Yes, another creature is heading for extinction.
Hardly surprising, we hear this word so often, extinct this, nearly extinct that.
Big cats, polar bears, pandas and Javanese Rhinos, all have extinction looming over the horizon.
But…
Is there a creature whose demise we wouldn’t lament?
Are pubic lice in danger of extinction?
Some doctors have suggested that modern pubic-hair grooming practices, such as the Brazilian wax, are destroying the natural habitat of Pthirus pubis

Pthirus pubis … at risk from ‘deforestation’. Photograph: Alamy
Pity the poor pubic louse. Every few years, a story comes along predicting its demise, most recently a Bloomberg article that blames the increasing number of women – and men – who remove their pubic hair. Think of it as deforestation on a massive, global scale.
It wasn’t much different in 2006, when doctors Nicola Armstrong and Janet Wilson, two sexual health specialists, in a letter titled “Did the Brazilian kill the pubic louse?”, raised the possible link between the decreasing number of people coming to their clinics with public lice, and increase in the number with shaved, trimmed or waxed pubic hair. Where does this leave the woman who has so far resisted all patriarchal and capitalist pressures to wax her bits until they resemble a child’s, but would like to do her bit for parasite annihilation? Tricky.
Posted by smallftprints on January 15, 2013 at 6:20 pm
I’ll admit it … this post has me giggling. 🙂
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Posted by argentumvulgaris on January 15, 2013 at 9:39 pm
>SF, you know me, I’ll tackle any subject. It’s good to have a giggle now and then.
AV
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Posted by livingsimplyfree on January 16, 2013 at 1:50 am
Made my day thanks, that’s one creature I have no problem seeing extinct, unless you can show me a benefit they give something some where.
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Posted by argentumvulgaris on January 17, 2013 at 8:13 am
>lsf, they say that every creature has a purpose, although I find it hard to imagine what this ones is.
AV
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Posted by Friday Faves, January 18th | livingsimplyfree on January 18, 2013 at 3:00 am
[…] No I haven’t lost my mind, but some living things I have trouble finding a use for. After reading this, if you can tell me how we will be harmed by losing this one living thing please tell me I really […]
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Posted by argentumvulgaris on January 18, 2013 at 5:46 am
>lsf, thanks once again for the link, really appreciated.
AV
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