A new study could make men think twice about growing a beard, especially around women who are highly disgusted by bugs and parasites.

In other words, beards make men appear masculine. Unfortunately, we’re in the midst of a full-blown war on masculinity ‚ which may very well be why beards are in vogue.

Lovers of bearded men, rejoice: Science says they make better partners than the no-scruff fellas. The science-backed conclusion comes courtesy of a study, led by Barnaby Dixson and published in ...

However, the women perceived male faces with full beards as the most masculine, aggressive, and socially mature; the women also thought these men looked older.

Women Find Beards Masculine Nearly all of the 16 women we surveyed indicated — via a multiple-choice question — that they find beards masculine or associate them with ruggedness and adventure.

Well, aside from the fact that they’re wonderful hiding places, it turns out that beards make men look “traditionally masculine” (which is still a thing people go for, despite cries to the ...

For every Bearded Best Friend, there’s a Bearded Clooney, for every Galifianookalike, an urban woodsman. The beard can be a sign of girlish vanity or of manly liberation.

The beard was the boundary that separated men from boys in early modern thought and we can assume that, whenever the term “boy” was used, its object was a beardless or incompletely bearded male.

Is the beard dead? If you’re like us, you may be wondering if the vogue for channeling a mountain man has overstayed its welcome.

However, the women perceived male faces with full beards as the most masculine, aggressive, and socially mature; the women also thought these men looked older.