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- From: xenon@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu
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- Subject: Re: Beards vs. Make-up
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.223139.2658@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 17:31:38 GMT
- Article-I.D.: drycas.1992Nov23.223139.2658
- References: <1992Nov22.114245.2638@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu> <By5zs1.H4s@iai.kfk.de> <1erdm1INNs0b@gap.caltech.edu>
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- In article <1erdm1INNs0b@gap.caltech.edu>, thogek@cco.caltech.edu (Thomas G. Kiefer) writes:
- >
- > In article <1992Nov22.114245.2638@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu> xenon@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu writes:
- >>why do *some* men allow their beards to grow? Perhaps because they
- >>perceive a beard to be *attractive* to women (or they think it improves
- >>their looks, which amounts to the same thing) and thus having a beard
- >>becomes very similar to women wearing makeup. i.e. for the purpose of
- >>attraction.
-
- OOOps! You got the attribution wrong. I didn't write that, and don't agree
- with it. I've had a beard for about 99.9% of my adult life, and while it is
- true that I look better with it, the main reason I grew it is because I detest
- shaving.
-
- Incidentally, I also prefer women without makep. Heavy makeup is especiallyy
- gross, and in some circles there seems to be almost an inverse correlation
- between the attractiveness of a woman and the amount of makeup used (a la Tammy
- Faye Bakker... blech...)
-
- - xenon
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