The attractiveness of men with beards

It has nothing to do with fashions or men’s styles. We talked about how women are attracted to men with beards. Because? Many of our partner choices are due to our need to perpetuate ourselves over time as a species. It is a law to which it seems, like the rest of living beings, that we respond naturally. This way, One of the most powerful hypotheses is that a beard could be a sign of good genetics and, therefore, preferable..

Of course, then men and women add other ingredients to the preference equation. However, it is still curious that this aesthetic characteristic is an attractive element for women in a man’s face. Below we will tell you more!

Attraction to beards: pogonophilia

You may not remember this word when you finish reading the article, but you may feel identified with it. Pogonophilia is the selective attraction to men who have beards. Some may say that this is a trend of recent years and that for this reason actors, models and singers have decided not to shave anymore or wear a “shadow” for several days on their faces.

However, it is no less true that For hundreds of years, a beard – or the possibility of having one – has been one of the external signs that differentiates men from boys. In fact, most men with beards look a little older. Even if we take a look at mythology we will realize that many gods also had them.

In more recent times, advertising agencies appeared and the image of the bearded man-sex symbol did not stop growing. Pogonophilia is at its finest. In fact, many men today have blended into the stereotype of the woman who spends hours in front of the mirror and do the same retouching and polishing their beard.

What does your beard say about you?

The way we look can tell a lot about us. Perhaps you are not wearing a beard to “flirt” or to be confused with a Hollywood actor, but because you like it and think it looks good on you. But The hair on your face can generate all kinds of sensations in those around you.

Not only for women but also for other men. For example, in the business world it is likely that an executive who has a well-groomed beard is considered more professional than one with a “baby face”, since it conveys experience, skill and discipline to take care of his image. Especially when the executive is young, a beard can help him.

The beard is in turn a symbol of masculinity, something that a man has that a woman does not have. They are attracted to it and they cannot understand it. Did you know that if hair grows quickly it means that more male hormones (testosterone) are produced? It also gives a “mature” status because it allows one to appear more experienced.

Facial hair is related to strength, vitality and protection. Even though many ladies deny it, they are looking for a man who will take care of them in the face of danger, as happens in love stories and movies.

The beard as a symbol of experience and wisdom

The male image, like the female image, has evolved over the years. In the past, the beard that men wore was a sign of rudeness, of a strong and hard-working man who did not have time for a trifle such as grooming his appearance. It is also a sign of intelligence: The fact that Gandalf, in The Lord of the Rings, sports a long white beard is no coincidence.

We could say that The beard that many men wear today is a 2.0 version of that old beard. Currently they are short, homogeneous in the cut and full. So they look more like a brushstroke than a set of hairs placed in a random way.

This type of beard not only speaks of men who pay attention to their personal care, but also speaks of having some ability to do it or enough money to pay someone for said task. Two positive points that add to the assessment of any potential partner.

If we go to the literature, we find that a study by the University of Wales, published in the journal Evolution & Human Behavior, confirms that The beard is a characteristic of the physical appearance that most women like.

351 women participated in the study, who were presented with four photographs of 177 heterosexual men. In each of these images, the men appeared with different levels of beard: without, five days, another ten days, and in the last one, with a beard of many days.

Barnaby J. Dixon and Robin C., those responsible for the research, studied the women’s reactions to the different photographs and concluded that “an intermediate level of beard, about ten days old, is more attractive”. They also concluded that a man with a full beard was less attractive, but that, nevertheless, they could be perceived as “better fathers”, since the beard offered the image of a man “protective of his family.”

The study goes as far as that, since the researchers do not offer a single hypothesis that could lead to these results. The evolutionary hypothesis may be one of the ones that makes the most sense, but it is no less true that the evidence supporting it in this case is non-existent. So, we ask you, dear reader, Why do you think women like men with beards more?

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