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Pubic hair (or pubes / ˈ p j uː b iː z /, / p j uː b z /) is terminal body hair that is found in the genital area and pubic region of adolescent and adult humans. The hair is located on and around the sex organs , and sometimes at the top of the inside of the thighs , even extending down the perineum , and to the anal region .
The Oxford Companion to the Body dates the origin of the pubic wig to the 1450s. According to the publication, women would shave their pubic hair for personal hygiene and to combat pubic lice. They would then put on a merkin. Also, sex workers would wear a merkin to cover up signs of disease, such as syphilis. [1] [2]
A century after these ad campaigns started, removal of leg and underarm hair by women in the U.S. is tremendously common and lack of removal is taboo in some circles. (Feminists of the 1970s and 1980s explicitly rejected shaving, though. [11]) An estimated 80–99% of American women today remove hair from their bodies.
Facial hair grows primarily on or around one's face. Both men and women experience facial hair growth. Like pubic hair, non-vellus facial hair will begin to grow in around puberty. Moustaches in young men usually begin to grow in at around the age of puberty, although some men may not grow a moustache until they reach late teens or at all. In ...
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Throughout history, the complete or partial removal of pubic hair has been common in many societies, [citation needed] and more recently it has become widespread in the Western world. The removal of all pubic hair has become common practice in the past decade primarily due to societal pressures and personal preferences.
Trimmed" or "cut" refers to pubic hair that has been shortened, but not completely removed other than shaving the inner thighs. Some women trim, but keep hair on their labia, while removing the pubic hair on the mons pubis. Pubic hair may be styled into several basic styles [4]: 139 [15] [16] which are often referred to by different names. [17]
The same attitude exists in other countries in Asia. While hair removal has become routine for many of the continent's younger women, trimming or removing pubic hair, for instance, is not as common or popular as in the Western world, [2] where both women and men may trim or remove all their pubic hair for aesthetic or sexual reasons.