Men with beards: the majority of women don’t like them. Reason: such men are often closed, unreliable and dangerous. But is that so?
The sixties
There was a time when men with beards were in. In the 1960s, when flower power inspired young people, men with beards were the hippest thing in the world. Wasn’t it logical that they looked like Jesus, the man who propagated the idea of love? Best-known look-alikes from that time: John Lennon, Jim Morrison, Jerry Garcia.
Done
Those days are long gone. Men with beards cannot be trusted, Mien with the handbag now believes. They’re hiding something. They have a hidden agenda. It is better to avoid them to avoid unpleasant surprises.
The evidences
There are plenty of figures from recent world history who underline the negative character of the bearded person: Fidel Castro and his companion Che Guevara, Lenin, Yasser Arafat, Ayatolla Khomeini: they are identified with evil.
Since Muslim terrorism has captivated the world, bearded men have been under even more oppression. Anyone who dares to let their hair grow is quickly suspected of having things in their heads that cannot tolerate the light of day. After all, didn’t Saddam Hussein, the devil in person, crawl out of his hiding place with a grubby beard, and didn’t Karadzic grow a beard to hide under a new personality?
Is there truth in the old song: All those who want to hijack must be men with beards? (1)
Relativize?
On the other hand: traditional Jews also wear beards: what do they have to hide? And what about the long beards of childhood friends such as Saint Nicholas and Santa Claus? Or is that suspicious again since Marc Dutroux turned Belgium upside down? It is striking that Dutroux grew a beard in prison. Another reason: to hide from reality? Fear of the world around you?
God is always depicted with a beard, just like his son. Suspicious individuals? In ancient Greece, philosophers wore beards. It points towards thoughtfulness and wisdom. Even now, older men with a gray beard are still treated with awe. Wrongly?
Intellectuals also like to wear beards: Umberto Eco, Luciano Paverotti, Salman Rushdie , Louis Michel, Alan Ginsberg, Sean Connery, Michael Moore. What is their secret garden, you may ask?
What drives them?
Men with beards want to distinguish themselves from others. This starts during puberty when they wait impatiently for the first chin hairs and then proudly let them grow. The teenager who shows off a fluffy beard feels like a man and will gain more self-confidence from this.
Psychological research has shown that men with beards are perceived as more masculine, more mature, more self-confident and more dominant. Oh, oh, is that possible? And some women find men with beards quite cute. Actor Sean Connery is more popular than ever among the womenfolk. How? What?
And yet the majority of the opposite sex prefers a man without a beard, although they have to admit that a man with stubble is hot. Where is the logic?
The modern man chooses his money’s worth
In any case, today’s men are well aware of women’s aversion to the beard: not only the beard is taboo today, but also chest hair and pubic hair, and a short shaved head is clearly preferred. Will the women take over the command completely soon?