# Women's leg hair and the existence of God **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 23, 2014, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-leg-hair-and-the-existence-of-god/696275 "2014-08-23T05:02:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-leg-hair-and-the-existence-of-god/696275/1 "2014-08-23T05:02:59Z")
If God designed women, why did he give them leg hair? For some women it is very thick. Also the same thing about arm pit hair. What is its purpose? So that people know that the woman is mature? What was God thinking? ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-leg-hair-and-the-existence-of-god/696275/2 "2014-08-23T05:09:02Z")
Well there ya go, proof. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-leg-hair-and-the-existence-of-god/696275/3 "2014-08-23T05:09:41Z")
Maybe God’s into hippie chicks. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-leg-hair-and-the-existence-of-god/696275/4 "2014-08-23T05:38:42Z")
If there’s an evolutionary purpose, what’s the purpose? God’s reason may be mysterious. ---
**Author:** ![orangeapples](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@orangeapples](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orangeapples)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-leg-hair-and-the-existence-of-god/696275/5 "2014-08-23T07:35:48Z")
> [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](#): > > If there’s an evolutionary purpose, **what’s the purpose?** > > God’s reason may be mysterious. (Bolding mine) Because it used to keep us warm and dry, but we kinda outgrew it. Still does for most of the rest of mammalia. Excluding the aquatic ones, certainly. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-leg-hair-and-the-existence-of-god/696275/6 "2014-08-23T08:31:19Z")
My nose is too big My chin is too small My eyes are dark and sunk My smile is crooked My skin is flawed Whatever could God have thunk? The Great Unwashed (age 35¾) ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-leg-hair-and-the-existence-of-god/696275/7 "2014-08-23T08:49:13Z")
> [@orangeapples](#): > > (Bolding mine) > > Because it used to keep us warm and dry, but we kinda outgrew it. Still does for most of the rest of mammalia. Excluding the aquatic ones, certainly. Why do children and babies not need it then? ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-leg-hair-and-the-existence-of-god/696275/8 "2014-08-23T08:55:00Z")
You are aware that not all women have leg hair right, or arm hair for that matter? I think the most sensible theory on armpit hair is that it acts to trap and retain chemical signals like pheromones. ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-leg-hair-and-the-existence-of-god/696275/9 "2014-08-23T09:02:19Z")
To give androgynous stepping stones away from t **3** h gay ---
**Author:** ![kk\_fusion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kk_fusion/32/15276_2.png) [@kk\_fusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kk_fusion)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-leg-hair-and-the-existence-of-god/696275/10 "2014-08-23T09:11:57Z")
Correct, if God (exists and) designed humans separately from other animals some 6000 years ago, he did a rather poor job. Is this a belief you grew up with and just came recently to doubt or are you trying to engage Americans who (in your perception) still believe such things in large numbers? ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-leg-hair-and-the-existence-of-god/696275/11 "2014-08-23T09:28:18Z")
> [@grude](#): > > You are aware that not all women have leg hair right, or arm hair for that matter? Arm PIT hair… Yeah some might that but almost all would have a bush. Yet many women get rid of it as if they’re a child. > [@](#): > > I think the most sensible theory on armpit hair is that it acts to trap and retain chemical signals like pheromones. If it is so useful then why do some women not have it? ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-leg-hair-and-the-existence-of-god/696275/12 "2014-08-23T09:33:31Z")
> [@kk\_fusion](#): > > Correct, if God (exists and) designed humans separately from other animals some 6000 years ago, he did a rather poor job. > > Is this a belief you grew up with and just came recently to doubt or are you trying to engage Americans who (in your perception) still believe such things in large numbers? I gave up the belief in young earth creationism at the age of 18 or so. I’m partly wanting to engage believers though I don’t think many are here. This is partly just a bit of fun. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-leg-hair-and-the-existence-of-god/696275/13 "2014-08-23T09:45:22Z")
> [@JohnClay](#): > > Arm PIT hair… Yeah some might that but almost all would have a bush. Yet many women get rid of it as if they’re a child. > > If it is so useful then why do some women not have it? I’ve never seen an adult that didn’t have armpit hair, women included. Amount varies though. So if a woman has none she is shaving it or getting rid of it somehow, which is a fashion that isn’t even that old. ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-leg-hair-and-the-existence-of-god/696275/14 "2014-08-23T09:50:42Z")
> [@grude](#): > > I’ve never seen an adult that didn’t have armpit hair, women included. Amount varies though. So if a woman has none she is shaving it or getting rid of it somehow, which is a fashion that isn’t even that old. Maybe they’re for pheromones then. Btw I saw a pheromone party on tv - they’re interesting. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-leg-hair-and-the-existence-of-god/696275/15 "2014-08-23T10:07:55Z")
> [@JohnClay](#): > > If God designed women, why did he give them leg hair? For some women it is very thick. Also the same thing about arm pit hair. What is its purpose? So that people know that the woman is mature? What was God thinking? He was under time pressure; He needed to get the product out within seven days, so He skipped doing a comprehensive market study to see what features people really wanted. A lesson for any business start-up, really. ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-leg-hair-and-the-existence-of-god/696275/16 "2014-08-23T13:19:52Z")
So God’s a fan of Alpha, Beta, Shit? ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-leg-hair-and-the-existence-of-god/696275/17 "2014-08-23T17:48:23Z")
Right, not exactly a debate for the ages. Off to MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![PorchePine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@PorchePine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PorchePine)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-leg-hair-and-the-existence-of-god/696275/18 "2014-08-23T17:53:44Z")
The real question is shoulders. As someone who suffers from frequent dislocations do to this poor design, I’ve come to the following conclusion: If god exists, the design of shoulders proves he is either 1) incompetent, or 2) a sadist. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-leg-hair-and-the-existence-of-god/696275/19 "2014-08-23T18:02:53Z")
Can God make a Chick so Hot He can’t Pick Her Up? ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-leg-hair-and-the-existence-of-god/696275/20 "2014-08-23T18:08:03Z")
Women have body hair for the same reasons men do. Shocking, I know. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-leg-hair-and-the-existence-of-god/696275.md?page=2)