Pubic hair, short and curly in most of us, sometimes grows to quite extraordinary lengths.
Havelock Ellis worked
as a midwife in his early days, and he notes that only in one case did long pubic hair hamper
his efforts. In some
remarkable cases recorded by a certain Mr. F. L. John (1778-1852) the pubic hair was longer
than the women's
ordinary hair. Thus (Paulini): the pubic hair reached the knees.... (Bartholia): the pubic hair
was plaited behind
the woman's back. Ronald Learsall, who nicely notes these instances, observes with
appropriate insight that such
cases "are unquestionably freakish."