I Like To Play Dirty

Back at school, the boys i used to have crushes on are mostly clean-cut. So are the celebrities i fantasized over. Years later, i went to college and my taste remained the same.

Then i went to university and something must have happened somewhere because i started falling for scruffy men with facial hair (not moustache/full-on beard though. i still think it's a crime to have one). Come to think of it, i think only two of my friends agreed with at least one of my choices because the rest went on about how 'dirty' or 'messy' they look. One even asked me if Guy A's hair is smelly!

Since then, friends have been saying that i have a weird taste in men. But guess what? I don't have a weird taste in men. They do!

In a research conducted amongst 76 women (aged 18-44), the majority preferred men with stubbly chins than those with clean-shaven faces. In fact,

"Men with light beards were considered the most dominant. Those with light stubble were rated the most attractive and as the ideal romantic partner for the short or long term. Clean-shaven men finished bottom for masculinity, dominance, aggression, and social maturity, and they were the least favoured choice as a long-term partner. They came second-to-last for attractiveness.

Facial hair, or beardedness, is a powerful sociosexual signal, and an obvious biological marker of sexual maturity."

See? Told you my taste is awesome!