[quote]Pubic lice, the crab-shaped insects that have dwelled in human groins since the beginning of history, are disappearing. Doctors say bikini waxing may be the reason.
Waning infestations of the bloodsuckers have been linked by doctors to pubic depilation, especially a technique popularized in the 1990s by a Manhattan salon run by seven Brazilian sisters. More than 80 percent of college students in the U.S. remove all or some of their pubic hair -- part of a trend that’s increasing in western countries. In Australia, Sydney’s main sexual health clinic hasn’t seen a woman with pubic lice since 2008 and male cases have fallen 80 percent from about 100 a decade ago.
“It used to be extremely common; it’s now rarely seen,” said Basil Donovan, head of sexual health at the University of New South Wales’s Kirby Institute and a physician at the Sydney Sexual Health Centre. “Without doubt, it’s better grooming.”[/quote]
[url]http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-13/brazilian-bikini-waxes-make-crab-lice-endangered-species-health.html[/url]
Should there be a public awareness campaign to save pubic lice? Do we have the right to play 'god' and drive these creatures into extinction?
Discuss your thoughts below.
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Play 'god'? Who the hell cares if a parasite goes extinct. It's a PARASITE for god sake.
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Good. Now if we could only have a tick genocide we'd be sittin pretty.
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Guess who, the crabs. Your pubes, we grab. We wait on bedsheets, and toilet seats, then pinch your nuts, with our feet.
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They're a pest. So until I get more information, I am [i]for[/i] driving them to extinction.
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It was [i]lice[/i] to see you go.
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But they're my friends! They're always there when I need them, I have to be there for them when they need me. PUBIC SOVEREIGNTY 2013!
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Well now I'll never grow a pubic lice family with a woman.
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Oh no! Not the pubic lice! Such a magnificent creature! Save the pubic lice!
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Driving them into extinction is not playing god.