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Each culture of human society has developed social norms relating to the presence or absence of body hair, which has changed from one time to another.

Different standards can apply to males and females.

People whose hair falls outside a culture's aesthetic standards may experience real or perceived social acceptance problems.

For example, for women in several societies, exposure in public of body hair other than head hair, eyelashes and eyebrows is generally considered to be unaesthetic, undesirable and embarrassing.

In Middle Eastern societies, removal of the female body hair has been considered proper hygiene, necessitated by local customs, for many centuries.