By The Art of Manliness
Published June 09, 2017 11:08am
The ability to grow a beard is what separates boys from men and except for a few rare instances of bearded ladies, men from women. Because itβs a uniquely masculine feature, facial hair has played an important role in forming our ideas about manhood. Today on the show, I talk to a cultural historian who specializes in the history of facial hair about the cultural, political, and religious history of the beard. His name is Christopher Oldstone-Moore and in his latest book Of Beards and Men he takes readers on a tour through the history of facial hair st...