# Is it a myth that people can have straight pubic hair? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 29, 2001, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-a-myth-that-people-can-have-straight-pubic-hair/70575 "2001-06-29T05:36:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sultan\_Kinkari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@Sultan\_Kinkari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sultan_Kinkari)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2001, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-a-myth-that-people-can-have-straight-pubic-hair/70575/1 "2001-06-29T05:36:22Z")
A girl at work told me that some people have straight pubic hair. Does this ever occur, by the resurgence of a recessed gene, etc.? ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2001, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-a-myth-that-people-can-have-straight-pubic-hair/70575/2 "2001-06-29T05:39:22Z")
Mine is pretty straight. I’ve seen _perfectly_ straight. So no, it’s not a myth, but I don’t know about the genetics of it. ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2001, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-a-myth-that-people-can-have-straight-pubic-hair/70575/3 "2001-06-29T05:39:56Z")
I am not a genetic scientist, but yes, some people have straight pubic hair. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2001, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-a-myth-that-people-can-have-straight-pubic-hair/70575/4 "2001-06-29T05:47:44Z")
Guess you haven’t been around Asians much. Some have very straight pubes. So I guess you can’t use the phrase “short and curlies” much out in the part of the world. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2001, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-a-myth-that-people-can-have-straight-pubic-hair/70575/5 "2001-06-29T13:10:34Z")
My wife has straight pubes. Sure seems to make trimming easier. 🙂 Enright3 ---
**Author:** ![warmgun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecccb3/32.png) [@warmgun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/warmgun)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2001, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-a-myth-that-people-can-have-straight-pubic-hair/70575/6 "2001-06-30T06:07:10Z")
I’ve seen straight pubes on females but in all my locker room showers - no men’s. Higher incidence in women? ---
**Author:** ![poohpah\_chalupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@poohpah\_chalupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poohpah_chalupa)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2001, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-a-myth-that-people-can-have-straight-pubic-hair/70575/7 "2001-06-30T14:32:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by China Guy \* > **Guess you haven’t been around Asians much. Some have very straight pubes…** Nailed this one. Mine are straight…my wife _still_ marvels at them. …only thing is, yeah…they’ll poke you in the eye. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2001, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-a-myth-that-people-can-have-straight-pubic-hair/70575/8 "2001-06-30T14:38:57Z")
> [@](#): > > I’ve seen straight pubes on females but in all my locker room showers - no men’s. Higher incidence in women? Ditto on both counts, although I was usually situated to more likely notice with one more than the other :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2001, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-a-myth-that-people-can-have-straight-pubic-hair/70575/9 "2001-06-30T14:41:16Z")
Gee, if they became fashionable, imagine using lye-based relaxers on that part of the body.