Going bush

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We’re tackling the hairy questions in an episode dedicated to pubes! Whether you love them or hate them we’re sure everyone has spent a chunk of their adult life thinking about their thatches of curls. Sam and Abby look at the history of pubic hair removal and how changing standards of beauty affect the bodies of women and men.

Content warning: this episode references use of whorephobic language

References and extra reading for nerdy sluts:

• For a look into the history of women’s hair removal check out this visual exploration or this post from the Women’s Museum of California.
• The Cosmopolitan/Esquire/AskMen survey that Sam referenced is here.
• And the study of Australian women’s motivations behind hair removal: "The hairlessness norm extended: Reasons for and predictors of women’s body hair removal at different body sites," Marika Tiggemann and Suzanna Hodgson, Sex Roles, 59, 2008: 889-897.
• For details on the cross-cultural perspectives of pubic hair removal, check out "Pubic hair removal practices in cross-cultural perspective," Lyndsey K Craig and Peter B Gray, Cross-Cultural Research, 53(2), 2019: 215-237.
• To explore issues related to male body hair: "“I think gorilla-like back effusions of hair are rather a turn-off”:‘Excessive hair’ and male body hair (removal) discourse," Gareth Terry and Virginia Braun, Body Image, 17, 2016: 14-24.

Original artwork by Brady King and original music by Ankle Injuries ft. the sexy voice of Tace Kelly. https://soundcloud.com/ankleinjuries

Other intro music from: Yesterday's Secret by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license.

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