It seems that there is no strict demarcation between the genders in the present times. Both the genders are doing things which characteristically belonged to other gender. People from both the genders are also breaking stereotypes more often than not. Now, you can easily see that there are woman who are also sporting beards. If we look at the history, we will find that women used to wipe out their facial hairs. People would not approve facial hairs on female as did not look good on them.
When you see women with facial hairs, it looks as awkward as seeing a man with breasts. But some hormonal imbalances have forced some women to have beard. The biological quirk have thrown them in a position to have beard. Some of them are busy shaving them to sport traditional look of a woman. While, there are also some women who do not want change what is natural to them. These women are embracing their facial hairs and they are not apologetic about it. The beard on women are result of polycystic ovary syndrome.
Polycystic ovary syndrome is a case where there is hormonal imbalance in women. As per estimates, the polycystic ovary syndrome affects 5 to 10 per cent of women and girls. This hormonal imbalance cause a lot of other problems as well. The problems include irregular periods, weight gain, acne, and excess facial and body hair.
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There are some women who are unapologetic about them having beards. Rose Geil is one of them who is having beards and she opens up about it. “I definitely feel feminine since I’ve grown my beard and it has very little to do with physical appearance it’s all about my attitude giving myself the freedom to be exactly who I am, because of that I definitely feel womanly, I feel sexy,” Rose said.
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Women like Rose only get to know that they are different and having hormonal imbalance when they hit puberty. Puberty is also a stage when adolescents are confused and angst-ridden most of the time. It is also a time when the teenagers want it to pass very quickly and they want to come out good out of this. But, women who are having beards find it very difficult to cope with it.
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If we talk about Rose and decision to keep beards, she has received an overwhelming reaction on social media so far. If we go by the history, social media has been very cruel to people and trolls don’t spare people.
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But, contrary to the popular beliefs, the internet responded very positively about Rose’s appearance with beards. Some of them also offered to marry Rose. “Some of them get a little carried away, marriage proposals, offering plane tickets to come visit, inappropriate pictures you name it,” she said.
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There is one another lady who has unapologetically sported beard and her name is Harnaam Kaur. She has also spoken publicly about her decision to embrace the beard positively. She had facial hairs in abundance.
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Initially, Harnaam used to feel embarrassed because of the facial hairs. She even thought about ending her own life because of it. But, she gained a lot of confidence when she decided to throw the razor and embrace the beard. When Harnaam hit puberty at the age of 11, she started noticing that there is a lot more hair growing on her face. She had to face bully at school because of it.
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“I was so close to ending it all. As I battled with the voice in my head telling me to ‘do it’ I fought with all my soul and said ‘no I f***ing won’t. I woke up to [realize that] being called a bearded lady isn’t an insult at all. Bearded ladies are brave, strong, passionate, resilient, forgiving, compassionate, powerful, beautiful, empowered, courageous, kind, gregarious, sincere, sexy… Why wouldn’t I want to be one?” she said.
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However, there are more bearded ladies who are not biological women. Drag queen Conchita Wurst won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2014 and while doing so she caught the attention of the world bigtime. She appeared bearded in the contest and shocked many people across the globe. People were in doubts why a drag queen had chosen to keep the masculine feature.
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“I know that it’s something that you don’t see every day. But I created this bearded lady to show everybody that you just have one life and you better make it fabulous. And that’s just my own truth,” Wurst said.
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“I feel this stage persona and I felt more comfortable on stage [with a beard]. Besides that, I’m a member of the gay community and [growing up as a gay boy] in a small town wasn’t the most fun thing on Earth,” she added.
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Conchita used beards as he was a homosexual boy while growing up. He decided to keep the beard like the many women who embrace it unapologetically. "Over the years, I tried to fit in, and I changed myself in every way you can imagine because I just wanted to be part of the game, and then I realized that I create the game," Conchita said.
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Conchita is seen performing ‘Rise Like a Phoenix’ at the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest. The people who have sported beard are an inspiration to others. They have shown to the world that irrespective of what you have got, you should be happy in all the cases.
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