Again, this is a story loosely based on reality. The characters do, really, exist.
As readers may recall, Karen had long fantasized hooking up with a person of the Asian persuasion. The idea of a man with perfectly smooth skin was really a turn on. In fact, men with lots of body hair were a sexual turn off for her.
As it has turned out, Karen was ahead of her time. As witnessed by web info sites, the "hairless" look is now in.
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Cultural and social attitudes
The attitudes towards chest hair vary between different cultures and times. In some cultures, it is a symbol for virility and masculinity; other societies display a hairless body as a sign of youthfulness. Some people find men with a lot of chest hair, pattern four, very sexually arousing. In ancient Greece and ancient Rome male statues did not show any chest hair. Even on paintings and sculptures from Middle Ages to modern times men were often portrayed without any hair on their anterior torso.
While in the early and middle twentieth century the attitude towards hair on the chest was largely indifferent, there was a late twentieth century trend within Western societies to remove chest hair. Some young men in their teens and twenties, especially in the United States and those involved in beach culture, remove their chest hair. It is quite common for actors, who will appear shirtless in a movie or television show, to shave their chests. The removal of body hair (depilation and epilation) by men was labelled by the personal hygiene industry as manscaping. This public trend, distributed by the media, began in the United States and spread to other Western societies. Many companies catered to men looking for ways to remove their chest hair, such as Nair for Men and Nads for Men. While most men depicted in fashion advertising still have no chest hair, a few exceptions can now be seen. Bucking the larger trend, a positive acceptance of body hair could be found amongst adherents of naturism as well as the bear community, the latter a gay subculture whose members tend to exhibit typical masculine gender traits. Removing or maintaining chest hair ultimately depends on one's individual preference, which can be influenced by what is considered most attractive.
Encyclopedia Sources Also Confirm that Asians (and indigenous Americans) have little body hair:
The Mongoloid race, including most peoples of E Asia and the indigenous peoples of the Americas, has been described as saffron to yellow or reddish brown in skin color, of medium stature, with a broad head form. The hair is dark, straight, and coarse; body hair is sparse. The eyes are black to dark brown. The epicanthic fold, imparting an almond shape to the eye, is common, and the nose bridge is usually low or medium.
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In humans, hair grows mostly on the head, and the amount of body hair is different from race to race. Asians and native North Americans have the least amount of body hair, while Caucasians tend to have the most.
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Of the several men Karen was to date during what shall be referred to as the "Daveless Period", G was the only Asian. He was an atty. fm. O.C. They had communicated w. fervent zeal and would meet when her daughter was to leave fm. L.A. for Oz. Altho it was Jan., southern Ca. was in the 80's. The plan was to meet at his townhouse, go for a swim at the heated community pool, take a walk along the shore, and do dinner. Karen was hoping things would really click and all that would only be the proverbial foreplay for what would follow. She was so optimistic, she had checked out of her "hippie" hotel, The Adventurer, in Inglewood.
With only a modicum of trepidation, she left LA for her rendezvous. She had decided to wear a "middle-of-the-road" outfit, neither staid nor provocative. The "provocative" would come when she changed into her orange bikini.
G quickly responded to her push of the door bell. He opened the door, took both her hands, and squeezed them as he pulled her toward him and gave her a hug. "Have a seat. I've set out some cheeses and deli meats and English crackers. We have iced tea, white grape juice, beer, and wine." Karen was impressed by his initial savoir faire as well as his spotless abode.
It only took about 10 minutes of Idle chit-chat for whatever initial nervousness they both had to vanish. "Let's change and go down to the pool. It will give us a chance to actually talk face to face for a change. I'll bring along the pitcher of iced tea and paper cups. The guest room and bath is thru that doorway." Karen took her beach bag and quickly changed into her bikini and discretely wrapped herself in a filmy sarong. A few minutes later she met G in the living room. He was wearing his mid length trunks w. a beach towel around his waist. "Here's a towel for you. Let's go."
Karen took her beach bag w. suntan lotion, cell phone, and sunglasses. They found two lounge chairs and Karen set her things on one of them. "Last one in the pool is a rotten egg", she yelled. She hit the water, and did a couple laps. G was a powerful swimmer and quickly finished half a dozen laps before joining her poolside. Before G could really take a seat, Karen handed him her sunscreen bottle. "I got my front", she smiled, "but you'll need to do my back. Start w. the back of my neck and shoulders and work down. Don't be stingy w. the quantity."
