l with
rudimentary uterus and ovaries who had little or no axillary and pubic
hair, although the hair of the head was long and strong.[167]

The pseudo-Michael Scot among the _Signa mulieris calidae naturae
et quae coit libenter_ stated that her hair, both on the head and
body, is thick and coarse and crisp, and Della Porta, the
greatest of the physiognomists, said that thickness of hair in
women meant wantonness. Venette, in his _Generation de l'Homme_,
remarked that men who have much hair on the body are most
amorous. At a more recent period Roubaud has said that pubic hair
in its quantity, color and curliness is an index of genital
energy. A poor pilous system, on the other hand, Roubaud regarded
as a probable though not an irrefragable proof of sexual
frigidity in women. "In the cold woman the pilous system is
remarkable for the languor of its vitality; the hairs are fair,
delicate, scarce and smooth, while in ardent natures there are
little curly tufts about the temples." (_Traite de
l'Impuissance_, pp. 124, 523.) Martineau declared (_Lecons sur
les Deformations Vulvaires_, p. 40) that "the more developed the
genital organs the more abundant the hair covering them;
abundance of hair appears to be in relation to the perfect
development of the organs." Tardieu described the typically
erotic woman as very hairy.

Bergh found that among 2200 young Danish prostitutes those who
showed an unusual extension and amount of pubic hair included
several women who were believed to be libidinous in a very high
degree. (Bergh, "Symbolae," etc., _Hospitalstidende_, August,
1894.) Moraglia, again, in Italy, in describing various women,
mostly prostitutes, of unusually strong sexual proclivities,
repeatedly notes very thick hair, with down on the face.
(_Archivio di Psichiatria_, vol. xvi, fasc. iv-v.)

Marro, also, in Italy found that abundance of hair and down is
especially marked in women who are guilty of infanticide (as also
Pasini has found), though criminal women generally, in his
experience, tend to have abnormally abundant hair. (_Caratteri
del Delinquenti_, cap. XXII.) Lombroso finds that prostitutes
generally tend to be hairy (_Donna Delinquente_, p. 320.)

A lad of 14, guilty of numerous crimes of violence having a
sexual source, is described by Arthur Macdonald in America as