Both my wife and I were raised with the notion that a woman with a pubic bush had reached puberty and had started her ******* cycle. It also was an indication that she was capable of being "knocked up" with a baby. It appears to us that the "bald" pussy became popular as women did not want their pubic hair showing out of their bikini bottoms, similar to the notion that underarm and leg hair was considered unsightly on a woman. In addition, a lot of men did not relish having hair stuck in their teeth while eating out a pussy. The attached photos of my wife's pussy were all taken in the 1970's.