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Lately my friends and I have noticed a spike in one male grooming trend -- guys shaving or trimming their down-there hair almost all the way off.

I'm all for keeping the manscape neat and tidy, but why the boy-Brazilians? Guys will say that it's just being polite to the "lady." What? Try taking a shower! That will get rid of all the loose hair if you're so concerned about burdening your "lady."

Others may depilate under the porn-fueled delusion that it makes their bathing-suit-area parts look bigger. But for most women, getting intimate with a bare front-bottom is an experience that's more "sex offender" than "porn star."

Nothing turns me off more than to get into a man's pants and find that he trims or shaves. I personally like 'em au natural. I had a boyfriend for a few years who liked to trim his very short. It kind of matched his goatee, come to think about it. It took me at least a year to get used to it. It's just not masculine to me.

My Twitter friends don't agree. @Colberobsessed said, "I despise hair, I'm all for trimming the hedges." And @DanielStessen said, "I don't think you can go wrong once you're there ... I certainly fancy the trim myself." And I think all of my gay friends agree that an unkempt garden is gross to them.

But for some reason, it creeps me out. Facebook friends seemed to agree with me. Kara said, "Shaving is odd, I agree feminine ... and makes thing kind of rough ... word of advice from a man whom I know did such a thing ... never use Nair!"

Philips (creator of this suggestive campaign) has a site devoted to the Bodygroom Manalogues, where you can watch comedian Bryan Callen perform various pieces written by men who like to ruminate on the topic of "trim and tidy."

Tell us! What do you think of guys who shave down there? Does it improve things for you? For him?

CJ Arabia is a frequent contributor to Lemondrop.