You have to wonder how anyone thought they might be able to legislate for this particular activity. And you have to wonder some more how such a subject has managed to find its way into the legal news. The British are generally pretty coy about waxing etc but some of our cousins are willing to air these matters more readily. Last Friday New Jersey news blog, APP.com , happily reported that State Consumer Affairs Director David Szuchman had put the kibosh on any ban of so-called "Brazilian” bikini waxes. The headline read:"State offical stops plan to ban "Brazilian" bikini waxes".

According to the report the state Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling was moving toward an outright ban of genital waxing after two women reported being injured. But Szuchman, whose department oversees the board, said he could not agree with a prohibition. "Many commentators have noted that the procedure could be safely performed,” he wrote in a letter to state board President Ronald Jerome Brown. "I, therefore, believe that there are alternative means to address any public health issues identified by the board.”

So a brief flash in the news and that’s the end of it? Nope, not so fast. Yesterday, in an unrelated post, another US legal blog, Above the Law , posted this advert which has been doing the rounds in the States:

Wondering why? Well (schoolboy humour aside) the advert has apparently attracted attention from feminist law professors on yet another blog which in turn provoked The Legal Satyricon (tag line "Occasionally Irreverent Thoughts on Law, Liberty, Tech, and Politics") to write a critiqe of their critique entitled: "Shorn Genitalia, "Porn Culture" and Pubic Hair as Self-Expression". Click if you need enlightening. Will this be the end of it? Who knows…

But that’s what you really can call spuriously legal.