Don't let the merkin's kinky status today fool you...this pubic wig was a utilitarian friend to many back in the day. The Oxford Companion to the Body dates the origin of the pubic wig to 1450, when pubic lice was fairly common.
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Learning from the past can be laughable. CockBloq's blog, In the Days of Yore, takes a snarky, modern look at stories from the past, highlighting what we've learned—or haven't.