Though there's been a lot of hype in the media about how a huge percentage of the population is tirelessly removing every last bit of body hair, it turns out some of the studies that support this data were funded by grooming companies with a direct interest in inflating the figures.
The San Francisco Sentinel discusses what's true and what's not and sheds some light on this hairy business. Some of the points that caught my attention:
- A man should not be ashamed to order the standard selection of treatments at the waxing front desk: “back, crack and sack.”
- Teenagers as young as 14 or 15 feel that pubic hair is disgusting and unhygienic.
- A recent study concluded: “Unshaven women have fewer sex prospects.”
- Although some studies claimed that 88 percent of women and 67 percent of men depilated their genital areas, in reality just a little more than 20 percent of young people do.
- Because this practice uncovers those former private parts, it is easier to feel self-conscious about them. A plastic surgeon states “people are increasingly asking me about surgery.”
- Having hair in the crotch and in the armpits keeps one’s skin from chaffing.
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