Why don't our alpha males grow beards anymore?

[cgannon64]

I hope I can grow a good beard. Looking at my father, I'm afraid I can't.

Nowadays you're either clean-shaven or you have some sissy stubble.

 

[M37]

its just style. beards were in during the mid 80's and fell out of fassion in the 90's
I look decent in a gotee but the rest of the beard was a bit thin when I grew it this past summer.
Who knows if somone popular were to grow a beard they might come back in style.
in a decade or so beards may make a comeback but I doubt it.

 

[Sims2789]

Or Russians

Maybe because it is now associated with Islam . Or maybe with terrorists .

Name the last president with a beard (hint: before the Russian Revolution).

 

[amadeus]

I did name the last President with a beard. It was James Garfield.

 

[zulu9812]

I hope I can grow a good beard. Looking at my father, I'm afraid I can't.

Nowadays you're either clean-shaven or you have some sissy stubble.

I have a Lenin beard!

 

[cgannon64]

Lenin beard? That's alright. I could probably grow one of those, or a goatee of sorts, of even some fashionable stubble. But I want a 19th century, bushy, off-the-face beard.

 

[SeleucusNicator]

The last U.S. President to have a beard (at least in his official portrait) would've been James Garfield.

Garfield also won the election with a slim margin of 10,000 votes.

Benjamin Harrison came after Garfield, and lost the popular vote.

 

[Dann]

I know that, but the Asians are significantly less hairy than most other people. I heard that in China, facial hair, specifically the "fu manchu"-type, was seen as a mark of a distinguished person since it took so damn long to grow.

Like this?

 

[Mescalhead]

Like this?

How many of them are walking around?

 

[rbis4rbb]

Like this?

I was just going to say "why don't you ask Dann."

 

[blindside]

I know that, but the Asians are significantly less hairy than most other people. I heard that in China, facial hair, specifically the "fu manchu"-type, was seen as a mark of a distinguished person since it took so damn long to grow.

I assume by Asian you mean East Asian because there are alot of other people on that continent who are quite different.

 

[Dann]

How many of them are walking around?

That's the point. None.

In centuries past such a mug commanded respect. Awe. Fawning syncophants.

Today it gains you the attention of the police, thinking you're either a bum or a ruffian.

 

[newfangle]

Thick facial hair is an evotionary trait that's being weeded out. Its not like we need facial hair for any reason.

Now I really wish female facial hair would be routed out once and for all. Even if its really thin peach fuzz I can get perturbed.

 

[stratego]

What? our leaders don't grow beards?? Whatever are you talking about??

I would hardly consider the OxiClean guy to be our leader.

 

[thestonesfan]

I'd vote for him. His hand motions are magnetic.

 

[IglooDame]

I'd vote for him. His hand motions are magnetic.

And his expressions are wooden.

 

[mrtn]

I've got a beard, but then I'm not an alpha male...

 

[Mise]

We alpha males prefer sexy stubble to accentuate our rugged against-the-grain style. Cigarettes are a useful accessory when not brooding in a steely gaze.

 

[sourboy]

Seems to me that goatees/van dykes represent more aggressive behavior, while full beards seem more correlated with wisdom. This is all speculation of course, but then so is the thread...

 

[Riesstiu IV]

I can't grow any substantial amount of facial hair no less a beard and I'm almost 20! I can go a week without having to shave. My mom comes from a Sikh Indian family and Sikh men are known for their full beards that often used to scare little children. I guess I inhereited some European mestrosexual facial hair genes from my dad's side of the family.