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Bearded men are more attractive to women, study says, unless they're squeamish about hair-borne bugs
CNN ^ | January 14, 2020 | Sandee LaMotte

Posted on 01/15/2020 6:40:03 AM PST by C19fan

hen it comes to love, as the song says, birds, bees, even educated fleas do it.

But that old, catchy Cole Porter tune certainly didn't consider the impact of fleas -- educated or not -- and other creepy hair crawlers on a woman's ability to love a man with a beard.

According to a new study, if a woman runs screaming from hair-dwelling creatures such as lice, ticks, fleas and the like, she's likely to find men with beards much less attractive.

It's on an unconscious level, of course. But from the viewpoint of her inner animal brain, who wants to pucker up to a mouth fringed by a thicket of hair that might contain tiny, squirmy, maggot-like creatures?

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: beards; women
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To: RegulatorCountry
A fraternity brother in college had the thickest, most wide-ranging, densest beard I've ever seen. It covered every square inch around his mouth. It came up almost to his lower eyelids and out to his ears. It was the manliest beard I've ever seen.

Then, as you say, there's today's beard. Lots of guys need to be clued in "that looks AWFUL. You simply can't grow a beard."

21 posted on 01/15/2020 6:53:52 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: C19fan
Not quite on topic, but it seems the veterans of today (late 20s-early 30s) have traded one uniform for another. The new uniform is:
Shaved head
GIGANTIC beard
Arms covered in tattoos
Grunt Style T-shirt 2 sizes too small

As I type this, I'm wearing a Grunt Style hoodie that fits comfortably. my hair's pretty short, I haven't shaved for a couple of days but I will before I go to work tonight. NO tattoos.

22 posted on 01/15/2020 6:55:57 AM PST by real saxophonist (Everything I Play Gone Be Funky, From Now On)
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To: C19fan

Personally I think close cropped beards look good on the younger men. Older guys with grey maybe not so much. I grow weekend or a few days scruff in winter then shave it off. Beards in hot weather— nope. Seems some women like beards and others do not. Personal preferences.


23 posted on 01/15/2020 6:57:05 AM PST by tflabo (Truth or tyranny)
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To: 9YearLurker

Ha, I “tried” growing a beard twice, years apart while injured and unable to easily shave, and long enough for it to grow out a few inches.

It was thin, curly hair, that seemed to need to be combed all the time and looked silly, especially with the two bald patches where dimples would be if I had them.

Most of the male Hallmark main characters seem to have the 7 pm shadow thing going, mostly with makeup.


24 posted on 01/15/2020 6:57:24 AM PST by treetopsandroofs
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To: C19fan
Depends on the man, depends on the beard. A short, neatly-trimmed beard can be very attractive. A Duck Dynasty type beard, not so much.

Having said that, my beloved Mr. Inspectorette never grew a beard, but he did have a very dashing 'stache.

25 posted on 01/15/2020 7:00:03 AM PST by Inspectorette
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To: C19fan

Chicks dig me

Beard since ‘78, clipped, shaped, maintained


26 posted on 01/15/2020 7:02:12 AM PST by HangnJudge (Kipling was right about Humanity)
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To: C19fan
In a 1967 episode of the TV sow "That Girl," Lew asserts that only Communists wear beards, which Ann and Donald dispute:
Ann: “Everybody who wears a beard is not a Communist”

Lew: “Name one that isn’t”

Ann: “Abraham Lincoln”

Donald: “Moses”

Ann: “Socrates”

Donald: “General Grant”

Lew: “Name one that’s living.”

Ann: “Santa Claus”


27 posted on 01/15/2020 7:05:57 AM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: C19fan
Bearded men are more attractive to women, study says

So I guess he's getting a lot of swipes to the right these days.


28 posted on 01/15/2020 7:06:03 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: C19fan

29 posted on 01/15/2020 7:10:10 AM PST by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: Carpe Cerevisi

That’s a beard that a man wears. The homos thin theirs and keep it perfectly trimmed and manicured.


30 posted on 01/15/2020 7:10:27 AM PST by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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To: apillar

My husband was clean shaven when I met him. He’s tried it all. Clean shaven, full beard, mustache with goatee; did not matter. He still looks wonderful to me.

But if asked for my preferred look, clean shaven is the best. Why hide such a handsome face behind a mop of hair?

Your wife is probably like me. She loves your face and wants to see all of it.

Some men look better with beards. It gives their face definition, fills it out, squares it off, etc. Some look odd.

As long as it is neat and clean, beards are cool. I hate the rangy looking bushes or the stringy little chin pubes. Tidy it up or shave it off.


31 posted on 01/15/2020 7:10:36 AM PST by TheWriterTX (Trust not in earthly princes....)
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To: C19fan
I know this is the popular current style for men. A full beard and cheap plastic glasses.

Image result for bearded man with glasses

I cannot understand it. This is UGLY. How can women go for THIS?

32 posted on 01/15/2020 7:12:12 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (As a matter of fact, I DID only read the excerpt. OK, I intended to. Next time for sure.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

“Scruff OK Moses beard not OK.”

Hey!


33 posted on 01/15/2020 7:13:09 AM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: subterfuge

Me too.


34 posted on 01/15/2020 7:14:00 AM PST by sheana
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To: subterfuge

I’m with your wife! Beards are cootie garages.


35 posted on 01/15/2020 7:14:28 AM PST by Polyxene (Out of the depths I have cried to Thee, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice.)
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To: Jewbacca
😂😂😂
36 posted on 01/15/2020 7:14:54 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Carpe Cerevisi

37 posted on 01/15/2020 7:15:53 AM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: C19fan

Uhm, Sandee, how are we supposed to take you seriously when you don’t know the difference between SUBconcious and UNconscious.

Then there’s the 2nd grade spelling of your name, but that’s likely not your fault.

Oh, right, This is CNN!

Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha serious news hahahahahahahaha


38 posted on 01/15/2020 7:16:06 AM PST by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: treetopsandroofs

“If I were to be held upside down up to the bridge of my nose in a vat of water for several minutes every day for a couple weeks, wouldn’t they all drown?”

I don’t think they’d succumb that easily. Burning gasoline might do the trick, at least temporarily. (Don’t actually try that, please.)


39 posted on 01/15/2020 7:21:35 AM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: C19fan

i like facial hair on a man, as long as it’s maintained.


40 posted on 01/15/2020 7:23:05 AM PST by ronniesgal (so I wonder what his FR handle is????)
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