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<span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" title="Table of Contents" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " 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href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schamhaar" title="Schamhaar – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Schamhaar" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%B9%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A9" title="شعر العانة – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="شعر العانة" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vello_pubico" title="Vello pubico – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Vello pubico" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%8C%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%99%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AE" title="যৌনাঙ্গের লোম – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="যৌনাঙ্গের লোম" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulbol" title="Bulbol – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Bulbol" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%BE_%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BC%D1%8F%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5" title="Срамно окосмяване – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Срамно окосмяване" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stidna_dlakavost" title="Stidna dlakavost – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Stidna dlakavost" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blev-gaol" title="Blev-gaol – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Blev-gaol" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A8l_p%C3%BAbic" title="Pèl púbic – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Pèl púbic" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pubick%C3%A9_ochlupen%C3%AD" title="Pubické ochlupení – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Pubické ochlupení" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sn mw-list-item"><a href="https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choya" title="Choya – Shona" lang="sn" hreflang="sn" data-title="Choya" data-language-autonym="ChiShona" data-language-local-name="Shona" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiShona</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedor" title="Cedor – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Cedor" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dag mw-list-item"><a href="https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yok%C9%94bigu" title="Yokɔbigu – Dagbani" lang="dag" hreflang="dag" data-title="Yokɔbigu" data-language-autonym="Dagbanli" data-language-local-name="Dagbani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dagbanli</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B8nsbeh%C3%A5ring" title="Kønsbehåring – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Kønsbehåring" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schamhaar" title="Schamhaar – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Schamhaar" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%97%CE%B2%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CF%84%CF%81%CE%AF%CF%87%CE%B1" title="Ηβική τρίχα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ηβική τρίχα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vello_p%C3%BAbico" title="Vello púbico – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Vello púbico" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pubvilo" title="Pubvilo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Pubvilo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pubiseko_ile" title="Pubiseko ile – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Pubiseko ile" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%DB%8C_%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%DB%8C" title="موی تناسلی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="موی تناسلی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilosit%C3%A9_pubienne" title="Pilosité pubienne – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Pilosité pubienne" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skamhier" title="Skamhier – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Skamhier" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoth%C3%B3g" title="Stothóg – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Stothóg" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%8C%EB%AA%A8_(%EC%83%9D%EB%A6%AC%ED%95%99)" title="음모 (생리학) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="음모 (생리학)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%98%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6" title="जघन केश – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="जघन केश" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urmot" title="Urmot – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Urmot" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambut_kemaluan" title="Rambut kemaluan – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Rambut kemaluan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skapah%C3%A1r" title="Skapahár – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Skapahár" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelo_pubico" title="Pelo pubico – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Pelo pubico" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%A2%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%95%D7%94" title="שער הערווה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="שער הערווה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambut_pubis" title="Rambut pubis – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Rambut pubis" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B6%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%9F" title="ಶಾಟ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಶಾಟ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kedhoren" title="Kedhoren – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Kedhoren" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BA%82%E0%BA%BB%E0%BA%99%E0%BA%AD%E0%BA%B0%E0%BB%84%E0%BA%A7%E0%BA%8D%E0%BA%B0%E0%BA%A7%E0%BA%B0%E0%BB%80%E0%BA%9E%E0%BA%94" title="ຂົນອະໄວຍະວະເພດ – Lao" lang="lo" hreflang="lo" data-title="ຂົນອະໄວຍະວະເພດ" data-language-autonym="ລາວ" data-language-local-name="Lao" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ລາວ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaktos_plaukai" title="Gaktos plaukai – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Gaktos plaukai" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szem%C3%A9remsz%C5%91rzet" title="Szeméremszőrzet – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Szeméremszőrzet" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%B9%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A9" title="شعر العانة – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="شعر العانة" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulu_ari-ari" title="Bulu ari-ari – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Bulu ari-ari" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a 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color: white">Pubic hair</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Male_and_Female_Pubic_Hair.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Male_and_Female_Pubic_Hair.jpg/250px-Male_and_Female_Pubic_Hair.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Male_and_Female_Pubic_Hair.jpg/375px-Male_and_Female_Pubic_Hair.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Male_and_Female_Pubic_Hair.jpg/500px-Male_and_Female_Pubic_Hair.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1605" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Pubic hair of male and female</div></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Details</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Identifiers</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>pubes</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Terminologia_Anatomica" title="Terminologia Anatomica">TA98</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ifaa.unifr.ch/Public/EntryPage/TA98%20Tree/Entity%20TA98%20EN/16.0.00.022%20Entity%20TA98%20EN.htm">A16.0.00.022</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Terminologia_Anatomica" title="Terminologia Anatomica">TA2</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ta2viewer.openanatomy.org/?id=7062">7062</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Foundational_Model_of_Anatomy" title="Foundational Model of Anatomy">FMA</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/FMA/?p=classes&conceptid=http%3A%2F%2Fpurl.org%2Fsig%2Font%2Ffma%2Ffma70754,">54319 70754, 54319</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><a href="/wiki/Anatomical_terminology" title="Anatomical terminology">Anatomical terminology</a><div style="text-align: right;"><small class="noprint">[<a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54795" class="extiw" title="d:Q54795">edit on Wikidata</a>]</small></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Pubic hair</b> (or <b>pubes</b> <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="/j/: 'y' in 'yes'">j</span><span title="/uː/: 'oo' in 'goose'">uː</span><span title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="'z' in 'zoom'">z</span></span>/</a></span></span>, <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="/j/: 'y' in 'yes'">j</span><span title="/uː/: 'oo' in 'goose'">uː</span><span title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title="'z' in 'zoom'">z</span></span>/</a></span></span>) is <a href="/wiki/Terminal_hair" title="Terminal hair">terminal</a> <a href="/wiki/Body_hair" title="Body hair">body hair</a> that is found in the <a href="/wiki/Sex_organ" title="Sex organ">genital area</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pubic_region" class="mw-redirect" title="Pubic region">pubic region</a> of <a href="/wiki/Adolescent" class="mw-redirect" title="Adolescent">adolescent</a> and adult humans. The hair is located on and around the <a href="/wiki/Sex_organ" title="Sex organ">sex organs</a>, and sometimes at the top of the inside of the <a href="/wiki/Thigh" title="Thigh">thighs</a>, even extending down the <a href="/wiki/Perineum" title="Perineum">perineum</a>, and to the <a href="/wiki/Anus" title="Anus">anal region</a>. Pubic hair is also found on the <a href="/wiki/Scrotum" title="Scrotum">scrotum</a> and base of the <a href="/wiki/Body_of_penis" title="Body of penis">penile shaft</a> (in males) and on the <a href="/wiki/Vulva" title="Vulva">vulva</a> (in females). Around the <a href="/wiki/Pubis_(bone)" title="Pubis (bone)">pubis bone</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Mons_pubis" title="Mons pubis">mons pubis</a> that covers it, it is known as a <i>pubic patch</i>, which can be styled. </p><p>Although fine <a href="/wiki/Vellus_hair" title="Vellus hair">vellus hair</a> is present in the area during childhood, pubic hair is considered to be the heavier, longer, coarser hair that develops during <a href="/wiki/Puberty" title="Puberty">puberty</a> as an effect of rising levels of hormones: <a href="/wiki/Androgen" title="Androgen">androgens</a> in males and <a href="/wiki/Estrogen" title="Estrogen">estrogens</a> in females. </p><p>Many cultures regard pubic hair as <a href="/wiki/Erotic" class="mw-redirect" title="Erotic">erotic</a>, and most cultures associate it with the genitals, which people are expected to keep covered at all times. In some cultures, it is the norm for pubic <a href="/wiki/Hair_removal" title="Hair removal">hair to be removed</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bikini_waxing" title="Bikini waxing">especially of females</a>; the practice is regarded as part of <a href="/wiki/Personal_hygiene" class="mw-redirect" title="Personal hygiene">personal hygiene</a>. In some cultures, the exposure of pubic hair (for example, when wearing a swimsuit) may be regarded as unaesthetic or embarrassing, and is therefore trimmed (or otherwise styled) to avoid it being visible.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Development">Development</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tanner_scale-female.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Tanner_scale-female.svg/220px-Tanner_scale-female.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="248" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Tanner_scale-female.svg/330px-Tanner_scale-female.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Tanner_scale-female.svg/440px-Tanner_scale-female.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="462" data-file-height="520" /></a><figcaption>Tanner scale – female</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Puberty" title="Puberty">Puberty</a></div> <p>Pubic hair forms in response to the increasing levels of <a href="/wiki/Testosterone" title="Testosterone">testosterone</a> in both girls and boys. Those hair follicles that are located and stimulated in androgen sensitive areas develop pubic hair.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Tanner_scale" title="Tanner scale">Tanner scale</a> describes and quantifies the development of pubic hair. <a href="/wiki/Prepubescence" class="mw-redirect" title="Prepubescence">Before the onset of puberty</a>, the genital area of both boys and girls has very fine <a href="/wiki/Vellus_hair" title="Vellus hair">vellus hair</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tanner_scale" title="Tanner scale">stage 1</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGreen1998200_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGreen1998200-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the onset of <a href="/wiki/Puberty" title="Puberty">puberty</a>, the body produces rising levels of the <a href="/wiki/Sex_hormones" class="mw-redirect" title="Sex hormones">sex hormones</a>, and in response, the skin of the genital area begins to produce thicker and rougher, often curlier, hair with a faster growth rate.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERogol200225–29_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERogol200225–29-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The onset of pubic hair development is termed <a href="/wiki/Pubarche" title="Pubarche">pubarche</a>. </p><p>In females, pubarche is usually the second sign of puberty after <a href="/wiki/Thelarche" title="Thelarche">thelarche</a>, though sometimes it happens before thelarche. </p><p>In males, the first pubic hair appears as a few sparse hairs that are usually thin on the <a href="/wiki/Scrotum" title="Scrotum">scrotum</a> or at the upper base of the <a href="/wiki/Human_penis" title="Human penis">penis</a> (stage 2). Within a year, hairs around the base of the penis are abundant (stage 3). Within 3 to 4 years, hair fills the pubic area (stage 4) and becomes much thicker and darker, and by 5 years extends to the near thighs and upwards on the abdomen toward the umbilicus (stage 5).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENeillLewis200925_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENeillLewis200925-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tanner_scale-male.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Tanner_scale-male.png/220px-Tanner_scale-male.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="358" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Tanner_scale-male.png/330px-Tanner_scale-male.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Tanner_scale-male.png/440px-Tanner_scale-male.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="3250" /></a><figcaption>Tanner scale – male</figcaption></figure> <p>Other areas of the skin are similarly, though slightly less, sensitive to androgens and androgenic hair typically appears somewhat later. In rough sequence of sensitivity to androgens and appearance of androgenic hair are the armpits (<a href="/wiki/Axilla" title="Axilla">axillae</a>), perianal area, upper lip, preauricular areas (sideburns), periareolar areas (<a href="/wiki/Nipple" title="Nipple">nipples</a>), middle of the chest, neck under the chin, remainder of <a href="/wiki/Chest_hair" title="Chest hair">chest</a> and <a href="/wiki/Beard" title="Beard">beard</a> area, limbs and shoulders, back, and buttocks. Although generally considered part of the process of puberty, pubarche is distinct and independent of the process of maturation of the <a href="/wiki/Gonad" title="Gonad">gonads</a> that leads to sexual maturation and fertility. Pubic hair can develop from adrenal androgens alone and can develop even when the <a href="/wiki/Ovary" title="Ovary">ovaries</a> or <a href="/wiki/Testis" class="mw-redirect" title="Testis">testes</a> are defective and nonfunctional. There is little, if any, difference in the capacity of male and female bodies to grow hair in response to androgens. </p><p>Pubic hair and <a href="/wiki/Underarm_hair" title="Underarm hair">underarm hair</a> can vary in color considerably from the hair of the scalp. In most people, it is darker, although it can also be lighter. In most cases it is most similar in color to a person's <a href="/wiki/Eyebrows" class="mw-redirect" title="Eyebrows">eyebrows</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESherrow2006315_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESherrow2006315-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hair texture varies from tightly curled to entirely straight, not necessarily correlating to the texture of the scalp hair.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESherrow2006315_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESherrow2006315-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorris2007192–202_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMorris2007192–202-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> People of <a href="/wiki/East_Asian_people" title="East Asian people">East Asian heritage</a> tend to have black, wavy pubic hair.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOgleFox199852–_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOgleFox199852–-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pubic hair patterns can vary by <a href="/wiki/Race_(human_classification)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (human classification)">race</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ethnicity" title="Ethnicity">ethnicity</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorris2007192–202_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMorris2007192–202-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Patterns of pubic hair, known as the <i><a href="/wiki/Escutcheon_(furniture)" title="Escutcheon (furniture)">escutcheon</a></i>, vary between both the sexes and individuals. On most females, the pubic patch is triangular and lies over the <a href="/wiki/Vulva" title="Vulva">vulva</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mons_pubis" title="Mons pubis">mons pubis</a>. On many males, the pubic patch tapers upwards to a line of hair pointing towards the <a href="/wiki/Navel" title="Navel">navel</a> (see <a href="/wiki/Abdominal_hair" title="Abdominal hair">abdominal hair</a>), roughly a more upward-pointing triangle.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESherrow2006315_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESherrow2006315-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As with axillary (armpit) hair, pubic hair is associated with a concentration of <a href="/wiki/Sebaceous_gland" title="Sebaceous gland">sebaceous glands</a> in the area. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Function">Function</h2></div> <p>Pubic hair differs from other hair on the body, and is a <a href="/wiki/Secondary_sex_characteristic" title="Secondary sex characteristic">secondary sex characteristic</a>. </p><p>Zoologist <a href="/wiki/Desmond_Morris" title="Desmond Morris">Desmond Morris</a> disputes theories that it developed to signal sexual maturity or protect the skin from chafing during copulation, and prefers the explanation that pubic hair acts as a scent trap. </p><p>Also, both sexes having thick pubic hairs act as a partial cushion during intercourse.<sup id="cite_ref-morris-bodywatching_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-morris-bodywatching-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Clinical_significance">Clinical significance</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pubic_lice">Pubic lice</h3></div> <p>Pubic hair can become infested with pubic lice (also known as crab lice).<sup id="cite_ref-Lice_-_Epi_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lice_-_Epi-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Adult pubic lice are 1.1–1.8 millimetres (0.043–0.071 in) in length. The pubic hair can usually host up to a dozen on average. </p><p>Pubic lice are usually found attached to hair in the pubic area but sometimes are found on coarse hair elsewhere on the body (for example, <a href="/wiki/Eyebrow" title="Eyebrow">eyebrows</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eyelashes" class="mw-redirect" title="Eyelashes">eyelashes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beard" title="Beard">beard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mustache" class="mw-redirect" title="Mustache">mustache</a>, chest, <a href="/wiki/Armpits" class="mw-redirect" title="Armpits">armpits</a>, etc.). Crab lice attach to pubic hair that is thicker than other body hair because their claws are adapted to the specific diameter of pubic hair.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHoffmanWilliams2012_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHoffmanWilliams2012-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pubic lice infestations (<a href="/wiki/Pediculosis_pubis" title="Pediculosis pubis">pthiriasis</a>) are usually spread through <a href="/wiki/Human_sexual_activity" title="Human sexual activity">sexual contact</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHoffmanWilliams2012_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHoffmanWilliams2012-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cdc_parasites_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cdc_parasites-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The crab louse can travel up to 10 inches on the body. Pubic lice infestation is found worldwide and occurs in all races and ethnic groups and in all economic levels. </p><p>Pubic lice are usually spread through sexual contact and are most common in adults. Occasionally pubic lice may be spread by close personal contact or contact with articles such as clothing, bed linens, and towels that have been used by an infested person.<sup id="cite_ref-Lice_-_Epi_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lice_-_Epi-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pubic lice found on the head or eyelashes of children may be an indication of sexual exposure or abuse. Pubic lice do not transmit disease; however, secondary <a href="/wiki/Pathogenic_bacteria" title="Pathogenic bacteria">bacterial infection</a> can occur from scratching of the skin. They are much broader in comparison to head and body lice. Adults are found only on the human host and require human blood to survive. If adults are forced off the host, they will die within 48 hours without a blood feeding.<sup id="cite_ref-Lice_-_Biology_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lice_-_Biology-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Symptoms of a crab louse infection in the pubic area is intense itching, redness and inflammation. These symptoms cause increased circulation to the skin of the pubic region creating a blood-rich environment for the crab louse. </p><p>Pubic lice infestation can also be diagnosed by identifying the presence of nits or eggs on the pubic hair.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHoffmanWilliams2012_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHoffmanWilliams2012-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2016 <a href="/wiki/NPR" title="NPR">NPR</a> reported that "Frequent removal of pubic hair is associated with an increased risk for herpes, syphilis and human papillomavirus".<sup id="cite_ref-npr._Goin_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-npr._Goin-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, the medical community has also seen a recent increase in <a href="/wiki/Folliculitis" title="Folliculitis">folliculitis</a>, or infection around the hair follicle, in women who wax or shave their bikini areas.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of these infections can develop into more serious abscesses that require incision with a scalpel, drainage of the abscess, and antibiotics. </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Staphylococcus_aureus" title="Staphylococcus aureus">Staphylococcus aureus</a></i> is the most common cause of folliculitis.<sup id="cite_ref-medlineplus_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-medlineplus-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Burns can result when depilatory wax is used, even according to manufacturer instructions.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Grooming_risks">Grooming risks</h3></div> <p>Pubic hair grooming has been associated with injury and infection. It is estimated that about one quarter of the people who groom their pubic hair have had at least one lifetime injury because of the practice.<sup id="cite_ref-TruesdaleOsterberg2017_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TruesdaleOsterberg2017-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Grooming has also been associated with cutaneous <a href="/wiki/Sexually_transmitted_infection" title="Sexually transmitted infection">sexually transmitted infections</a>, such as <a href="/wiki/Genital_wart" title="Genital wart">genital warts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Syphilis" title="Syphilis">syphilis</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Herpes" title="Herpes">herpes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Society_and_culture">Society and culture</h2></div> <p>According to <a href="/wiki/John_Ruskin" title="John Ruskin">John Ruskin</a>'s biographer <a href="/wiki/Mary_Lutyens" title="Mary Lutyens">Mary Lutyens</a>, the notable author, artist, and art critic was apparently accustomed only to the hairless nudes portrayed unrealistically in art, never having seen a naked woman before his wedding night. </p><p>He was allegedly so shocked by his discovery of his wife <a href="/wiki/Effie_Gray" title="Effie Gray">Effie</a>'s pubic hair that he rejected her, and the marriage was later legally <a href="/wiki/Annulled" class="mw-redirect" title="Annulled">annulled</a>. He is supposed to have thought his wife was freakish and deformed.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Later writers have often followed Lutyens and repeated this version of events. </p><p> For example, <a href="/wiki/Gene_Weingarten" title="Gene Weingarten">Gene Weingarten</a>, writing in his book <i>I'm with Stupid</i> (2004) states that<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWeingartenBarreca2004150–151_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWeingartenBarreca2004150–151-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><blockquote><p>"Ruskin had [the marriage] annulled because he was horrified to behold upon his bride a thatch of hair, rough and wild, similar to a man's. He thought her a monster." </p></blockquote><p>However, there is no proof for this, and some disagree. <a href="/wiki/Peter_Fuller" title="Peter Fuller">Peter Fuller</a> in his book <i>Theoria: Art and the Absence of Grace</i> writes, </p><blockquote><p>"It has been said that he was frightened on the wedding night by the sight of his wife's pubic hair; more probably, he was perturbed by her menstrual blood." </p></blockquote><p>Ruskin's biographers Tim Hilton and John Batchelor also believe that menstruation is the more likely explanation.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At puberty, many girls find the sudden sprouting of pubic hair disturbing, and sometimes as unclean, because in many cases young girls have been screened by their family and by society from the sight of pubic hair.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorris2007192–202_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMorris2007192–202-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Young boys, on the other hand, tend not to be similarly disturbed by the development of their pubic hair, usually having seen body hair on their fathers.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorris2007192–202_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMorris2007192–202-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the reintroduction of public beaches and pools, bathing in Western Europe and the Mediterranean early in the 20th century, exposure of both sexes' areas near their pubic hair became more common, and after the progressive reduction in the size of female and male swimsuits, especially since the coming into fashion and growth in popularity of the <a href="/wiki/Bikini" title="Bikini">bikini</a> after the 1940s, the practice of shaving or <a href="/wiki/Bikini_waxing" title="Bikini waxing">bikini waxing</a> of pubic hair off the hem lines also came into vogue.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETschachlerDevineDraxlbauer200361–62_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETschachlerDevineDraxlbauer200361–62-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Grooming_practices">Grooming practices <span id="Removal"></span><span id="Styling"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Hair_removal" title="Hair removal">Hair removal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Male_waxing" title="Male waxing">Male waxing</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Ceretta_a_calo_inguinale.jpg/330px-Ceretta_a_calo_inguinale.jpg 2x" data-file-width="846" data-file-height="914" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:182px;max-width:182px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pubic_hair_Shaving.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Pubic_hair_Shaving.jpg/180px-Pubic_hair_Shaving.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Pubic_hair_Shaving.jpg/270px-Pubic_hair_Shaving.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Pubic_hair_Shaving.jpg/360px-Pubic_hair_Shaving.jpg 2x" data-file-width="716" data-file-height="596" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption"><i>Left:</i> <a href="/wiki/Bikini_waxing" title="Bikini waxing">Bikini waxing</a> of woman's pubic hair. <i>Right:</i> Shaving of pubic area.</div></div></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti" /><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:224px;max-width:224px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Male_genitalia_shaving.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Male_genitalia_shaving.JPG/250px-Male_genitalia_shaving.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="273" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Male_genitalia_shaving.JPG/330px-Male_genitalia_shaving.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Male_genitalia_shaving.JPG/500px-Male_genitalia_shaving.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3270" data-file-height="4055" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">Man's pubic hair, shaving of pubic area.</div></div></div></div> <p>In some Middle Eastern societies, removal of male and female body hair has been considered proper hygiene, mandated by local customs, for many centuries.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Muslim teaching (applicable to males and females) includes <a href="/wiki/Islamic_hygienical_jurisprudence" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic hygienical jurisprudence">Islamic hygienical jurisprudence</a> in which pubic and armpit hair must be pulled out or shaven to be considered as <a href="/wiki/Sunnah" title="Sunnah">Sunnah</a>. Trimming is taught to be considered acceptable.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBuyukcelebi2005169–_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBuyukcelebi2005169–-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Women <a href="/wiki/Pornographic_film_actor" title="Pornographic film actor">working in pornography</a> typically remove their pubic hair by shaving, a practice that became fashionable in the late 20th century. Shaving is used rather than bikini waxing because it can be performed daily, whereas waxing requires several days of growth before it can be repeated.<sup id="cite_ref-Jeffreys_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jeffreys-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to feminist writer <a href="/wiki/Caitlin_Moran" title="Caitlin Moran">Caitlin Moran</a>, the reason for the removal of pubic hair from women in pornography was a matter of "technical considerations of cinematography".<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hair removal progressed to full removal.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because of the popularity of pornography, pubic hair shaving was mimicked by women,<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-thedailybeast_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thedailybeast-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and it is among women outside the pornography industry that waxing became common in the late 20th and 21st century.<sup id="cite_ref-Jeffreys_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jeffreys-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The presentation is regarded by some as being erotic and aesthetic, while others consider the style as unnatural. Some people remove pubic hairs for erotic and sexual reasons or because they or their sex partner enjoy the feel of a hairless crotch.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RowenGaither2016_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RowenGaither2016-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to one academic study, as of 2016, approximately 50% of men in the United States practice regular pubic hair grooming, which can include trimming, shaving and removal. The study found that the prevalence of grooming decreases with age. Of males who groom pubic hair, 87% groom the hair above the penis, 66% groom the scrotum and 57% groom the penile shaft.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flaccid_penis_with_pubic_hair_trimmed.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Male genitalia with trimmed pubic hair"><img alt="Male genitalia with trimmed pubic hair" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flaccid_penis_with_pubic_hair_trimmed.jpg/112px-Flaccid_penis_with_pubic_hair_trimmed.jpg" decoding="async" width="112" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flaccid_penis_with_pubic_hair_trimmed.jpg/168px-Flaccid_penis_with_pubic_hair_trimmed.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flaccid_penis_with_pubic_hair_trimmed.jpg/224px-Flaccid_penis_with_pubic_hair_trimmed.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2316" data-file-height="2478" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Male genitalia with trimmed pubic hair</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pubic_hair_partly_shaved_genitalia.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Male genitalia with partly shaved pubic hair"><img alt="Male genitalia with partly shaved pubic hair" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Pubic_hair_partly_shaved_genitalia.JPG/120px-Pubic_hair_partly_shaved_genitalia.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Pubic_hair_partly_shaved_genitalia.JPG/250px-Pubic_hair_partly_shaved_genitalia.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="3968" data-file-height="2976" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Male genitalia with partly shaved pubic hair</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Young_indian_man_penis.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Fully shaved male genitalia"><img alt="Fully shaved male genitalia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Young_indian_man_penis.jpg/120px-Young_indian_man_penis.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Young_indian_man_penis.jpg/180px-Young_indian_man_penis.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Young_indian_man_penis.jpg/240px-Young_indian_man_penis.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Fully shaved male genitalia</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Methods">Methods</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bikini_waxing" title="Bikini waxing">Bikini waxing</a></div> <p>All hair can be removed with wax formulated for that purpose. Some individuals may remove part or all of their pubic hair, axillary hair and facial hair. Pubic hair removal using wax is called bikini waxing. The method of removing hair is called <a href="/wiki/Depilation" class="mw-redirect" title="Depilation">depilation</a> (when removing only the hair above the skin) or <a href="/wiki/Epilation" class="mw-redirect" title="Epilation">epilation</a> (when removing the entire hair). Beauty salons often offer various waxing services. It is sometimes referred to as "pubic <a href="/wiki/Topiary" title="Topiary">topiary</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Sugaring_(epilation)" title="Sugaring (epilation)">Sugaring</a>, an alternative to waxing, uses a sugar-based paste, which may include lemon, rather than wax. Sugaring removes fewer skin cells than waxing.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other methods of hair removal include <a href="/wiki/Laser_hair_removal" title="Laser hair removal">laser hair removal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Electrology" title="Electrology">electrolysis</a>. </p><p>Some women modify their pubic hair, either to fit in with societal trends or as an expression of their own style or lifestyle.<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-thedailybeast_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thedailybeast-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Styles of pubic hair modification include: </p> <ul><li>Triangle or <a href="/wiki/Bikini_waxing#American_waxing" title="Bikini waxing">American wax</a> (pubic hair is shortened from the sides to form a triangle so that pubic hair is hidden while wearing <a href="/wiki/Swimsuit" title="Swimsuit">swimwear</a>. The triangle can range from the very edge of the "bikini line" to up to an inch reduction on either side. Remaining hair length can be from an inch and a half to half an inch);</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Landing_strip_(pubic_hair)" class="mw-redirect" title="Landing strip (pubic hair)">Landing strip</a>/<a href="/wiki/Bikini_waxing#French_waxing" title="Bikini waxing">French wax</a> (pubic hair removed except for a strip of hair extending from the abdomen to the vulva);</li> <li>Partial <a href="/wiki/Brazilian_waxing" class="mw-redirect" title="Brazilian waxing">Brazilian wax</a> (pubic hair fully removed except for a small triangular strip);</li> <li>Full <a href="/wiki/Brazilian_waxing" class="mw-redirect" title="Brazilian waxing">Brazilian wax</a> or "sphinx" (complete removal of pubic hair); and</li> <li>Freestyle.</li></ul> <p>There are variations of the Brazilian wax in which a design is formed out of the pubic hair. Stencils for several shapes are available commercially. A controversial <a href="/wiki/Gucci" title="Gucci">Gucci</a> commercial included female pubic hair shaved into a 'G'.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vulva_1a.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Natural or "au naturel" – no trimming and therefore no maintenance"><img alt="Natural or "au naturel" – no trimming and therefore no maintenance" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Vulva_1a.png/120px-Vulva_1a.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Vulva_1a.png/180px-Vulva_1a.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Vulva_1a.png/240px-Vulva_1a.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="670" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Natural or "au naturel" – no trimming and therefore no maintenance</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Female_pubis_with_hair.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Triangle/American wax" – hair shortened from the sides to form a triangle so that pubic hair is hidden while wearing swimwear"><img alt="Triangle/American wax" – hair shortened from the sides to form a triangle so that pubic hair is hidden while wearing swimwear" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Female_pubis_with_hair.jpg/120px-Female_pubis_with_hair.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Female_pubis_with_hair.jpg/180px-Female_pubis_with_hair.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Female_pubis_with_hair.jpg/240px-Female_pubis_with_hair.jpg 2x" data-file-width="996" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Triangle/<a href="/wiki/Bikini_waxing#American_waxing" title="Bikini waxing">American wax</a>" – hair shortened from the sides to form a triangle so that pubic hair is hidden while wearing <a href="/wiki/Swimsuit" title="Swimsuit">swimwear</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Landing_strip_pubic_hair_pattern_LQ.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Landing strip/French wax – waxing with a "landing strip" or "metro ticket""><img alt="Landing strip/French wax – waxing with a "landing strip" or "metro ticket"" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Landing_strip_pubic_hair_pattern_LQ.jpg/120px-Landing_strip_pubic_hair_pattern_LQ.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Landing_strip_pubic_hair_pattern_LQ.jpg/180px-Landing_strip_pubic_hair_pattern_LQ.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Landing_strip_pubic_hair_pattern_LQ.jpg/240px-Landing_strip_pubic_hair_pattern_LQ.jpg 2x" data-file-width="385" data-file-height="308" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Landing strip/<a href="/wiki/Bikini_waxing#French_waxing" title="Bikini waxing">French wax</a> – waxing with a "landing strip" or "metro ticket"</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pubic_hair_(Brazilian_haircut)_Triangle_style.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Partial "Brazilian wax" with a small triangular strip left"><img alt="Partial "Brazilian wax" with a small triangular strip left" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Pubic_hair_%28Brazilian_haircut%29_Triangle_style.jpg/120px-Pubic_hair_%28Brazilian_haircut%29_Triangle_style.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Pubic_hair_%28Brazilian_haircut%29_Triangle_style.jpg/250px-Pubic_hair_%28Brazilian_haircut%29_Triangle_style.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="823" data-file-height="617" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Partial "Brazilian wax" with a small triangular strip left</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Female_abdomen_frontal_view.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title=""Brazilian wax" or "Sphinx" – a full waxing; no hair at all"><img alt=""Brazilian wax" or "Sphinx" – a full waxing; no hair at all" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Female_abdomen_frontal_view.jpg/120px-Female_abdomen_frontal_view.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Female_abdomen_frontal_view.jpg/250px-Female_abdomen_frontal_view.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="3328" data-file-height="3337" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">"<a href="/wiki/Brazilian_wax" class="mw-redirect" title="Brazilian wax">Brazilian wax</a>" or "Sphinx" – a full waxing; no hair at all</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Sexual_attraction">Sexual attraction</h4></div> <p>A woman or man's decision to grow or shave their pubic hair can play a role in attracting a partner. A <a href="/wiki/Cosmopolitan_(magazine)" title="Cosmopolitan (magazine)"><i>Cosmopolitan</i></a> study found that a plurality of respondents, both male and female, preferred partners who shave or at least trim their pubic hair. A smaller percentage of 6% of men and 10% of women preferred their partners to go natural and not shave or trim their pubic hair.<sup id="cite_ref-cosmopolitan_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cosmopolitan-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_art">In art</h3></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Pubic_hair" title="Special:EditPage/Pubic hair">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2015</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Eve_with_a_Stag.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Eve_with_a_Stag.jpg/170px-Eve_with_a_Stag.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="264" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Eve_with_a_Stag.jpg/255px-Eve_with_a_Stag.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Eve_with_a_Stag.jpg/340px-Eve_with_a_Stag.jpg 2x" data-file-width="735" data-file-height="1141" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Heinrich_Aldegrever" title="Heinrich Aldegrever">Heinrich Aldegrever</a>'s Eve, 1540; a rare early example of pubic hair in northern European art</figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_art" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Egyptian art">ancient Egyptian art</a>, female pubic hair is indicated in the form of painted triangles.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In medieval and classical European art, pubic hair was very rarely depicted, and male pubic hair was often, but not always, omitted.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBarcan2004144_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBarcan2004144-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sometimes it was portrayed in stylized form, as was the case with Greek graphic art.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHollander1993136_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHollander1993136-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 16th century southern Europe, <a href="/wiki/Michelangelo" title="Michelangelo">Michelangelo</a> showed the male <a href="/wiki/David_(Michelangelo)" title="David (Michelangelo)">David</a> with stylized pubic hair,<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but female bodies were depicted hairless below the head. Nevertheless, Michelangelo's male nudes on the <a href="/wiki/Sistine_Chapel_ceiling" title="Sistine Chapel ceiling">Sistine Chapel ceiling</a> display no pubic hair.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In the late 18th century, female pubic hair was openly portrayed in Japanese <a href="/wiki/Shunga_(art)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shunga (art)">shunga</a> (erotica), especially in the <a href="/wiki/Ukiyo-e" title="Ukiyo-e">ukiyo-e</a> tradition.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEScreech1999_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEScreech1999-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Hokusai" title="Hokusai">Hokusai</a>'s picture <i><a href="/wiki/The_Dream_of_the_Fisherman%27s_Wife" title="The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife">The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife</a></i> (1814), which depicts a woman having an erotic fantasy, is a well-known example. In Japanese drawings, such as <a href="/wiki/Hentai" title="Hentai">hentai</a>, pubic hair is often omitted, since for a long time the display of pubic hair was not legal. The interpretation of the law has since changed.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZanghellini2009_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZanghellini2009-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/L%27Origine_du_monde" title="L'Origine du monde">L'Origine du monde</a></i></span> (1866), by the French artist <a href="/wiki/Gustave_Courbet" title="Gustave Courbet">Gustave Courbet</a>, was controversial for its realism, which pushed the limits of what was considered presentable at the time. In contrast to academic painting, which favored smooth, idealized nudes, this painting showed a close-up view of the vulva, with full pubic hair, of a woman lying on a bed with legs spread. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_fashion">In fashion</h3></div> <p>In 1985, four weeks before his death, <a href="/wiki/Rudi_Gernreich" title="Rudi Gernreich">Rudi Gernreich</a> unveiled the pubikini, a topless bathing suit that exposed the wearer's <i><a href="/wiki/Mons_pubis" title="Mons pubis">mons pubis</a></i> and pubic hair.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Metrwax_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Metrwax-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto1_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was a thin, V-shaped, thong-style bottom<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that in the front featured a tiny strip of fabric that exposed the wearer's pubic hair.<sup id="cite_ref-Metrwax_50-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Metrwax-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto1_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The pubikini was described as a <i><a href="/wiki/Pi%C3%A8ce_de_r%C3%A9sistance" title="Pièce de résistance">pièce de résistance</a></i> totally freeing the human body.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_history">In history</h3></div> <p>Evidence of pubic hair removal in ancient India is thought to date back to 4000 to 3000 BC.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMasini200549_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMasini200549-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to ethnologist F. Fawcett, writing in 1901, he had observed the removal of body hair, including pubic hair about the vulva, as a custom of women from the <a href="/wiki/Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu">Hindu</a> <a href="/wiki/Nair" title="Nair">Nair</a> caste.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFawcett2004195_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFawcett2004195-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Western societies, after the spread of Christianity, public exposure of a woman's bare skin between the ankle and waist started to be disapproved of culturally. Upper body exposure due to the use of the popular vest <a href="/wiki/Bodice" title="Bodice">bodices</a> used in Western Europe from the 15th century to early 20th century, as the widespread <a href="/wiki/Dirndl" title="Dirndl">dirndls</a> used even in more traditionally conservative mountain areas and the more or less loose shirts under these, enabled a permissive view of the shoulders, <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A9colletage" class="mw-redirect" title="Décolletage">décolletage</a> and arms allowing a free exposure of upper body hair in women of all classes with less rejection or discrimination than body hair on the sex organs, obviously to conceal by implication. Many people came to consider public exposure of pubic hair to be <a href="/wiki/Embarrassment" title="Embarrassment">embarrassing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETschachlerDevineDraxlbauer200361–62_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETschachlerDevineDraxlbauer200361–62-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It may be regarded as <a href="/wiki/Modesty" title="Modesty">immodest</a> and sometimes as <a href="/wiki/Obscene" class="mw-redirect" title="Obscene">obscene</a>. However, it never came to have a full hold in Western culture in wide tracts of Central Europe, until the encroaching of <a href="/wiki/Protestantism" title="Protestantism">Protestantism</a> during the 16th century on formerly more tolerant customs.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In the 1450s, British prostitutes shaved their pubic hair for purposes of personal hygiene and the combatting of <a href="/wiki/Pediculosis_pubis" title="Pediculosis pubis">pubic lice</a> and would don <a href="/wiki/Merkin" title="Merkin">merkins</a> (or pubic wigs) when their line of work required it.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrancis2003_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrancis2003-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Among the British upper classes during the <a href="/wiki/Georgian_era" title="Georgian era">Georgian era</a>, pubic hair from one's lover was frequently collected as a souvenir. The curls were, for instance, worn like <a href="/wiki/Cockade" title="Cockade">cockades</a> in men's hats as potency talismans or exchanged among lovers as tokens of affection.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerrottet2009_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerrottet2009-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The museum of <a href="/wiki/St._Andrews_University" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Andrews University">St. Andrews University</a> in Scotland has in its collection a <a href="/wiki/Snuffbox" class="mw-redirect" title="Snuffbox">snuffbox</a> full of pubic hair of one of King <a href="/wiki/George_IV_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="George IV of the United Kingdom">George IV</a>'s mistresses (possibly <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Conyngham,_Marchioness_Conyngham" title="Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness Conyngham">Elizabeth Conyngham</a>), which the notoriously licentious monarch donated to the <a href="/wiki/Fife" title="Fife">Fife</a> sex club, <a href="/wiki/The_Beggar%27s_Benison" title="The Beggar's Benison">The Beggar's Benison</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerrottet2009_58-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerrottet2009-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_literature">In literature</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444" /><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Pubic_hair" title="Special:EditPage/Pubic hair">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2019</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In the erotic novel <i><a href="/wiki/My_Secret_Life_(memoir)" title="My Secret Life (memoir)">My Secret Life</a></i> the narrator "Walter", an evident connoisseur of female pubic hair, talks with clear delight of a fine bush of a <a href="/wiki/Scotswoman" class="mw-redirect" title="Scotswoman">Scotswoman</a>'s thick red pubic hair: </p> <blockquote><p>The bush was long and thick, twisting and curling in masses half-way up to her navel, and it spread about up her buttocks, gradually getting shorter there.</p></blockquote> <p>In another part of his autobiography Walter remarks that he has seen those "bare of hair, those with but hairy stubble, those with bushes six inches long, covering them from bum bone to navel." And he adds reflectively – "there is not much that I have not seen, felt or tried, with respect to this supreme female article." </p><p>In like vein, in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Memoirs_of_Dolly_Morton" title="The Memoirs of Dolly Morton">The Memoirs of Dolly Morton</a></i>, an American erotic classic, the attributes of Miss Dean are noted with some surprise – her spot was covered with a "thick forest of glossy dark brown hair," with locks nearly two inches long. One man remarked: </p> <blockquote><p>But Gosh! I've never seen such a fleece between a woman's legs in my life. Darn me if she wouldn't have to be sheared before man could get into her.</p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hair_fetishism" title="Hair fetishism">Hair fetishism</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Naked_Woman" title="The Naked Woman">The Naked Woman</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pubic_Wars" title="Pubic Wars">Pubic Wars</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFRamsey2015" class="citation journal cs1">Ramsey, Sara (2015). 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