Pubic hair, short and curly in most of us, sometimes grows to quite extraordinary lengths.

Pubic hair, normally a sign of the onset of puberty, can occur - as can menstruation at a surprisingly early age. H. Jolly mentions a boy of only eighteen months who had both an enlarged penis and pubic hair. Often such conditions are associated with a number of other abnormalities. In the cited case the boy "presented with a right-sided abdominal mass." Autopsy showed the mass to be a primary hepatoblastoma.

In the "normality spread," as shown, for example, in Kinsey (p.123) some girls began growing pubic hair as early as eight years of age.

This is very young to begin such growth yet cannot be considered "abnormal." The real records relate to instances of sexual precocity often, as we have seen, connected with (sometimes fatal) abnormalities. Hugh Jolly noted instances of pubic hair in babies, in one case a girl of only one month old had hair growth around the genitals.

There is long pubic hair and there is pubic hair that is thick and expansive in the general abdominal area. Walter (of "My Secret Life"), an evident connoisseur in such matters, talks with clear delight of a fine bush of "Scots red" pubic hair - "The bush was long and thick, twisting and curling in masses half-way up to her navel, and it spread about 5 in. up her buttocks, gradually getting shorter there."

In some women there is little pubic hair growth at any time. Such a circumstance can occur in women sexually normal in every other respect. In yet other women pubic hair may eventually grow in a completely normal way but may commence growth at a surprisingly early or late age. In the Kinsey survey some women did not have any pubic hair until they reached the age of eighteen. It is unlikely that this is a record. We may reasonably speculate that some women in their early twenties have not yet started to grow hair in the genital area.

The first exposure of pubic hair - "albeit modest to the point of invisibility" was accomplished by "Penthouse" (April 1970). The appearance of pubic hair in the girlies is now so commonplace that it is remarkable that there was such a fuss about it in 1970. But at the time the "Penthouse" initiative was seen as little short of revolutionary! Almost all the other "pin-up" magazines followed suit within a matter of months.

This is another tricky one. Avid researchers into such matters have scrutinised films frame by frame. Was it hair or was it shadow? Not that it matters all that much, but some people find it nice to know the truth.

Some connoisseurs opt for "Blow Up": there is a sexy scene in which David Hemmings romps with a couple of naked teenagers. The Catholic Office gave "Blow-Up" a Condemned rating.

See:

• Largest human penis
• Largest penis in animal kingdom

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The Illustrated Book of Sexual Records is a compilation of well over 400 sexual superlatives from all around the world.

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