Why do we grow pubic hair?

Question

This is a serious question. I was wondering this one day. Why do we need them anyways? Just like armpit hairs. I don't understand why they grow.

I'm not trying to be funny. Please answer this question with maturity.

Answer 1

I know the answer but I am laughing too hard to get serious. I would say that it is because it gives one a chance to practice hair styling to see if they have the talent to become a stylist. Otherwise, it is part of the art of the human form. Really, pal, would you like to be a teen or adult and look like your five year old brother? The answer has to do with cavemen and women but I gotta move on.

Answer 2

After reviewing some theories on why pubic hair exists, it appears there's no definitive answer. It seems as though the prevailing theory relates to pheromones — scents that the body produces that can be sexually stimulating to others.

It's thought that the tufts of hair that grow around the genitals, as well as under the arms, capture these erotic scents. Pheromones get trapped in the pubic 'do when apocrine glands release an odorless secretion on the surface of the skin that combines with bacteria decomposed by the secretions of the sebaceous glands. Believe it or not, humans have the same number of hair follicles as apes, except our body hair is generally very fine or barely visible in comparison. So, while pubic hair and underarm hair might be considered the primary scent traps, they're by no means the only ones. For some people, scents from these areas are noticeable and consciously increase sexual arousal. For others, pheromones might not be obvious but may be detected subconsciously.

Answer 3

The biggest reason we humans grow hair on our bodies goes all the way back to the days when clothes were invented. Simply, we need the warmth it provides. Certain parts of the body require more coverage than others. Your pubic region requires less coverage so the hair there is more sparse.
Hair can also serve other purposes. In the ears and nose it helps filter out dirt etc.. that may clog things up. Under the arm it acts to help chafing that comes from the skin rubbing as your arms move.
Hair is just one of the amazing things that our body uses to keep us running at our best. So remember that next time you complain about your pits..that hair is serving a vital function.

Answer 4

What Music buff said is so true.

U could make ur privates more attractive by trimming it in various designs - The Landing Strip, The Pyramid, The Plyramid upside down, The Bull Horn etc. The clitoris & below could be kept clean.

But most girls either keep it or shave if off completely.

Too much hair is ugly & too little is like a bald head.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Found a few reasons:
1. People believe that evolution has basically had humans evolve with pubic hair so it signals mates that they can reproduce
2. The second theory is that when the body releases phermones(a chemical the body produces to attract mates) it becomes trapped in the pubic hair.
3.It also is known to regulate body temps and protect the private reigions

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Answer 7

Well, I like to think of it like eyelashes, or the hairs in our noses, they prevent stuff that's not supposed to be there from getting in. I also imagine it has something to do w/ pheromones and what not, like the odors released from those areas. That's how animals attract mates, maybe it works the same with humans too!

Or maybe God had a sense of humor on the day he created people.... pubic hair is kinda funny...but I've wondered about this myself, I wonder what the other answers will be!

Answer 8

It is a germ barrier, just like the hairs in your ears and nose (invisible or not), eyelashes. Our open orifices need protection!

Answer 9

Um... ever shave off all your pubes and have sex with someone who was also shaved? It's like velcro! Seriously though it is like a lubrication for sensitive areas. It protects from chafing.

Answer 10

Before puberty, the genital area of both boys and girls has very fine vellus hair, referred to as Tanner stage 1 hair. In response to rising levels of androgens as puberty begins, the skin of the genital area begins to produce thicker, often curlier, hair with a faster growth rate. The onset of pubic hair development is termed pubarche. The change for each hair follicle is relatively abrupt, but the extent of skin which grows androgenic hair gradually increases over several years.

In most girls, pubic hair first appears along the edges of the labia majora (stage 2), and spreads forward to the mons (stage 3) over the next 2 years. By 2-3 years into puberty (roughly the time of menarche for most girls), the pubic triangle is densely filled. Within another 2 years pubic hair also grows from the near thighs in most young women, and sometimes a small amount up the line of the abdomen toward the umbilicus.

In boys, the first pubic hair appears as a few sparse hairs on the scrotum or at the upper base of the penis (stage 2). Within a year, hairs around the base of the penis are too numerous to count (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).

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 (axillae), perianal area, upper lip, preauricular areas (sideburns), periareolar areas (nipples), middle of the chest, neck under the chin, remainder of chest and beard 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 gonads that leads to sexual maturation and fertility. Pubic hair can develop from adrenal androgens alone, and can develop even when the ovaries or testes are defective and nonfunctional. See puberty for details.

There is little if any difference in the capacity of male and female bodies to grow hair in response to androgens. The obvious sex-dimorphic difference in hair distribution in men and women is primarily a result of differences in the levels of androgen reached as maturity occurs.


[edit] Variations in pubic hair
Patterns of pubic hair vary among people. On some people, pubic hair is thick and/or coarse, while on others it may be sparse and/or fine. Hair texture varies from tightly curled to entirely straight. It can also vary by race and ethnicity with some indigenous peoples of Brazil in South America being unable to grow pubic