Thursday, June 26, 2008

Facial Hair

Facial hair....
Some time, a long time ago, when a pre-civilzed man was flakin stones to make tools, he discovered that he could shave the hair off his skin... in fact, Im sure that this became a test for the quality of the blade being made. The shaving most likely started on the arm, and as blade making continued, and arm hair was depleted, the shaving migrated to the face. I'm sure some of the benefits were instantly apperent... cooler on a hot day.... less places for fleas to hide. Some benefits that may have been a bit more subtle could have been that a clean shaven man looks more like a little boy or a woman than an adult man. In a less sofisticated culture, a man that looks less like man, and more like a little boy or a woman, could approach closer to the women, and successfully hang out with the women....later, as civilization progressed, advances in animal husbandry were made, and it was learned that a male animal could be made gentle by removing its testicles. A gentled animal was easier to ride or manage. An other product of civilization is the dividing people into classes.... at some point, a deliniation between feral or wild men and "gentled" men was made. The Gentled men or Gentelmen, being easier to ride and manage are told apart from the wild men by the lack of facial hair.
just some thoughts.. more on this.

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