The recent beard trend is a desperate grasp for symbols of masculinity in an increasingly emasculated society populated by males who did not have good role models as children, and who thus do not know what it is to be real man.
For real.
Well, yes, there are those unfortunate young men, too.
This woman appreciates real men, with or without beards.
As an aside, I can’t stand those long “Duck Dynasty” beards. But, on a man who has the properly shaped face for it, a well-groomed beard can be handsome. Ditto for a mustache.