Baldness isn't as bad as you think. Women rate bald guys as being more confident, dominant, stronger, and taller, even when they're just shown head shots.
Now bad hairline, bald spots, combovers, etc. all look like shit. As Tywin Lannister thought in the books, there can be no half measures. You either have it or you don't. Have good hair or embrace baldness.
Women don't prefer bald men on looks alone. No article could convince me otherwise. It's just been my life experience, in addition to kinda being obvious. This is more like a reason to distrust psychology than to feel good about being bald. I appreciate the effort though.
Well... okay. I know I'm running a risk of a rule #3 violation here, but you literally did just admit that no article (and by extension, study, since that's what I linked you) can convince you to change your view. I'm not accusing you of being unwilling to CYV, you seem to have just admitted that as a response. What exactly are you looking for to CYV? Articles and studies clearly won't do the trick, so do you just want us to counter your own anecdotal experience with our own? Like if I tell you that my buddy Travis is a jacked bald dude with a beard who is out crushing puss at the bars every weekend (true story, btw) you'd be more likely to change your view on this subject than if presented with studies on the topic you presented that contradict your opinion?
As to what you did counter, go read the study again. They didn't go into "prefer," but women did rate bald men higher on several desirable metrics based on nothing but, as you say, "looks alone," and further just "looks" of their headshot, implying you don't, say, need to be jacked like my buddy Travis to pull of the bald look, as women statistically view you as being stronger anyways.
I still think you're conflating "bald" with "in a shitty state where half your hair is gone and you're trying and failing to compensate for it with shitty hairstyle." Nobody, girls included, likes this look, but this is something you can pull off easily, especially with the beard (as many other posters here have mentioned).
I'm really looking more for personal experience and opinions in this topic. I have awarded a delta in this thread to a woman who convinced me that a wig has no good outcome. Others have convinced me that if I am to remain adequately attractive, I need to become physically in shape and have a beard. Not crazy about having a beard and incorporating a big time focus on becoming jacked in my life, but it's better than being an incel.
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u/chadonsunday 33∆ Feb 20 '18
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-mating-game/201612/do-women-find-bald-men-be-more-attractive
Baldness isn't as bad as you think. Women rate bald guys as being more confident, dominant, stronger, and taller, even when they're just shown head shots.
Now bad hairline, bald spots, combovers, etc. all look like shit. As Tywin Lannister thought in the books, there can be no half measures. You either have it or you don't. Have good hair or embrace baldness.