Do women prefer a man with facial hair or clean? Is there ever a consensus?
It may depend partly, as Lad said, on a given culture, but also probably could vary according to a woman's taste. For me, it depends. I generally prefer clean-shaven (including my hubby), but I think some men look better with beards. I've known men with let's just say a not-so-strong-looking jawline, where the beard helped it looked much better. I'm not a big fan of men wearing a mustache, but then again, some men look better with a mustache. (e.g. Tom Selleck, Clark Gable) Some men look good wither way: clean-shaven or with a beard. And I agree with what Nadir said about a "
prickly man."