Men With Beards Are More Attractive And Flirt More, According To A Study
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The beard is a trend and there are already many men who sport it, each one faithful to their personal style. The fashion has reached such a point that many hairdressers and barbershops have joined the bandwagon and offer endless services for trimming, styling and grooming beards.
According to Félix, owner of a chain of hairdressers and barbershops in the province of Barcelona, “The trend of growing a beard is closely linked to fashion, and it is greatly influenced by the styling of famous people, such as athletes or actors. But an also very important factor for this trend to have emerged with such force is that Today’s man has more time for leisure and to take care of himself The beard fashion began to become popular in magazines and television. But it has also been a boom for the diversity of different styles adapted to each person.”
Facial hair, according to Felix, denotes personality and a creative mind.
Hippies, hipsters, Übersexuals…
It is possible to guess the “urban tribe” just by looking at the thickness of the beard. In general, the densest beards correspond to aesthetic ones hipster , hippie chic either ubersexual and they look rude
Mustaches are also back in fashion after two decades in which only José María Aznar and a select few wore them shamelessly. There has even been a trend of growing a mustache for a month to fight prostate cancer.
What are the advantages of having a beard?
Among the reasons why many men in this era we are living in have decided to grow their beards, several stand out. aesthetic and psychological motivations Men who grow beards flirt more: women consider them more virile, attractive and physically strong compared to shaved men. This has been proven by a scientific study. But there is more.
1. You will flirt more
“Having a two-week beard makes men be considered much more attractive by women,” highlight psychologists Barnaby Dixon and Bob Brooks. The experiment that led to this conclusion was carried out at the University of South Wales and published in Evolution & Human Behavior.
Furthermore, other research carried out at Northumbria University and published in Personality and Individual Differences provided a curious conclusion: “People who have their faces shaved They have fewer attributes associated with masculinity and appear more docile ”.
2. Greater status and authority
A study coordinated by Paul Vasey and Barnaby Dixson came to this surprising (or not) conclusion. They photographed a series of participants, first with beards and then shaved, showing facial expressions of anger and happiness. Afterwards, they showed the images to a group of men of different nationalities, who They judged those who wore beards as stronger and with greater social prestige
3. They will see you as more mature
“The facial hair makes other people consider the person wearing it to be older than they really are Specifically, they tend to be perceived as two years older than they are,” explains Ángel Barbero, one of the main promoters of the initiative. Movember.
4. Wearing a beard is a sign of excellent health
A study published in the journal Science and which was led by evolutionary biologists Marlene Zuk and William Hamilton concluded that Wearing a beard is a way to demonstrate good health Apparently, this is explained because, historically, facial hair was a source of parasites and infections. Men who wore beards were considered stronger and more resilient as they defied the harmful health effects associated with it.
Many men grow facial hair to hide skin imperfections, unsightly marks or any asymmetry in the jaws It’s not that sporting a beard makes you irresistible, but it can work in your favor.
