"Women really don't like beards"

........But men's faces are 'designed to fend off other males, what females like is neither here nor there'.

........Women and men from both cultures judge bearded faces to be older and ascribe them higher social status than the same men when clean-shaven.

........These results are consistent with the hypothesis that the human beard evolved primarily via intrasexual selection between males and as part of complex facial communication signaling (sic) status and aggressiveness.


I'd have to agree. I've grown my (facial) rack and this style to please myself, no one else. I'm a man and it presents a manly image and I suppose it elevates my status among other males and may even intimidate some.

Keep it Handlebar

Face grown since 2001