Trimming the bushes . Vacuuming the carpet . arrange the cat . Whatever your choice in refutable metaphor for the deed of tidying up one ’s pubic hair , have it on hand , because it turns out that a whole lot of American women do it .
According tonew researchpublished today in JAMA Dermatology , roughly 84 percent of woman surveyed report some form of pubic hair grooming , compare with 16 percent who reported never neaten . The sample included 3,316 adult female of vary races , long time , locations , education levels , and incomes .
Going deeper into the overall numbers , the study ’s source reported differences in grooming wont when it came to some of the above demographic category . White woman , for example , tended to groom more than women of other races ; women aged 18 - 24 groomed more than women over the years of 45 ; and college - develop women were also more like to groom . As for the grooming habit themselves , most woman used a nonelectric razor , accompany by scissors and an electric razor . Four char also report using tweezers , which , if it works , fine , but Jesus Christ my genitals just draw back into themselves .
Besides demographic component , the research worker mused over various contributing factors for train habit , including “ the mainstream medium ’s portrayal of women discuss and engaging in pubic hairsbreadth remotion ” and “ aesthetics rather than functionality . ” Hmm , who would have ever thought that the constant , unyielding pressure placed on women to adhere to restrictive beauty standard would contribute to more venereal upkeep , thoroughgoing withgrooming gimmicksandsurgical fads ?
And , wow , what a surprisal that white women are more potential to groom !
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And younger women !
Of course , the news that most woman groom is n’t surprising , nor is it even unexampled . But fads change , so perhaps we ’ll someday see a return of the garden - miscellanea full bush , thick rug , and downy Arabian tea . Either direction , can we please come up with some skilful metaphors ?
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