According to The Body Reader: Essential Social and Cultural Readings, the term “manscaping” was originally coined by the hosts of early 2000s television show Queer Eye For The Straight Guy. However, it was the gay community that originally invented the term. During that beach scene that showed him in hairless glory, millions of guys began thinking it looked manly and sexy to have no body hair at all. The Dollar Shave Club notes that this was primarily because of the popularity of Craig’s portrayal as James Bond in the movie Casino Royale. The earliest mention of manscaping was traced back to 2006. One doesn’t workout at the gym in order to develop a fine pair of pecs only to have it covered by dense hair when gallivanting at the beach. It’s not just about looking fresh and smooth but also trimming the excess body hair to highlight the right body parts on the appropriate occasions. Manscaping is basically the removal of a man’s body hair mostly for cosmetic or aesthetic purposes.
