on beards

[eirias]

Apparently beards are trendy or something.

No survey ever conducted about women's attitudes toward beards, even those not underwritten by the Gillette Company, has indicated that more than 2 or 3 percent of women would describe a full beard as sexy. ("I hang out with those girls who are in that 2 or 3 percent," Mr. Martin, of Vice, said.)

In my opinion, the sexiness or not of a beard depends on a few things:
1. whether the person is actually capable of growing a non-pathetic beard
2. whether the person keeps it neat
3. whether it suits the person's face.

On the right guy, a beard can be totally hot. Just so you know. (Unfortunately for viewers of the article: Mr. Ralph Lauren Model? Not the right guy.)

Comments

[drspiff.livejournal.com]

My personal opinion about beards and facial hair in general is that 90% of all guys who aren't clean shaven are that way to appear older than they are. I look young for my age... I mean I have a really boyish face and one way to remedy that would be to grow me a beard. But I'd just be hiding my insecurities rather than facing them in a healty manner. So I'm happy with a baby face.

[ksledgemoore.livejournal.com]

maybe, but I think that only works for youngish guys. As you get older you like being mistaken for being young. So, I would drop that percentage a lot. I would say that a large percentage of guys with beards are doing it because they are too lazy to shave. My husband is usually clean shaven because most people (including me) think he looks a lot better that way, but when we're apart for a while and/or he doesn't need to look good for anything in particular, he grows out a beard. This is partially because it saves time in the morning and partially because his skin is sensitive and shaving is pretty painful.

[eirias.livejournal.com]

Given dense enough hair, I bet you'd look pretty good with a beard, actually, from what I remember. (Not that there's anything wrong with boyish!)