Cross: Taking it on the chin – Yes, beards continue to polarize us

What is this pogonophilia trend?
The current fashion trend of pogonophilia, the cultivation and admiration of beards and the people growing them – from pogon, Greek for beard – is polarizing. Pogonophobia is its opposite, the dislike of beards and the people behind them. There is no middle ground.
And it is a fuzzy world out there. Over the centuries there has been an ebb and flow in clip or grow. Alexander the Great banned the beard so it could not be grabbed in battle. The Romans i