is) french girls.
Body hair truly is a subject that inspires passionate debate. We recently conducted research on the streets of Auckland in New Zealand. As Auckland is a multi national city, we were able to ask women from the USA, Brazil, UK, France, Canada, Israel, Germany, Australia and of course NZ, what the biggest turn offs in a man were. For most, body hair was a no-no, especially back hair which induced shudders of revulsion from many respondents.
As we sell the best rated nose and ear hair trimmer in the World, we were delighted to discover that 76% of women between the age of 18 – 45 find nose and ear hair a huge turn off. Then again body hair was deemed very sexy way back in the 1970’s and 80’s, so who’s to say the pendulum won’t swing back in favour of hirsute men, sporting chest hair, bushy sideburns and rampant nose hair. Now that would be funny.
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I’m interested in the 76% of women find nose hair a turn off. Just how robust is the research and how credible are the results? Other than that quite a fun read. Just so you know I bought one of your products for my husband and he loves it.
Thank you Gina. We’re delighted your hubby loves his Bullet.
The research was conducted in Aotea Square in the city of Auckland, New Zealand In video interviews nearly 100 women between the age of 18 – 45 were asked what they found to be the biggest ‘turn off’ in a man. 76% said they found nose hair especially to be unpleasant. In all honesty it wasn’t the first thing women mentioned, and it was only when prompted with the question “what about a hairy nose”? did we get a reaction. As you might expect younger women objected the most claiming: “Men who can’t be bothered to tend to nose and ear hair, must have a relaxed attitude to personal hygiene”. Can’t say we agree with that as nose and ear hair is easily forgotten. Watch the video of the street interviews and you’ll see why we were so surprised.