Chippendales always appealed to men more than women. I had a homosexual acquaintance in college who performed with a troupe for a while after we graduated. (Nice guy, and cute, but ...)
You don’t want to touch a guy who’s had hair removal, unless it was just yesterday. My husband thought he was having a heart attack a few months ago (turned out to be a panic attack, as I thought all along), and had his chest and back shaved for cardiac testing. It’s still unpleasantly prickly.
You're totally correct on that "bare look" for gay guys.
At least your hubby's hair will grow back, though he'll be forced to grow through the prickly, itchy phase though the ones who spend the $$$$$, time and pain on waxing are hoping their body hair never grows back!