Physician: End The ‘War On Pubic Hair’
Family physician Emily Gibson made headlines recently for her public assertion that modern women should shy away from the practice of bikini waxing – which she referred to as the “war on pubic hair” – as the practice increases risk of various infections.
“The amount of time, energy, money and emotion both genders spend on abolishing hair from their genitals is astronomical,” said Gibson in an article on KevinMD.com. “The genital hair removal industry, including medical professionals who advertise their specialty services to those seeking the ‘clean and bare’ look, is exponentially growing.”
Best quote I ever read is that a hairless woman looks like a chicken in the supermarket that’s several days past its sell-by date.
Comment by Peter — August 15, 2012 @ 6:36 pm
By the way, I am sorry to report that the war is over, and the enemy won
The wonderful site Guess Her Muff keeps a running tally of the various, er, muffs it features, and currently Shaved outnumbers Natural by an enormous 1,142 to 246 margin. An additional 525 are classified as Trimmed, which generally are somewhere in the middle.
Comment by Peter — August 15, 2012 @ 6:41 pm
> exponentially growing
What is it with doctors and math?
Comment by Bob V — August 16, 2012 @ 4:40 pm
> exponentially growing
What is it with doctors and math?
Comment by Bob V — August 16, 2012 @ 4:40 pm
No one under the age of 30 believes this, but 20 years ago no one shaved.
Anyway I am with Peter on this one, it looks better with a nice triangle.
Comment by Scarlet Knight — August 16, 2012 @ 7:19 pm
Knight beat me to it. Considering how unusual it used to be, the growth may have been exponential-ish. We’ll be at over 100% any day now.
Anyway, Peter, as I’ve said before, I don’t think “Guess Her Muff” is going to be a representative sample.
Comment by trumwill — August 16, 2012 @ 11:46 pm
Guess Her Muff actually is representative because only ordinary women are eligible. Porn stars, strippers and hookers aren’t allowed.
Comment by Peter — August 17, 2012 @ 9:44 am
7.Guess Her Muff actually is representative because only ordinary women are eligible.
Specifically, ordinary women who are willing to post pictures of their genitalia on the Internet. Which is probably a nonrepresentative sample.
Comment by Brandon Berg — August 19, 2012 @ 3:01 pm
The title of this post is a double entendre
Comment by Scarlet Knight — August 22, 2012 @ 11:18 am
Why yes, yes it is.
Comment by trumwill — August 22, 2012 @ 2:10 pm