Growing popularity of beards

[ajax]

Next up? Women. Stop shaving legs, face and armpits. We will then arrive to this glorious end:

[Juliet]

As long as it is cared for and not the result of negligence, a beard is hot.

[RocknRoll]

I love nice, full, trimmed beards on men. It’s something no tranny can pull off, so I know I am talking to a real man, not an FTM tranny.

You sure about that?

[Allison]

I love nice, full, trimmed beards on men. It’s something no tranny can pull off, so I know I am talking to a real man, not an FTM tranny.

You sure about that?

She’s a tranny, really?

[Original_Intent]

I always liked having a beard, because I'm trying to be more like Jesus.

I feel the same way about my long hair.

[abijah`]

roughly half the men in my ysa ward have facial hair

[mudflap]

I had a bacterial infection years ago on my cheek and had to stop shaving for a few weeks while it healed. My wife said she liked my face better unshaved. Said it made me look more distinguished. That was about 8 years ago; had one ever since. My mom hates it. Too bad. I'd like it longer- like the "diesel brothers", but my wife likes it much shorter. I have red hair, so I think it looks cool.

I mean, you can't build a log cabin without a beard, right?

No one in our current bishopric has a beard, but the last one did. They all look like boys, but are all very good men. Our bishop is Japanese, so I'm not sure he can even grow a beard.

[RocknRoll]

I love nice, full, trimmed beards on men. It’s something no tranny can pull off, so I know I am talking to a real man, not an FTM tranny.

You sure about that?

She’s a tranny, really?

Yup. That would be Chaz Bono. Used to be Chastity Bono. Daughter of Sony and Cher.

[Allison]

Just correcting what amounted to a terrible thread drift. But I do believe that one advantage of the beard movement is that it goes against androgeny and also makes it harder for the tranny insanity to pull it off.

[gigarath24]

The culture of the church is so weird sometimes.

[BeNotDeceived]

Just correcting what amounted to a terrible thread drift. But I do believe that one advantage of the beard movement is that it goes against androgeny and also makes it harder for the tranny insanity to pull it off.

What does DNA testing reveal

[Allison]

That there are two non-negotiable genders?

[David13]

That there are two non-negotiable genders?

That there are two non-negotiable genders.

Period. Not question mark.
dc

[Allison]

That there are two non-negotiable genders?

That there are two non-negotiable genders.

Period. Not question mark.
dc

Lol! I was trying to understand what he was saying! I totally agree with you.

[Silver Pie]

So what of this nonsense of clean shaven to work in the Temple or to have much of a calling. What is it supposed to be.

A get-out-of-jail-free card for men who have no desire to be a bishop, stake president, or temple worker (though leadership roulette could mess that up).

[Silver Pie]

A lot of the wives want the men to grow beards, or so I am told.
dc

When I was younger, I noticed that some men looked better with a beard, mustache, or both and some looked worse. My opinion is that if a man wants to grow it, he should. I would not have expected my husband to tell me what length to grow my hair or what color/style to have it, so why should I think I have the right to NOT give him the same respect?

[Silver Pie]

Plus I look more my age with my graying beard.

Yeah, without a beard, you'd look 21-25 (not kidding).

[Silver Pie]

From my understanding there was a period when facial hair and longer hair for men were considered rebellious, and this is when the trend ran counter to what it had previously about beards being more distinguished.

Yes. It started in the early 1960s, I think, and was in full swing for my youth. It was a reaction to the hippies.

[Silver Pie]

What does DNA testing reveal

It can reveal more than you might think (paragraph broken up by me):

Gender and Genetics
Genetic Components of Sex and Gender

Humans are born with 46 chromosomes in 23 pairs. The X and Y chromosomes determine a person’s sex.
Most women are 46XX and most men are 46XY.

Research suggests, however, that in a few births per thousand some individuals will be born with a single sex chromosome (45X or 45Y) (sex monosomies) and some with three or more sex chromosomes (47XXX, 47XYY or 47XXY, etc.) (sex polysomies).

In addition, some males are born 46XX due to the translocation of a tiny section of the sex determining region of the Y chromosome.

Similarly some females are also born 46XY due to mutations in the Y chromosome.

Clearly, there are not only females who are XX and males who are XY, but rather, there is a range of chromosome complements, hormone balances, and phenotypic variations that determine sex.

End of the quote.

[capctr]

I love nice, full, trimmed beards on men. It’s something no tranny can pull off, so I know I am talking to a real man, not an FTM tranny.

I believe the Brethren will eventually soften the policy on shaving when beards become more ubiquitous in our culture, and more distinguished, as they once were.

My(newly called)Bishop was bummed that he was going to “have to” shave his beard, but somebody in authority(no idea who) told him that he was under no obligation to do so. He is still sporting the beard.

[JohnnyL]

About 25% of the men in the last temple session had beards. 85% were bald/ balding. Correlation? No idea.