The "Beard" Trend

[JohnnyAnger]

As long as you don't look like Fidel Castro's little brother.

Well I don't have any photos of the last few months of beard growth(before I was made to shave it off), but I hate to break it to you I was a ginger Fidel.

 

[Native Son]

Well I don't have any photos of the last few months of beard growth(before I was made to shave it off), but I hate to break it to you I was a ginger Fidel.

And that makes it more attractive?

 

[Native Son]

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[JohnnyAnger]

And that makes it more attractive?

Probably not! It did mean I never had to carry ID to bars/shops though...

 

[Native Son]

Probably not!

Thank you.

 

[Benvolio]

To me it is like the switch from speedos to trunks down past the knees, or baggy jeans instead of tight ones. It seems like a decision not to look attractive. Are men trying to look less gay?

 

[Telstra]

lol, short is ok but long and bushy looks dirty and look like terrorists

 

[Alnitak]

To me it is like the switch from speedos to trunks down past the knees, or baggy jeans instead of tight ones. It seems like a decision not to look attractive. Are men trying to look less gay?

Not really because facial hair is not a modesty issue, but you are right that male modesty today reflects backlash against gay normalization however subconscious it is. Growing up guys were never naked in the locker room for more than a second or two. Some even changed in the stalls.

 

[blackbeltninja]

Wow. Trimmed beard + modern briefs = could work.

The gay guy from Big Brother Canada has it. He's really cute, but would look better without it.

Amish beard + Granddad's 1940s y-front briefs = appalling.

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-d-

 

[geloge]

You're biased in your love of beards because you live in España!!!

The Castilian men you're amongst can and do grow some the best beards in Europe! They tend to have strong, manly jawlines, and thick, even, full facial-hair growth.

I'd hazard a guess you'd be hard-pressed to find hombres throughout the Iberian Peninsula with "ugly beards!"

I've meet several guys who claim they can't grow decent bears, but I still prefer facial hair to not facial hair at all.

Amish beard + Granddad's 1940s y-front briefs = appalling.

/$0.02

-d-

That's not really his best picture

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[G-Lexington]

^ Hey, I think he plays lacrosse for my team.

Lex

 

[geloge]

^ Should I move to Colorado and join to your team?

 

[G-Lexington]

Well, that depends. Our back-up goalie used to look the same way...

But he wasn't playing well at all, so he hacked it off.

Lex

 

[Gentleheart]

These days whenever I see a guy with a beard I just assume that he's gay until proven straight.

But why do people always have to assume that people grow beards to hide their gayness or lack of masculine mannerisms?
If that's the case then doesn't that go for gays that work out as well? Why do you hate your weak gay body so much? What are you trying to cover up with all those muscles?
...asks no one to the 93% of gay men that go to the gym to alter their physique to fit whatever masculine ideal they have in their head.

Oh, but nooooo...you've got it all wrong.

They work out/go to the gym to "stay healthy" and physically fit.

 

[borg69unimatrix]

Well, that depends. Our back-up goalie used to look the same way...

Lex

^^^^
He looks like Christian Bale to me in this picture.

 

[G-Lexington]

These days whenever I see a guy with a beard I just assume that he's gay until proven straight.

You'd do terrible here in Denver, then. The vast majority of guys here with longer beards are straight. A good chunk are in folk-rock-Americana bands, and the rest are simply enjoying the bearded lifestyle.

Lex

 

[Paws]

Our local newspaper just has an article about how young guys with nearly no facial hair want to achieve the hipster look with hair transplantation. It pisses me off that the newspaper reduces it to the hipster look and doesn't understand the whole gay bear subculture.

 

[G-Lexington]

Is that something one sees in bear culture, though? Guys getting facial hair transplants? After all, there do seem to be a fair chunk of "bear chasers" that aren't hairy, and they generally seem to be part and parcel of the bear world. I haven't heard of guys actively getting work done to look like bears.

Lex

 

[borg69unimatrix]

Our local newspaper just has an article about how young guys with nearly no facial hair want to achieve the hipster look with hair transplantation. It pisses me off that the newspaper reduces it to the hipster look and doesn't understand the whole gay bear subculture.

Is that something one sees in bear culture, though? Guys getting facial hair transplants? After all, there do seem to be a fair chunk of "bear chasers" that aren't hairy, and they generally seem to be part and parcel of the bear world. I haven't heard of guys actively getting work done to look like bears.

Lex

This also says nothing for the lesbians with facial hair, and what their motives are.

 

[geloge]

Well, that depends. Our back-up goalie used to look the same way...

But he wasn't playing well at all, so he hacked it off.

Lex

I suppose the beard made some kind of resistence with air when running