"What ever happened to pubic hair?" - Dr Herb Melnick, TWO AND A HALF MEN In our teen years we - particularly men - spend a lot of time focused on the production of body hair. It's part of the ritual, and those who grow it earliest somehow win some sort of non-existent prize, while the people who grow it last are somehow losers. It really doesn't matter once you've accomplished the goal, but being last in a crowd is never a happy experience. And pubic hair is the most important of those hair growths. It signifies we're adults. (Well, becoming adults. That achievement also relies upon mental maturation and I know people in their forties who still haven't fully developed.) Sperm production..and accompanying ejaculation...are the male measurement of becoming an adult. Unfortunately for women, we get the fun stuff while women get a monthly bout of cramps and bleeding. Yeah, it's not exactly fair. But in both camps the pubes outwardly signify