It'd be easier to take all these beards, but I notice that men scratch and claw at them all the time. Makes me think of fleas...few men look good in beards, and the current fu manchu makes most men's faces look either skinny-satanic or pudgy.
Goatees are the current "cool thing" for men to have. Bunch of sheep. Personally, I have had one for 9-10 years. Long before the trend started and I will have it long after.
Plus theres an 'extra-stimulation' factor to 'em.