Jack

I'd like to know why men have more hair on their bodies than women?

Is it a "hormone" issue or a hidden cosmetic ritual?

Oh, If "HUMPfree" is my male camels name; what's the proper name for a female camel?

L<br><br>Post edited by: Jack, at: 2007/07/07 19:28

A female camel is called a &quot;HUMPlass&quot;

Body hair is a common colloquial term for the terminal hair on the human body developing during and after puberty in contrast to the head hair and the less visible vellus hair. A medical term for it is androgenic hair since its growth depends primarily on the level of androgens (male hormones) containing within the individual human organism. Due to a normally higher level of androgens men tend to have visibly more androgenic hair than women so that this type of hair can be seen as a sign for sexual dimorphism and therefore a secondary sex characteristic.

http://www.askjack.co.uk/images/hair.jpg <br><br>Post edited by: Jack, at: 2007/07/07 19:32