Talk:Androgenic hair
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[edit] Athletes
The main article states that (paraphrasing) athletes (including cyclists) remove body hair to reduce friction or to make it easier to get into athletic clothing. In the competitive cycling world it is commonly believed that there is not a significant friction advantage to shaving ones' legs/arms. There may be a small psychological advantage, but the amount of wind resistance at cycling speeds caused by body hair is not significant enough to make a measurable difference in ones competitiveness. HOWEVER, cyclists do have a very good reason for shaving; road rash. Competitive cycling often leads to accidents that involve skin abrasions. Many cyclists believe that the healing process will be less troublesome if the scab that forms doesn't capture matted body hair. It would be prudent for the article to briefly mention this reason for shaving, and to identify that the "friction" advantage to shaving is more significant for swimmers than for cyclists. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.85.114.38 (talk) 10:29, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Racist
I've never seen a non-Caucasian person with body hair like that depicted in these diagrams. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.49.251.170 (talk) 00:55, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
Do any "non-Caucasians" grow hair outside of the specified regions? Maybe it needs to be specified, but I'm assuming the graph is intended to depict the 'common maximum' for lack of being able to think up a more statistically-informed term. I also wouldn't label all instances of Eurocentrism as racism. 70.171.231.31 (talk) 09:13, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Age?
I am looking for information about age and body hair, which is roughly stated in the development image. Is there any page on wikipedia which explains that most males get more body hair (chest, back,...) in their twenties? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.195.240.64 (talk) 14:47, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Removal of Dubious section
Hi I've removed the following paragraph from the article. Firstly 'fire' more related to scalp hair than androgenic hair, secondly I do not believe the time scale for fire use is recent enough to encourage hair growth through natural selection. Add it back in if you have a source! Isaac (talk) 04:46, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
- Hair is known by survival experts as a useful tool to start fires, people who took advantage of this may have encouraged the prominence of body hair growth in addition to increased scalp hair density in their descendants.
[edit] Text overlapping
I can't figure out how to correct this problem next to the 'feet' subsection Here an example of what I mean —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.137.99.167 (talk) 08:56, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
Must be your browser. I'm seeing it fine. I see "the feet and toes" underneath the edit button. Maybe if you change your resolution or something you might see it better. Munci (talk) 19:43, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
