“Affection is responsible for nine-tenth of whatever solid and durable happiness is there in our life,” says C.S. Lewis.
Affection is something that is the genesis of every relationship. It builds the trust and importance of both the people in that relationship. Even though there are numerous ways to express your love and feelings for the other person. But when it comes to something unique and weird, one would think of Victorian age males. People in England were very fond of pubic hair as a token of love.
Weird fact of Victorian age
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Under the rule of Queen Victoria, upper- class males of 19th century England, pubic hair were collected as the ‘token of remembrance.’ Aristocratic men use to wear these hair locks on their hat as a memento. Males of Victorian age use to put pubic hair locks as cockades on their hat.
Credence behind – Pubic hair an affectionate sign
Reciprocity of pubic hair was usual in the Victorian age. It was articulation as the token of love. Most of all believed that collecting pubic hair as souvenir also has the potential of a talisman.
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Major evidence of such custom
Maybe it’s hard to accept the fact that such thing ever existed. But in the museum of St. The Andrew University of Scotland, there is a testament which says it all. In the collection of the snuff-box, pubic hair of one of the mistresses of King George IV can be found. The hair locks are said to belong to Elizabeth Conyngham which the king donated to the ‘Fife sex club.’
Even if there are tremendous ways of expressing your affection to your lovers, history holds the uniqueness. Therefore, in the early period, genital hair was accepted widely as the sign of fidelity, promise, and expression of sexual desire. Now we have come so far when such things are considered as disgusting. Maybe, there was something wrong with our ancestors.
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