Do women actually like beards on their men?

You know, I'm noticing a distinct lack of women responding in this thread. Could we get some more women telling is if they like beards or not, and why?

I am not going to advice anything to anyone, people are free to do what they think is best, I merely provide information and my own thoughts and reasons. And why PM's? I find this topic is very relevant to the discussion, personal hygiene is a huge part of the beard vs no beard discussion.

About bacteria found in facial hair, also relevant to scalp hair:

www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3067622/How-filthy-beard-Study-claims-facial-hair-contain-faeces-dirty-toilet-not-experts-agree.html
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www.inquisitr.com/1920794/beards-are-unhygienic-as-they-carry-bacteria-and-spread-infection-claims-trichologist/

A regular razor would cut up my face. My beard hairs are curly so using a razor would be a mess with razor bumps, cuts, and my face all red. It would be more high maintenance to do that than to let it grow; if and only if I had any desire to shave my face. My scalp does not have this problem so I buzz/shave it with no hassle.

Don't worry I don't mind if filthy men want to post in this topic, be interesting to see how both men and women perceive beards, what men think of their beards and what they think women think of their beards and what women actually think of beards.

I am not talking about the germs on the skin, they are there already, whether you shave or not. However, the beard has all the properties of a sponge, it has a very big surface area in a relatively compact shape. This simply adds a lot of extra space for the skin bacteria to grow - also because it is much harder to remove thanks to the skin blocking washing attempts-, and other germs that find their way into the beard by food (You'd be amazed by the tiny wildlife that exists on proper food) and other bodily liquids like snot, spit etc.

The cause for smelly armpits is bacteria shit, hairy armpits are magnitudes more smelly simply because the bacteria that already naturally occurs there spreads over the hair and increases it numbers dramatically, therefore creating more smelly bacteria excrement. Thats a scientific and well known fact.  Its simply much more living space for them. This is not exclusive to armpit hair or that kind of bacteria, so the logical conclusion is that facial hair has very similar effects. And it is backed by scientists who said that facial hair lends itself especially well to capture and house bacteria.

Beards may not be the germs version of Pandora's box but they are definitely much less clean simply by design and physics. Beard is lots of extra stuff to keep clean, in an area that is not very clean, and its hard to clean.


I use it every other day, last time I shaved my beard was during a weight lifting break when I noticed that I forgot to shave. My break last exactly 4 minutes and finished well in time. It probably takes me 2 minutes to finish it, maybe less. My face is not a pizza.

No, read my source again, they claimed they found way more bacteria.  And even ignoring science completely, you cannot ignore logics and physics. Stuff gets stuck in beards more easily, skin stuff gets stuck in beard above it, stuff has germs on it, germs are in beard. Skin is is smooth surface, stuff does not get stuck in it nearly as much as in rough course hair ball, skin is cleaner. You cannot deny these facts.  Smooth surfaces with little surface area are always much cleaner and easier to clean than sponge-like surfaces with tons of surface area. 


Wait, you are actually complaining about shaving with an electronic hair trimmer yet you go through all this cleaning procedure no problem?

Whats easier and more throughly to clean and keep clean: bare skin, or skin with lots of hair on it? So if you are shaved its much easier to keep your skin clean. My scalp is definitely much harder to clean than my face, or any other bare skin on my body, and its less curly and rough than facial hair. 

My experience is that the beard tends to be hit or miss with women. Either they love it or hate it.

Or maybe it's just me they love or hate. I don't know =P

I dunno I can't really comment on the cleanliness of beards however it does seem like a conversation that really isn't going anywhere due to both of you citing different studies that both have different findings and in all honesty if I look up the same topic I seem to get a lot of contradicting sources as well, without having done the tests myself and I can't really say which ones are accurate and to be honest these days it is very hard to know which studies to trust or what biases those conducting the study may hold. I find a lot of studies these days are mostly done to prove a certain hypothesis and aren't as thorough as they should be focusing only on methods that provide a result favorable to the hypothesis they are trying to prove while ignoring any data that does not.

However whether a beard is more hygienic than no beard is not the point, I am guessing the reason you have a beard has less to do with maintenance and hygiene and more to do with the fact that you just like having a beard, am I correct? You don't have to justify your beard to anyone, if you like having a beard and think you look good with a beard then that is all that matters.

Short beard or stubble is okay, style can vary. Longer beard can suit its owner but I am not in favor.

Mostly no. Stubble and a light amount of hair looks good, but a lot of thick hair is a no to me. 

This is attractive: 




This, not so much: 


  

Though it may really just depend on how well kept it is, but I'm not to keen on kissing someone with a well kept beard. 

Wow really? Mostly included that one as a joke, is it the style of the beard in particular that looks good or is it the guy himself that looks attractive and manages to pull off the beard but would look better if he went with just gold old fashioned stubble or a less elaborately groomed beard?