I like some chest hair on a man, but bare is better than overly bushy.

As for shaving and eczema - if I shave, I get big ugly acne spots all over my body, plus several ingrown hairs, so I don't shave! The worst was once when I tried to shave my bikini line. I still have a couple of scars from the inflammation that resulted. I just keep all my hair very soft with oils and herbal preparations, and wear boy-cut bathing suit bottoms to hide the pubic fuzz when in public.

When I was a kid, I was pestering my dad to let me taste coffee, because it smelled so good. Well, he finally gave in, and I didn't like the taste much, and then when he said "that'll put hair on your chest" I gave him a totally HORRIFIED look, and almost dropped the cup!

It took him a while to realize that no, a female is not likely to want to get hair on her chest! Fortunately, it didn't prove to be true. But maybe that's why I never really got to like coffee?