The mons pubis is the mound of flesh on top of a woman's pubic bone. Until recently, this was not a body part we even spoke about, let alone flaunted. Then we started vajazzling it and, now, much to the disappointment of writer Jennifer Weiner, we're expected to put it on show. Another thing to hate about ourselves", published in The New York Times over the weekend. While Davis' cover is a textbook example, the trend of the public pubis goes back a little further. The mons pubis first started popping up or popping out on the red carpet as a natural progression of the upper-thigh dress split popularised by Angelina Jolie's Oscars frock. When on display, the fleshy bit on top of a woman's pubic bone is often somewhat obscured by mesh panelling see: actress Jaimie Alexander at the London premiere of her film Thor: The Dark World , but increasingly just left bare with a strip of Hollywood tape standing between its possessor and a wardrobe malfunction see: rapper Iggy Azalea at the MTV European Music Awards.


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The Sydney Morning Herald
In human anatomy , and in mammals in general, the mons pubis or pubic mound also known simply as the mons , and known specifically in females as the mons Venus or mons veneris [1] [2] is a rounded mass of fatty tissue found over the pubic symphysis of the pubic bones. For females, the mons pubis forms the anterior portion of the vulva. It divides into the labia majora literally "larger lips" , on either side of the furrow known as the pudendal cleft , that surrounds the labia minora , clitoris , urethra , vaginal opening , and other structures of the vulval vestibule. Although present in both men and women, the mons pubis tends to be larger in women. The mound also becomes covered with pubic hair. It often becomes less prominent with the decrease in bodily estrogen experienced during menopause. The term mons pubis is derived from Latin for "pubic mound", and mons Venus or mons veneris is derived from Latin for "mound of Venus ".
Content written by Irwin Goldstein MD
Many women are embarrassed about a prominent mons, but they don't even know what to ask about. Most of our mons patients come in telling us they are embarrassed to wear a bathing suit or tight pants because they fill the area out like a boy. So what is a mons? The mons area lies over the pubic bone and usually has a small pad of fat meant to protect the bone if it gets bumped.
Not only has it sent Twitter into a frenzy but doctors have also noticed an increase in plastic surgery requests from women wanting to have the small bump of flesh on the pubic bone tightened and reduced. Writing in The New York Times, Jennifer Weiner explained: "This year, the hot new body part is the formerly unnoticed span of flesh between the top of one's panties and the labia majora, currently displayed on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition by the model Hannah Davis. Another thing to hate about ourselves.