# underarm hair on women
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underarm-hair-on-women/338721
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports
**Created:** [January 6, 2006, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underarm-hair-on-women/338721 "2006-01-06T09:50:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@valis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/valis)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2006, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underarm-hair-on-women/338721/1 "2006-01-06T09:50:33Z")
Todays column: [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3\_012.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_012.html)
layed the blame on advertising for womens leg and underarm shaving. I had heard that this practice started in the old west amongst prostitutes to give a lice free impression. Has anyone else heard this or is it just some crap someone told me?
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### Author:  [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2006, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underarm-hair-on-women/338721/2 "2006-01-06T22:02:30Z")
crap someone told you. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Brian\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brian_H)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2011, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underarm-hair-on-women/338721/3 "2011-01-10T20:12:11Z")
Women distribute their pheromones from the scalp, so long swishy head hair helps with that. Men use their armpits. So women don’t need armpit hair.
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### Author:  [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2011, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underarm-hair-on-women/338721/4 "2011-01-10T20:35:47Z")
The practice of hair removal is limited to English-speaking Americans and Brits?!? Somebody had better call Brazil, I don’t think they know. . .