为什么我们会长阴毛？：英语精读讲义

Pubic hair,

阴毛，

the hair that grows around the genital area of an adolescent or adult human

生长在青春期或成年人类生殖器周围的毛发，

and sometimes stretches beyond,

有时还会延伸到更广的区域，

seems not to be in vogue these days. 短語搭配

如今似乎不再流行。

We start to see it during what we call the puberty phase 短語搭配

我们开始在被称为青春期的阶段看到它的出现，

of growing up,

也就是在成长过程中，

when androgens in males and estrogens in females rise.

男性体内的雄激素和女性体内的雌激素水平升高时。

Some girls will start to have early stages of pubic hair at around 8 years old,

有些女孩会在8岁左右开始出现早期的阴毛，

and by the time they are 13, 語法

到她们13岁时，

most will have much thicker hair.

大多数人的毛发会变得更加浓密。

Boys will develop pubic hair at the earliest at age 9,

男孩最早在9岁就会长出阴毛，

but puberty more commonly starts for them at the age of 12.

但对他们来说，青春期通常在12岁左右开始。

Some youngsters develop fast,

有些年轻人发育很快，

which is known as precocious puberty, 用詞

这被称为性早熟，

and others are late to the starting gates. 習語

而其他人则起步较晚。

Many adults these days shave,

如今许多成年人会剃掉、

crop,

修剪、

style,

造型，

and wax their bush, 用詞

以及给他们的私处脱毛，

which might not always be the best decision.

这可能并不总是最好的决定。

Today,

今天，

we'll find out why.

我们来看看为什么。

In this episode of the Infographic Show,

在本期的Infographic Show中，

why do we have pubic hair?

为什么我们长阴毛？

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别忘了订阅并点击小铃铛，

so that you can be part of our notification squad.

这样你就能成为我们通知小队的一员。

The reason we start growing pubic hair is like we said,

正如我们所说，我们开始长阴毛的原因

down to hormones.

归结于荷尔蒙。

Girls become young women and boys become young men,

女孩变成年轻女人，男孩变成年轻男人，

racing towards a stage in life in which together they can reproduce.

奔向生命中他们可以共同繁衍后代的阶段。

While that doesn't happen too often when they reach puberty,

虽然当他们到达青春期时这并不常发生，

it can.

但它是有可能的。

The age of consent usually is well after puberty in most countries, 文化背景

在大多数国家，法定同意年龄通常远在青春期之后，

with the world's lowest and highest being between 11 and 21,

根据Age of Consent组织的说法，

according to the organization Age of Consent.

世界上最低和最高的同意年龄在11到21岁之间。

Shockingly,

令人震惊的是，

the youngest mother ever on record was only 5 and a half years old,

有记录以来最年轻的母亲只有5岁半，

with doctors stating that the Peruvian girl had entered very precocious puberty.

医生指出这位秘鲁女孩进入了非常早的性早熟阶段。

The Huffington Post tells us the youngest father on record was an 11-year-old from New Zealand

《赫芬顿邮报》（The Huffington Post）告诉我们，有记录以来最年轻的父亲是一个来自新西兰的11岁男孩，

who impregnated his school friend's 36-year-old mother.

他让他学校朋友的36岁母亲怀了孕。

He was also a very fast developer,

他也是个发育非常快的人，

as most boys can't reproduce at that age.

因为大多数男孩在那个年龄无法生育。

It's also likely the young man had hair around his genitals when he slept with that woman.

这也可能说明，当这位年轻人和那个女人睡觉时，他的生殖器周围已经有了毛发。

The question

今天的问题

today is why?

是为什么？

And not just why it actually grows,

不仅是为什么它实际上会生长，

but what is the reason for having it?

而且拥有它的原因是什么？

This question was posed to Men's Health Magazine

这个问题被提给了《男性健康》（Men's Health Magazine）杂志，

and the answer that came from the expert was,

而专家给出的答案是，

"We don't really know."

“我们真的不知道。”

The respondent,

这位受访者，

a PhD sex researcher,

一位拥有博士学位的性研究员，

did offer some hypotheses. 講解

确实提供了一些假设。

One of these is that the pubic hair might keep our reproductive organs warm.

其中之一是，阴毛可能有助于保持我们生殖器官的温暖。

Another was that the thicket of hair might trap pheromones, 講解

另一个假设是，浓密的毛发可能会留住信息素，

sexual signals we send to each other.

即我们向彼此发送的性信号。

And another was that pubic hair is simply a marker that lets us know we are able to reproduce.

还有一个假设是，阴毛仅仅是一个让我们知道自己能够生育的标记。

In another article,

在另一篇文章中，

The Guardian went a bit further, 表達脈絡

《卫报》（The Guardian）则更进一步，

stating that our pubic hair has a job to do 習語

声称我们的阴毛是有作用的，

and we should stop getting rid of it for the sake of style. 講解

我们应该停止为了追求时尚而除掉它。

The article starts with evidence of the pubic hair grooming industry booming,

文章开篇列举了阴毛修饰行业蓬勃发展的证据，

stating that the clean and bare look is very much in vogue these days.

指出如今干净无毛的外观非常流行。

Whether you take a razor to your pubes 短語搭配

无论你是用剃须刀刮阴毛，

or opt for waxing, 短語搭配

还是选择蜜蜡、

depilatories,

脱毛膏，

or electrolysis,

或电解脱毛，

some doctors say you are going to cause unnecessary irritation to the cleared site.

一些医生表示，你将会给被清理过的部位造成不必要的刺激。

This could cause bacterial pathogens to appear

这可能会导致细菌病原体出现，

or boils and abscesses,

或者生出疖子和脓肿，

and there's a greater chance of herpes infection on a smooth playing field, 習語

并且在一个光滑的表面上，感染疱疹的几率更大。

says the article.

文章这样说道。

Our bed of hair stops friction of the skin,

我们的这层阴毛可以防止皮肤摩擦，

and without it we are more likely to get infections in the pubic area.

如果没有它，我们更容易在阴部感染。

So, perhaps if we believe that,

所以，也许如果我们相信这点，

then one reason we have pubic hair is so it doesn't happen.

那么我们有阴毛的一个原因就是为了不让这种情况发生。

In fact,

事实上，

if you look at all the possible reasons out there why we have pubic hair,

如果你看看我们有阴毛的所有可能原因，

most experts believe in a handful of hypotheses. 短語搭配

大多数专家都相信几个少数的假设。

These are trapping pheromones,

这些是留住信息素、

unwanted friction,

减少不必要的摩擦、

keeping us warm,

保暖、

protecting us from bacteria and disease,

保护我们免受细菌和疾病侵害，

and the indication that we have matured.

以及表明我们已经成熟的标志。

That seems like a good enough set of reasons.

这似乎是足够好的一组理由了。

And if you think you look better without pubic hair,

如果你认为没有阴毛看起来更好，

you might bear in mind that by not trapping your magical pheromones, 短語搭配

你可能会记住，通过不留住你神奇的信息素，

you are actually making yourself less attractive.

你实际上是在让自己变得不那么有吸引力。

If you worry about pubic lice encroaching into your nether regions, 用詞

如果你担心阴虱侵入你的下半身，

you may heed some doctors that say,

你可能会听取一些医生的建议，他们说，

"While incidents of crabs have gone down, 講解

“虽然阴虱的发生率下降了，

chlamydia and gonorrhea infections are up."

但衣原体和淋病的感染率却上升了。”

Indeed,

事实上，

the U.S. National Library of Medicine reports that

美国国家医学图书馆（U.S. National Library of Medicine）报告称，

a study found pubic hair removers have a higher rate of sexually transmitted infections.

一项研究发现，去除阴毛的人患性传播感染的比例更高。

One other reason we found that may be a reason for keeping your bush growing

我们发现另一个可能是保留你私处毛发的原因

is that it absorbs sweat,

是它能吸收汗水，

rather than a wet patch appearing on your shorts while strutting around the gym. 語法

而不是让你在健身房走来走去时短裤上出现一片湿迹。

In general,

一般来说，

most of the people in the know regarding our well-being and health 習語

大多数了解我们福祉和健康的专家

tell us it's time to put the razor down and let it all hang out. 習語

告诉我们是时候放下剃刀，让毛发自然生长了。

By the way,

顺便说一句，

hair in the anus area is not considered pubic hair.

肛门区域的毛发不被认为是阴毛。

But if you want to know,

但如果你想知道的话，

most experts believe that it is there to stop your butt cheeks from chafing, 語法

大多数专家认为，它的存在是为了防止两瓣臀部相互摩擦，

keep us warm,

保暖，

and also again,

而且再次强调，

it traps those wonderful pheromones.

它保留了那些奇妙的信息素。

Women's Health magazines also provide all kinds of tips on getting rid of this hair

《女性健康》（Women's Health）等杂志也提供各种去除这种毛发的技巧，

that is essentially pubic hair growing around the back.

也就是本质上长在臀部周围的阴毛。

The same methods are used for removal,

去除它们使用的是相同的方法，

but might be somewhat more difficult,

但对一些人来说可能更困难、

dangerous,

危险，

or embarrassing for some.

或尴尬。

With all this in mind, 表達脈絡

考虑到所有这些，

why are so many people nowadays opting to have fashionable pubes or going completely bald?

为什么现在有这么多人选择弄些时髦的阴毛造型或者完全剃光？

Women seem to be under more pressure than men, 短語搭配

女性似乎承受着比男性更大的压力，

and they have a much harder time keeping things trimmed. 語法

她们在保持修剪方面也困难得多。

It has for a long time been seen by many to be an ungainly sight to have hair in plain sight 短語搭配

很长一段时间以来，许多人一直认为

outside of what we call the bikini line. 用詞

在我们所谓的比基尼线之外清晰可见毛发是一种难看的景象。

Elle Magazine talked about this pressure,

《Elle Magazine》谈到了这种压力，

stating in 2016 that 83% of women aged 16 to 24 in a survey

并在2016年指出，在一项调查中，83%的16至24岁女性

said there was too much weight on their shoulders regarding pubic hair grooming and removal. 習語

表示在阴毛修饰和去除方面，她们肩负了太多的压力。

Another survey taken in the UK said half of all the women they talked to under the age of 35

在英国进行的另一项调查显示，接受调查的35岁以下女性中有一半

got rid of their pubic hair completely.

完全去除了阴毛。

In the USA,

在美国，

one study in 2016 found that 80% of women groomed their pubic hair.

2016年的一项研究发现，80%的女性会修饰阴毛。

Elle itself interviewed its own staff and found

《Elle》杂志采访了自家员工并发现

that 95% of its staff trimmed or shaved everything off.

95%的员工修剪或剃光了所有东西。

It seems that men are less likely to shave down there or remove everything.

似乎男性不太可能刮掉下体毛发或全部去除。

And on some forums,

在某些论坛上，

men said they did it only to make their appendage look bigger.

男性说他们这样做只是为了让他们的“附属物”看起来更大。

That said, 表達脈絡

尽管如此，

when a study was taken which asked women about the pubic hair of the men they slept with,

当一项研究询问女性关于与她们上床的男性的阴毛时，

it was revealed that 90% of the men had done some amount of manscaping in the pubic region. 講解

结果显示，90%的男性在阴部做过某种程度的毛发修剪。

Men, of course,

当然，男人

can be hairy just about everywhere,

几乎可以在任何地方都长满毛发，

and if they are,

如果他们确实如此，

it seems that some women like that and others don't,

根据媒体向女性询问是否喜欢多毛男性的问题显示，

according to media that asked women the question of if they liked a hairy guy.

似乎有些女性喜欢这样，而另一些则不喜欢。

One Reddit post asked women what they preferred regarding men's pubic hair,

Reddit上的一篇帖子询问女性对男性阴毛的偏好，

and just about all the respondents said that a trim was fine,

几乎所有的受访者都说修剪一下是可以的，

but men should not go for a full shave.

但男性不应该完全剃光。

They gave a variety of reasons,

她们给出了各种原因，

but many women said it looks too childlike,

但许多女性说这看起来太像小孩子了，

and some said it doesn't feel good on different parts of the body when it turns into stubble.

还有些人说，当它变成胡茬时，在身体的不同部位感觉不舒服。

As for the question of does shaved or trimmed hair grow back thicker, 講解

至于剃掉或修剪后的毛发是否会重新长得更粗的问题，

well,

好吧，

that's just another myth that has made the rounds of mankind. 習語

这只是在人类中流传的另一个神话。

No, it doesn't.

不，它不会。

So, there you go. 語氣意圖

所以，就是这样。

All you need to know about shaving your pubic hair.

所有你需要知道关于刮阴毛的事情。

The conclusion,

结论

it seems,

似乎是，

is don't do it if you want optimum health.

如果你想达到最佳健康状态，就不要刮。

But in terms of what people want, 短語搭配

但就人们的需求而言，

it also seems a little trim now and again will keep you popular.

似乎偶尔修剪一下也会让你受欢迎。

In the aesthetic visual sense anyway,

无论如何，在视觉审美意义上，

not in terms of how we sexually sense each other.

不是在我们如何通过性来感知彼此的意义上。

Thanks for watching and please let us know in the comments what your thoughts are on this subject.

感谢观看，请在评论区告诉我们你对这个主题的想法。

To shave or not to shave, 文化背景

刮还是不刮，

that is the question.

这是一个问题。

Also,

另外，

be sure to check out our other video

一定要去看看我们的另一个视频，

called How much do you poop in a lifetime?

名为《你一生中会拉多少便便？》

Thanks for watching,

感谢观看，

and as always,

像往常一样，

don't forget to like,

不要忘记点赞、

share,

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and subscribe.

和订阅。

See you next time.

下次见。