Beards? Sexy or Not?

[JackLuis]

I was reading my Leftist Wingnut Blogger today and ran across an article that was germane to a story I'm plotting. The question is about beards, male and female I guess.

The time is 2350 BC in Mesopotamia. The Ne-Lugal (King) is a young man, his foil is a young shepherd who is made a "Lord" due to a service he renders the King.

Of course the story is about sex andd I have been wondering if Ashkinobinknobi, aka Knobi, the King, should have a beard or be clean shaven.

I have a similar problem with the young women in the Harem.

While there is evidence for the existence of razors in that time frame, there is also evidence that rulers sported full curly beards. Humm....?

Anyway, Wonkette had this about Paul Ryan's beard and I wondered if ladies would advise me if either viewpoint had any merit?

Wingnut Ladygasms All Over Paul Ryan’s Beard


Is a full curled beard too much, or is a scruffy stubble enough to be sexy?

 

[Iceprincess12]

5 o'clock shadow is very sexy. Full beard...not for me, but if it's more appropriate for the times and you want authenticity, go with the beard.

I think Bear Gryllis shaves with a sharpened knife (made that up)...maybe he could use something like that.

 

[Desiretobedesir]

Sexy! Beards are sexy. Scruff/stubble is sexy. Basically any facial hair is sexy. Except for a mustache, I think those are creepy lol

 

[sr71plt]

Well, I've banked on a trimmed beard being sexy since I raised one to play King Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar in 1977 and have kept it ever since. And I also am aroused by a five o'clock shadow. Long and straggly, though, no.

 

[SamScribble]

I think that I was about 19 when I first grew a beard. A year or two later, I trimmed it so that I looked a bit like Acker Bilk (although taller) – or maybe (Noel) Paul Stookey (he of Peter, Paul & Mary).

At some stage – maybe ten years later – I shaved it off. Actually, it was a Sunday morning and I was trimming it. The trimming got more and more severe until there was no beard left. My then-wife laughed. And I immediately let it grow back.

A week or so into the regrowth period, I ran into a woman I’d known from university days. ‘Are you growing a beard?’ she asked.

‘I am,’ I said.

‘I can’t imagine what you’d look like with a beard,’ she said. (In fact, she’s never seen me without a beard.)

That was at least 40 years ago. There have been no complaints since – even though, for some mysterious reason, the brown with a hint of red has turned to a stark white. Oh, well.

Now … what was your question?

 

[NaokoSmith]

I saw this Chanel advert a little while back, and I wondered at the time what you guys would think.

Is the girl with the moustache sexy?

http://www.spottedfashion.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/20131016-103204.jpg

 

[NotWise]

Is the girl with the moustache sexy?

Totally not for me, but then some people think that guys with boobs are sexy

And why do you think that's a girl?

 

[sr71plt]

And why do you think that's a girl?

That's a good question.

 

[submit4pleasure]

Super sexy! The longer the better...

 

[Lori_the_Hoosier]

Nope, not ever; I have very sensitive skin, and there are places I definitely don't need stubble-burn (snicker!), so hubby keeps himself smoothly planed-off - besides, when he does sprout stubble, he looks like a badly mowed lawn, all these odd clumps and tuffets appear from nowhere, so for the sake of my skin and his personal vanity, he stays clean-shaven and baby-soft.

 

[ishtat]

2350 BC is around the time that the Akkadians, particularly under Sargon the Great conquered Sumer. The Akkadians including their kings are usually shown on Cylinder seals and bas reliefs as having long flowing beards. However, some older depictions of Sumerians (the black headed people) show them as clean shaven - though what they shaved with is a bit of a mystery because this was a bronze age society and bronze would not give much of an edge.

The consederably older legend of Gilgamesh and Dumuzi says that Dumuzi a wild shepherd was rough and hairy. (note the biblical parallel Esau). Possibly that might infer that sheherds and farmers went unshaven whilst the more 'civilized' upper classes shaved?

As your story will include sex will it also involve the traditional ritual of temple prostitution?

 

[NaokoSmith]

And why do you think that's a girl?

I guess it's the pose, the clothes. Plus if Chanel were going to use a ladyboy in their adverts, I think they'd make it more obvious.

As your story will include sex will it also involve the traditional ritual of temple prostitution?

Oh no! don't feed him another plot bunny!

 

[lovecraft68]

My wife likes my goatee with the mustache, but for some reason doesn't like me with a full beard.

As for on women...look back at seventies and eighties porn, a lot of hair down there was the norm, then at some point women started shaving it smooth or leaving just the little 'hitler' now when you see a woman with a full bush it seems odd.

 

[RacyRedLips]

Interesting article. However, IMO, that's not a beard. It's a healthy 5 o'clock shadow.

My ex-husband could shave before he went to bed and wake up looking like he hadn't put a razor to his face in days.

To be easily identifiable, men in Mesopotamia supposedly had distinct hairstyles too. I wonder if they groomed their long beards with hot tongs like the Ancient Greeks....

If the King is a young man, I'd read well with him having scruffy stubble, yet, just as keen on a long-curly beard because of my appreciation for well written erotica set in ancient/historical times.

 

[SusanJillParker]

Definitely beards are sexy, especially full, bushy mustaches, if you know what I mean.

"Oh, my God! It's as if you have a thousand fingers down there with that bushy mustache."

 

[RedHeadRedWolf]

Call me a king. I can grow a beard sitting at a red-light.

Interesting article. However, IMO, that's not a beard. It's a healthy 5 o'clock shadow.

My ex-husband could shave before he went to bed and wake up looking like he hadn't put a razor to his face in days.

To be easily identifiable, men in Mesopotamia supposedly had distinct hairstyles too. I wonder if they groomed their long beards with hot tongs like the Ancient Greeks....

If the King is a young man, I'd read well with him having scruffy stubble, yet, just as keen on a long-curly beard because of my appreciation for well written erotica set in ancient/historical times.

 

[AKentuckyLady]

5 o'clock shadow, full grown and nicely trimmed or anything in between - absolutely.

Thin, scraggly, with this morning's eggs in it? Nah. Pass.

 

[TxRad]

Mustache rides twenty five cents.

 

[Gorza]

"It gives me something to hang on to. Woof!" -- Lord Flashheart.

Do I have to provide YouTube links to videos of Lord Flashheart and to the Pioneers of the Foreign Legion again?

For men to make a personal style choice about how to wear their facial is relatively modern. Through most of history, what we now call style was an indicator of status and identity. Sumptury laws were passed in late-antique Byzantium and post-Black-Death England to define what one could and couldn't wear. Societal chaos was expected if one dressed as one wished. At the reign of Charlemagne, the moustache was symbol of a noble warrior. Peasants and clergy were forbidden moustaches, the latter forced to shave to distinguish themselves from the populace. The perfect beard was a sign of virility, which no good king could be without. My Assyrian winged bull avatar has an intricately curled one. Pharaohs wore perfect cones descending from their chin. False beards and chin wigs were necesary when the expectation placed on a liege lord's facial hair was so high that only artifice could suffice. And power is always sexy!

 

[Handley_Page]

I saw this Chanel advert a little while back, and I wondered at the time what you guys would think.

Is the girl with the moustache sexy?

http://www.spottedfashion.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/20131016-103204.jpg

Like a plate of cold chips.

If I recall right, ancient Mesopotamian men had full beards; at lease their statues did.

To my mind, a lot depends upon the shape of the face and the beard.

 

[EquinoxRising]

I find beards extremely sexy!

 

[Gorza]

Some statues of Queen Hatshepsut show her wearing a false beard. She couldn't wield power without the tuft!

 

[Sammael Bard]

Is the girl with the moustache sexy?

http://www.spottedfashion.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/20131016-103204.jpg

That Chanel photograph is sorta....weird. I'd rather prefer that my girl has this:

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQjRTpJ4-49DuvFYhyJ0qTH3eMHfly0K7ZOvFWl3BSZb_lrsLEmfuaCcri0

instead of the real thing.

 

[TxRad]

That Chanel photograph is sorta....weird.

All three look like refugees from The Living Dead. Somebody needs to feed them.

 

[Gorza]

I saw this Chanel advert a little while back, and I wondered at the time what you guys would think.

Is the girl with the moustache sexy?

http://www.spottedfashion.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/20131016-103204.jpg

It's the Clark Gable look. I love it. Girls, put an M on it!