Women prefer men with stubble for love, sex and marriage

Telegraph ^ | 29/06/2008 | Roger Dobson

[george76]

Stubble is the way to win a woman’s heart, a study has shown. Researchers found that women are more attracted to men with stubbly chins than those with clean-shaven faces or full beards.

Women participating in the research rated men with stubble as tough, mature, aggressive, dominant and masculine - and as the best romantic partners, either for a fling or a long-term relationships.

The findings of the experiment, carried out on British women aged 18 to 44, could explain the appeal of actors such as George Clooney and Brad Pitt who cultivate their unshaven look.

The explanation for the preference is not clear, but experts in human evolution say that that facial hair may be a signal of aggression because it boosts the apparent size of the lower jaw, emphasising the teeth as weapons.

Psychologists at Northumbria University who carried out the new study believe that stubbly men may offer women the best worlds - not too strongly masculine, but mature and with the potential to grow a full beard.

The researchers carried out the study using computer technology to alter pictures of 15 men’s faces so that they displayed different degrees of hairiness.

The pictures were shown to 76 women who were asked to rate them

[george76]

How much did this study cost ?

Waste of money.

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[21twelve]

The guys down on skid row have known this for years!

(Hey - you think its easy being a bum? It’s tough trying to maintain a 3-day growth of beard. Unless of course you have one of them fancy trimmers - but no self-respecting bum would be caught dead with one of those yuppie contraptions!)

[Mr. Mojo]

The pictures were shown to 76 women who were asked to rate them

Young women? Facial stubble is "in" these days, and younger women are obviously far more influenced by fads than older women.

[Vermont Lt]

While I am sure I attracted my lovely wife with my stubble, it has been made very clear to me that if I want some fun, I had better shave.

[Coffee200am]

As long as the guy with stubble looks like a movie star...

[corkoman]

This disturbs me.

My stubble is WHITE and it makes me look OLD so no thanks.

Plus if I have >1 day growth I seem to want to touch my face a lot.

wait...

crap.

[saganite]

So you’re saying women prefer stubble bums?

[indylindy]

Well, it depends where the stubble is at. Preferably not on his back.

just kidding.

[MichiganConservative]

...but mature and with the potential to grow a full beard.

Don't most women look for the potential to grow a full beard in a man? This is a funny line.

I guess someone should tell Muslims that it's the potential for a full beard, not a full beard itself, that women are after.

[stylin_geek]

Of course women like men with stubble. It’s something they can change about the man they’re dating.....

[Bobkk47]

My stubble is WHITE and it makes me look OLD so no thanks.

"Just For Men" will fix that problem. I use it on my goatee, 5 minutes your done.

[Soliton]

Women prefer sleep. We are lucky that hormones keep them awake.

[bert]

American Idol proved it.

A kid who looked like he lived in a clothes drier with constant scruffy stubble beat out a cleancut kid for the prize.

[Pylon]

I have stubble on top of my head, does that count?

[Savage Beast]

My wife doesn’t like stubble on me; it scratches her face, and she is the only woman I care about attracting. She also doesn’t seem to think much of Clooney or Pitt either.

[corkoman]

Oh my. That’s the funniest saddest thought ever. You have an inspiring homepage.

[Carl LaFong]

That’s why Boxcar Willy was such a babe magnet.

[Soliton]

You have an inspiring homepage.

Thanks!

[river rat]

Any “man” who has to “cultivate” the unkempt look to appear sexy —— is metrosexual material....

A MAN doesn’t have to “cultivate” the stubble look...
A MAN looks unshaven because he hasn’t had the time or desire to shave...

Probably because he was too busy “servicing” a woman who enjoys a REAL man....

[beericus]

To shave, or not to shave? My lady never notices either way!!

[Abigail Adams]

Yup. Won’t let hubby near me if he hasn’t shaved!

[krunkygirl]

I think “rough” is yummy...

[Tanniker Smith]

I hear you!

(actually, I've heard her ...)

[tet68]

I have stubble cause finding a freshly broken bottle to shave with every day is too much trouble.

[traumer]

[clinkclink]

It’s probably just a quick check on a guy’s testosterone level. I don’t get it though. The guy’s do look like bums. It must be a throwback to an adolescent tendency to be attracted to “bad boys” or something.

[farfromhome]

exactly! And since it is stubble and not a full beard that means he has shaven fairly recently and won’t take that much convincing to make him shave again.

[headstamp 2]

“Fat, Stubble and Stupid is no way to go through life, son.”

[kbennkc]

Women prefer men with money . That stubble look says “Hey I am rich and do not need a job “.

[dawn53]

I think the look originated years ago with Clint Eastwood in the spaghetti westerns. He’s the culprit that started the “stuble” is masculine statement, IMHO.

[rellimpank]

-—guess it didn’t make much difference for Yassar Arafat-

[xDGx]

Good grief Moore makes Hillary look svelte :P

[maggief]

[Sherman Logan]

My wife is the only woman I care about attracting. She prefers about two day’s growth on me. Fine with me.

[rod1]

I knew there was a reason I forgot to shave today.

[IronJack]

Kind of ruins the theory behind all those Gillette ads ...

[Charles Martel]

It’s probably just a quick check on a guy’s testosterone level.

Yep. I've experienced that first-hand, too. In my freshman year of college, my weekend's worth of beard stubble turned the head of a girl to whom I had been invisible up 'til then. It was like she was replaced by her naughty twin sister.

And I had been annoyed that the Norelco shaver died on me. What luck! :-)

[Charles Martel]

Kind of ruins the theory behind all those Gillette ads ...

Yep... and the '60s Noxzema shave cream ad ("Take it off. Take it all off").

And numerous Burma-Shave roadside signs, such as:

DINAH DOESN'T
TREAT HIM RIGHT
BUT IF
HE'D SHAVE
DINAH-MITE!
Burma-Shave

Of course, these *are* advertisements.

[stravinskyrules]

Cheaper than a French tickler I guess....

[I got the rope]

Then why does my wife yell at me when I don’t shave?

[Timocrat]

Wow ! That guy must have fallen in the mixing vat at the Rogane factory.

[ken21]

i do ok

and i shave every 3 or 4 days.

[ottbmare]

Stubble looks sexy. But in practical application it hurts a woman's sensitive facial skin. I get completely torn up by a man who has stubble. Beards or smoothly-shaven faces are the way to go if you want some loving.

[Spok]

A poor substitute for brains, honor and compassion, but to each her own.

[krunkygirl]

not a substitute-—just part of the mix...

[sabe@q.com]

Are you talking about you or your wife?

[diggerwillow]

Now that was funny

[lilylangtree]

As a woman, all I can say is: “EEEEeeeewwwww!”

[Little Bill]

Remember back when we were young and "Killers of Men", the testosterone dripped off of us, I don't think that we had any problem attracting women, REMF's maybe.

40 years later I still can't grow a beard.