AMEN, BROTHER:

According to a recent survey we conducted using Qualtrics , and soon to appear in Archives of Sexual Behavior, men who choose to wear facial hair tend to value traditional gender roles more than men who choose to be clean-shaven. [...]

It is most widely believed that facial hair evolved to signal dominance between males, like a silverback gorilla's coat. Research across cultures, from the hills of Papua New Guinea to the streets of New York, confirms that a beard makes a man appear older, more masculine, stronger and more aggressive.

In Victorian times facial hair was common among the male aristocracy. 

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