Do You Like Guys With Facial Hair?

eaglach

This is something I've been thinking about recently. I saw an article about how women find men with beards to seem "older, more aggressive and less attractive". They also said "those with full beards were significantly more attractive when they were clean shaven". Link: http://www.skynews.com.au/offbeat/article.aspx?id=726491&vId=

Just wondering what the opinion is of other gay/bi guys out there. Do you think men with beards are unattractive? Personally I dont really like them, but its kind of a contradiction because on occassion I've been known to have a full beard. I think when I am clean shaven I look too young, but with a beard I feel more masculine! Sad, I know.

But my question is: would you prefer men to be clean shaven, with stubble, neat/styled beard or full blown beard?

AodhDub

I guess my order of preference would be:

1. Clean Shaven
2. Stubble
3. Single

Pacifist Pigeon

BEAR POWER!!

Barna77

Hell yes. Death to metrosexuals!

sierraecho

Tough one there, could have done with multiple choice.
For me it has to be a neat/trim beard or some stubble although some guys look better clean shaven.

TO_ARTHUR!

Ah, come on. It has to be clean shaven for me. I can't stand kissing a guy with stubble.

BuffyBot

Works for some, not for others...

Pacifist Pigeon

TO_ARTHUR! wrote: »

Ah, come on. It has to be clean shaven for me. I can't stand kissing a guy with stubble.

I find when you're kissing a guy, the scrapping of your stubble off the other guy's stubble adds extra sensualness, excitement and pleasure and enhances the awareness of the masculine attraction and bond between you both. Smooth clean-shaven faces are just bland and uninteresting.

I think gay guys who are attracted to more feminine guys prefer clean-shaven faces.

I mean, how could you say no?

TO_ARTHUR!

Nice pic Pacifist Pigeon. I know what you mean, like.
I mean, if i think the guy is good looking then yeah, i'll kiss him but i'm just not that into stubble on a lad, to be honest.

JupiterKid

I agree with Pacifist Pigeon. The feeling of stubble rubbing off stubble when kissing another guy is sexy.:)

My preference:

Stubble
Goatee
Clean-Shaven
Beard
Moustache

Aurongroove

the poll shouldn't really be one choice only; I would choose all options except for clean shaven.

can't help the way these things work, but I rarely ever 'clock' people who don't have facial hair. Not a fan of waxed/shaved chests either. The male form uses hair as a secondary sexual characteristic; so down with razors!.

JH_raheny

+1 to that

Pacifist Pigeon wrote: »

BEAR POWER!!

Rick_

I like guys with a well maintained beard or stubble, but clean shaven is nice too. A full on beard would be a bit of a turn off though.

bikeman1

For me it's definitely stubble. I love when my bf has some stubble, however as with me, we both have to be clean shaven for work, so it's only at the weekend that the stubble comes out!

I also agree with the feeling of kissing someone with stubble, its a great feeling if you ask me, feels like your kissing a MAN!! However a full bear beard is a not a turn on for me!

Each to there own!

brokenice

you'd eat your f**kin' dinner off it!

eaglach

Aurongroove wrote: »

the poll shouldn't really be one choice only; I would choose all options except for clean shaven.

I was thinking of making it multiple choice but thought one option might have given a more definitive result! First preference and all that...

jaydoxx

OK i voted for full beards, but only in regard to unstyled beards and of course to a certain limit of length, in general 2 inches long is where it starts becoming a less attractive (sorry all you ZZ tops out there:p).

But in general i prefer either bearded or clean shaven. Not really into anything inbetween. Stubble to me says you don't care or you care too much about your appearance (Those perma-stubble guys drive me mad:p). I'm also less attracted to styled beards, like chin straps, goatees, various moustache etc. There's either an air of vanity off them or they can't yet grow a full face of hair, like when i see a guy with a full beard of any length, i think "yeah he has enough testosterone for me" just that raw manly manliness i like:p But if its too long, theres not a chance. Just thinking of the logistics involved with a kiss from that much hair turns me off:pac:

So yeah, in order from most attractive to most sickening:p

1.full beard. assuming all above conditions are matched xDD
2.Shaven
3.neat beard
4.full beard thats too long:pac:
5.stubble
6.moustache
7.Soul patch:pac:

jupiterjack

the more hair the better..

Aurongroove

to help the clean shaven fans to understand here is an analogy:

Clean shaven is similar to flat beer or flat cola,
Stubble upwards is more carbonated.

jaydoxx

But the carbon gives you cancer..
And i prefer pepsi xD

Gadgie

jaydoxx wrote: »

But the carbon gives you cancer..
And i prefer pepsi xD

Pepsi is cola...

Rick_

Pepsi is disgusting...

I prefer Vanilla Coke!

Gadgie

Cherry coke is best.

Back on topic, it depends on the guy, but in general I love a nice beard!*

*except the wife/girlfriend variety

Dwn Wth Vwls

Beards for life! Love beards.

Stubble can be good, but sometimes it just gives you stubble rash when kissing.

Conor30

bikeman1 wrote: »

For me it's definitely stubble. I love when my bf has some stubble, however as with me, we both have to be clean shaven for work, so it's only at the weekend that the stubble comes out!

I also agree with the feeling of kissing someone with stubble, its a great feeling if you ask me, feels like your kissing a MAN!! However a full bear beard is a not a turn on for me!

Each to there own!

Ditto!:D

sleepwell

someone with stubble kissing my neck is beyond amazing.

LegacyUser

Neat beards are Totally Hot
I'm a slave for a bearded guy

1ZRed

Don't like beards but stubble would have to be one of the biggest turn ons for me and is a big reason why I mostly go for lads in their early 20s.

Can't beat lying on top of each other kissing, worn out after a hard session and biting his chin and rubbing stubble with him. ****ing hawt!

Tipperary animal lover

JH_raheny wrote: »

+1 to that

+2 BEAR POWER all the way......

Annasopra

1ZRed wrote: »

Don't like beards but stubble would have to be one of the biggest turn ons for me and is a big reason why I mostly go for lads in their early 20s.

Can't beat lying on top of each other kissing, worn out after a hard session and biting his chin and rubbing stubble with him. ****ing hawt!

Some guy that I kissed once got a rash from my stubble and his chin even bled :eek:

1ZRed

mango salsa wrote: »

Some guy that I kissed once got a rash from my stubble and his chin even bled :eek:

Yeah it can happen alright, though it's more common in girls, obviously But whenever I let my stubble grow (out of sheer laziness) I just have to throw a bit of moisturiser on to soften the hair.
Seems to do the job and makes it more enjoyable for him.

jaydoxx

Really? That sounds absolutely absurd! How do you put conditioner on stubble?

This is coming from a bearded man myself btw:P

1ZRed

jaydoxx wrote: »

Really? That sounds absolutely absurd! How do you put conditioner on stubble?

This is coming from a bearded man myself btw:P

Just a bit of that after shave balm/moisturiser. Makes everything smoother if it bothers anyone you're getting with.

Sure wouldn't stubble be rougher than a beard anyway?

jaydoxx

No sorry I misread. I thought you wrote that you conditioned your stubble, which I couldn't understand because I condition my beard but I have to grow it out a bit first obviously. I was just wondering if people were physically putting conditioner on their stubble:P