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2010-02-16 India-Pakistan

New generation of men in India shaving off mustaches

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Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-02-16 11:03|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Part of the reason is that the women there don't really like mustaches. Women's opinions being considered at all is a big change in attitudes.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-02-16 12:44|| 2010-02-16 12:44|| Front Page Top

#2 There are some very deep underlying psychologies to male facial hair, and the lack thereof. By 3,000 B.C., shaving was already well known in more urban societies, and in ancient Egypt, nobody could even enter the great temple at Karnak, from priest to Pharoah, from the 12th Century B.C., unless their entire body had been shaved of all hair.

As a rule, infants tend to shy away from facial hair, perhaps fearing masculine faces, yet tend to reflect the facial appearance of their fathers, to be more attractive to their fathers. Paradoxical.

Even in the modern era in the US, facial hair was alternatively required and prohibited with strong social sanctions as late as World War I, and to some extent still exists, more as fashion than for conformity reasons.

It has even been noted that women tend to be more attracted to "masculine men" as they approach the most fertile part of their menstrual cycle, but with the use of birth control pills, they tend to be more attracted to less masculine men throughout the month.

Males also vary considerably in their levels of testosterone, dihydrotestosterone, and other androgen that regulate hair growth. During time of conflict, they assume that masculine appearance is related to fighting ability, so a bigger beard, for example, means a better fighter.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-02-16 15:14|| 2010-02-16 15:14|| Front Page Top

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