An evolutionary perspective on appearance enhancement behavior

AC Davis, S Arnocky - Archives of sexual behavior, 2022 - Springer
Researchers have highlighted numerous sociocultural factors that have been shown to
underpin human appearance enhancement practices, including the influence of peers …

[HTML][HTML] The heteronormativity theory of low sexual desire in women partnered with men

SM Van Anders, D Herbenick, LA Brotto… - Archives of Sexual …, 2022 - Springer
Low sexual desire in women partnered with men is typically presumed to be a problem—
one that exists in women and encourages a research agenda on causation and treatment …

Maintaining vulvar, vaginal and perineal health: Clinical considerations

A Graziottin - Women's Health, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Knowledge of female genital anatomy and physiology is often inadequate or incorrect
among women. Precise patient–physician conversations can be inhibited by a reluctance or …

Pubic hair grooming prevalence and motivation among women in the United States

TS Rowen, TW Gaither, MA Awad… - JAMA …, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Pubic hair grooming is an increasingly prevalent trend. Several studies have
sought to characterize its prevalence, associated demographics, and motivations. Objective …

Correlation between pubic hair grooming and STIs: results from a nationally representative probability sample

EC Osterberg, TW Gaither, MA Awad… - Sexually Transmitted …, 2017 - sti.bmj.com
Objective STIs are the most common infections among adults. Concurrently, pubic hair
grooming is prevalent. Small-scale studies have demonstrated a relationship between pubic …

Genital self-image and considerations of elective genital surgery

NK Smith, S Butler, B Wagner, E Collazo… - Journal of Sex & …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The present study explores how genital self-image may be related to considerations of
surgically altering one's genitals and documents the wanted genital changes among young …

The size of labia minora and perception of genital appearance: a cross-sectional study

AW Lykkebo, HC Drue, JUH Lam… - Journal of lower genital …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Objectives The aims of the study were to describe and to assess the size of labia minora in
normal women, including the women's perception of their genitals to offer better counseling …

Pubic hair and its removal: A practice beyond the personal

AY Li, V Braun - Feminism & Psychology, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Pubic hair removal, now common among women in Anglo/western cultures, has been
theorised as a disciplinary practice. As many other feminine bodily practices, it is …

Pubic hair removal practices in cross-cultural perspective

LK Craig, PB Gray - Cross-Cultural Research, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
The literature on pubic hair removal (PHR) practices primarily focuses on women in Western
societies and attributes recent increases in PHR to product marketing, pornography, and …

Epilation and depilation in the genital area–motivation, methods, risks and recommendations from a dermatological point of view

E Mezin‐Sarbu, J Wohlrab - JDDG: Journal der Deutschen …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Pubic hair removal is a body modification practice done worldwide for different socio‐
cultural reasons, which is more common in women than in men, more common in younger …