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Role models like Mo'Nique remind girls they have a choice

(NEWSER) - Mo’Nique’s hairy legs during this year's awards season put personal grooming in the spotlight: Are women who skip shaving taking a stand or just grossing other people out? Amanda Palmer of the Dresden Dolls tells the New York Times , “People assume you’re making a statement, but I’m not”—even though she proudly displayed her hairy underarms at the Globes and tweeted that perhaps she and Mo’Nique would “change the cultural beauty & shaving standard this year.” More»

Findings may pave way for a hair-straightening pill

(NEWSER) - Scientists have discovered the root of curly hair, potentially paving the way for a hair-straightening pill. But don't throw out your hot irons yet—the findings, published in the American Journal of Human Genetics, will probably first be applied to the field of forensics. Understanding curls could help cops catch criminals based on DNA left at the scene, the lead researcher tells the Telegraph . More»

Trying to impress women can take up all the male brain's power, experiment finds

(NEWSER) - Men literally lose their minds when talking to women they find attractive, a new study finds. A group of Dutch psychologists—inspired to carry out the experiment after one of them forgot his address while talking to a pretty woman—tested the memory skills of 40 heterosexual volunteers before and after they spoke to attractive women. They found the men's cognitive skills were seriously impaired after trying to impress the women, the Telegraph reports. More»

More men opting for 'back, crack, and sack'

(NEWSER) - Pornographers have proved prescient yet again: The industry’s obsession with shaving pubic hair has reached mainstream society, including teens, in a trend that’s puzzling experts and portraying the hirsute as freaks, Der Spiegel reports. One German poll found 50% of women and 25% of men trim or remove pubic hair, breaking with a tradition of pride in hairier nether regions. More»

(NEWSER) - A Chicago salon named Ossama’s Hair Design has seen a marked uptick in business after changing its name to Obama’s, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. “This is going to work for me for sure,” said Mike Elsheikh, the shop’s owner. “The name is absolutely making a huge difference.” He licensed the name during the election: “I had a good imagination he would win.” More»