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  2. Underarm hair - Wikipedia

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    Underarm or axillary hair goes through four stages of development, driven by weak androgens produced by the adrenal in males and females during adrenarche, and testosterone from the testicle in males during puberty. [2] The importance of human underarm hair is unclear. It may naturally wick sweat or other moisture away from the skin, aiding ...

  3. Armpit fetishism - Wikipedia

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    People smelling armpits. The natural body smell is a powerful force in sexual attraction, [3] and can be focused by the strong pungent odor of the armpit: Alex Comfort considered that for a woman to shave her armpits was “simply ignorant vandalism”, obliterating a powerful sexual tool, and praised the French for greater sexual awareness than American deodorant culture in this regard.

  4. List of paraphilias - Wikipedia

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    Trans men. [4] [13] Anililagnia Attraction by young men to older women. [14] Anthropophagolagnia Raping and then cannibalizing another person. [15] Apotemnophilia: Being an amputee. [5] [16] Aquaphilia: A sexual fetish that involves people swimming, posing, or even drowning in water. Armpit fetishism/maschalagnia Armpits. [3] Asphyxiophilia

  5. Body hair - Wikipedia

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    Body hair or androgenic hair is terminal hair that develops on the human body during and after puberty. It is different from head hair and also from less visible vellus hair, which is much finer and lighter in color. Growth of androgenic hair is related to the level of androgens (male hormones) and the density of androgen receptors in the ...

  6. Pubic hair - Wikipedia

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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.

  7. Body odor - Wikipedia

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    Body odor. Body odor or body odour (BO) is present in all animals and its intensity can be influenced by many factors (behavioral patterns, survival strategies). Body odor has a strong genetic basis, but can also be strongly influenced by various factors, such as sex, diet, health, and medication. [1] The body odor of human males plays an ...

  8. Body odour and sexual attraction - Wikipedia

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    Men and women are attracted to the pheromones they produce and HLA is related to the perceptions of other peoples' odours. [38] Men produce androstenol and androstenone. Androstenol is produced by fresh male sweat and is most attractive to women, while androstenone is produced once the sweat is exposed to oxygen and is highly unpleasant to women.

  9. Axilla - Wikipedia

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    Axilla. The axilla (pl.: axillae or axillas; also known as the armpit, underarm or oxter) is the area on the human body directly under the shoulder joint. It includes the axillary space, an anatomical space within the shoulder girdle between the arm and the thoracic cage, bounded superiorly by the imaginary plane between the superior borders of ...