Badge of shame, which was synonymous to the Mark of Cain which originated in the story of Adam and Eve, came in many forms for both men and women such as burning off pubic hair, shaving off hair, and even wearing of specific icons or marks.
A badge of shame, also a symbol of shame, a mark of shame or a stigma, is typically a distinctive symbol required to be worn by a specific group or an individual for the purpose of public humiliation, ostracism or persecution. The biblical "Mark of Cain" can be interpreted as synonymous with a badge of shame. The curse of Cain and the mark of Cain are phrases that originated in the story of Adam and Eve in the Hebrew Bible. Punitive depilation of men, especially burning off pubic hair, was intended as a mark of shame in ancient Mediterranean cultures where male body hair was valued. Women who committed adultery have also been forced to wear specific icons or marks, or had their hair shorn, as a badge of shame. Many women who fraternized with the occupiers in German-occupied Europe had their heads shaved by angry mobs of their peers after liberation by the Allies of World War II. During World War II, the Nazis also used head shaving as a mark of shame to punish Germans like the youthful non-conformists known as the Edelweiss Pirates. 
