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[Vester]

It's not so much that they're not burdened.

It's like it's not an issue for them at all.

Pop one out, cancel job, pick it up, start job.

[HammerHand]

Whooooaaaa.  I did not mean to start a big debate or anything.  I was just being kinda silly.  Honest.

Re: Re: Ethnocentricity:  Yes, all races are ethnocentric.  It's very difficult not to be when surrounded by different ethnic groups.  Each race will obviously think their own way is best - that's why they do it their way, after all.  But yes, Dwarves are incredibly vocal about it.  Elves are vocal, too, but usually in a snooty, down-the-nose sort of way.  Dwarves are vocal about it in a loud, brash, in-your-face kind of way.  But I think that was covered already.

Re: Beards:  Yes, I'm fully aware that Dwarves are associated with beards (and, in some cases, that beards are associated with Dwarves).  However, that doesn't mean that the "usual" Dwarven beard is the one that they all have.  I see Dwarves as having a wide variety of beard styles, including some that involve rigourous shaving or trimming.  ... I also just see female dwarves spending all that time on the hair on their head, rather than any hair on their chins, which I don't really think they should have anyway.
Beards tl;dr:  Male Dwarves groom their beards because they're often bald on their head.  Female Dwarves groom their hair because they're often bald on their chin.  At least that's (one of) my take(s) on it. =P

[tigrex]

I've taken a few days to think about it, and I've decided I prefer beardless female dwarves. 

Not that the alternative is wrong, of course, but I can emphatise more with Urist when his wife isn't sporting a foot long beard.

Now whether male dwarves should be bald in compensation for their lavish beards is another matter entirely!

[Qjet]

If the dwarfs are supposed to be awesome, they should have beards. Intimidating women should suffer from beardism 

[Craftling]

I dont think Women could grow beards. The reason they can have children is the reason they cant get "much" facial hair.

[Vester]

I dont think Women could grow beards. The reason they can have children is the reason they cant get "much" facial hair.

Um... wombs?

[Dae]

I dont think Women could grow beards. The reason they can have children is the reason they cant get "much" facial hair.

Um... wombs?

Yep, don't forget there is no reason we should think dwarves and humans work the same way at all. They could have a different hormonal balance or even different hormones, we don't know.
For my part, when the next version comes out, I'm going to flip a coin. Heads, females can grow beard. Tails, they can't.

Whether they let it grow or not depends on Toady's way of making them "groom their cosmetic layer".

[G-Flex]

It's perfectly plausible to conceive of a humanoid (sub)species, even in real life, whose beards grow on either gender with no other change involved. I mean, it could just be like head hair, for instance, growing pretty much by default.

[ChairmanPoo]

My objection to female dwarf beards is not on scientific grounds. It's on the grounds that it's an overdone theme. Which was only moderatedly funny in the beggining.

[Areyar]

It's perfectly plausible to conceive of a humanoid (sub)species, even in real life, whose beards grow on either gender with no other change involved. I mean, it could just be like head hair, for instance, growing pretty much by default.

Planet of the Apes?

[G-Flex]

My objection to female dwarf beards is not on scientific grounds. It's on the grounds that it's an overdone theme. Which was only moderatedly funny in the beggining.

Dwarves being short, or stocky, or craftsmen, etc., is also "overdone". And it's not like dwarven beards are necessarily meant as a vehicle for comedy anyway. If female dwarves have beards, I figure it's because dwarven women are more androgynous than human women.

[Dvergar]

The beards on females make males and females unable to be told apart from each other.  In many ways the dwarves are currently genderless as nobody truely cares about a dwarve's gender.

Removing the beards would give the dwarves more individuality, which can be either positive or negative.

I play in windowed mode normally so it truly doesn't matter to me.

[Qjet]

Urist had a beard 

[Silverionmox]

The beards on females make males and females unable to be told apart from each other.  In many ways the dwarves are currently genderless as nobody truely cares about a dwarve's gender.

Removing the beards would give the dwarves more individuality, which can be either positive or negative.

While dwarves are indeed usually portrayed as genderless, hair is not a limitation for expressing individuality: look what people of all places and ages have done with it.

[G-Flex]

The beards on females make males and females unable to be told apart from each other.  In many ways the dwarves are currently genderless as nobody truely cares about a dwarve's gender.

Removing the beards would give the dwarves more individuality, which can be either positive or negative.

I play in windowed mode normally so it truly doesn't matter to me.

It doesn't give them individuality, it gives them gender distinction.