MonkderDritte@feddit.de to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoThe real reason men grow beardswww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareglimse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoAppealing to prospective partners is not why I have a beard. Improving my standing with other men is not why I have a beard. I have a beard because…I like it. It’s for me. I was clean shaven for a year for a job and hated it so much I quit.
minus-squareMonkderDritte@feddit.deOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-25 months agoThere can be other, individual reasons especially for “like”, but that and “beauty” have a strong link to evolution. For example, a wolf wouldn’t find a bowl of fruits beautiful.
minus-squareMonkderDritte@feddit.deOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-25 months agoWhat do you think exists “like” and “beauty” for?
Appealing to prospective partners is not why I have a beard. Improving my standing with other men is not why I have a beard.
I have a beard because…I like it. It’s for me. I was clean shaven for a year for a job and hated it so much I quit.
There can be other, individual reasons especially for “like”, but that and “beauty” have a strong link to evolution. For example, a wolf wouldn’t find a bowl of fruits beautiful.
What do you think exists “like” and “beauty” for?