Research for the feature

RESEARCH & NARRATION

Dixson, B. and Rantala, M. (2016). The Role of Facial and Body Hair Distribution in Women’s Judgments of Men’s Sexual Attractiveness. Archives of Sexual Behavior, [online] 45(4), pp.887-889. Available at: https://link-springer-com.ezproxy.lib.rmit.edu.au/article/10.1007/s10508-015-0588-z [Accessed 7 May 2017].

https://link-springer-com.ezproxy.lib.rmit.edu.au/article/10.1007/s10508-015-0588-z

“Adults may have on average 10,000–20,000 hair follicles on the face, 100,000–150,000 on the scalp, 425,000 on the trunk, 220,000 on the arms, and 370,000 on the legs (Robertson, 2002; Szabo, 1967).”

Narration: Across cultures, hair growth is shown to differ, still researchers to struggle to find reasoning as to why there is such a large discrepancy and inconsistency of hair growth patterns around the world and as unique as the number of hairs on our bodies are people’s experiences with the removal, or non removal of body hair.

[This particular study analyses the link between men’s facial hair and the perception of their sexual attractiveness based on the amount of facial hair they have. ]
“male faces experimentally manipulated to vary in masculinity are not consistently judged to be more attractive than less masculine looking faces (Rhodes, 2006) and, in some cases, more feminine looking faces are more attractive (Perrett et al., 1998). These patterns may be due, in part, to male faces being judged as less warm, caring, being less interested in long-term relationships, and providing lower paternal investment (Kruger, 2006; Perrett et al., 1998)”

Komar, M. (2016). 100 Years Of Shaving Ads Show How We’ve Been Tricked Into Going Hairless — PHOTOS. [online] Bustle.com. Available at: https://www.bustle.com/articles/137072-100-years-of-shaving-ads-show-how-weve-been-tricked-into-going-hairless-photos [Accessed 14 May 2017].
Narration: In one way or another, it’s safe to say that most of us are removing body hair to some extent. Commercial inclinations have long been keen to cash in on this desire.
GILLETTE released the first razor blade for commercial release in 1915, and some 100 years later we’re still buying into the idea of hair removal, perhaps so heavily embedded in our minds that we perceive it as the normal thing to do . In some ways the early 1920s was a win for women, with more skin being able to be shown shown and hemlines raising as they continued to do until now. An adverse effect of this was shavers being marketed as a way to prevent embarrassment of guests seeing your body hair through sheer stockings!

Ibisworld.com.au. (2017). Hairdressing and Beauty Services in Australia Market Research | IBISWorld. [online] Available at: https://www.ibisworld.com.au/industry-trends/market-research-reports/personal-services/hairdressing-beauty-services.html [Accessed 8 May 2017].

Narration: It is estimated that in Australia alone, the hairdressing and beauty services industry employs 85,338 people.
‘increasing popularity of newer high-priced beauty treatments such as laser hair removal and microdermabrasion has lifted revenue in some segments.”

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