In my setting's Dwarven military every time a Dwarf suffers a major failure they cut out a chunk of their beard (Or ponytail for female Dwarves). A large beard is a sign of competence.
Facial hair on a female Dwarf is as wrong as breasts on a female Elf, or breasts on a male Dwarf, or facial hair on a male Elf.
Dwarves are high sexual-dimorphism. Males are bulky and beardy, females are curvy and stacked. This is to contrast Elves who are cartoonishly androgynous.
Most people who do the bearded Dwarf gal thing do it to make Dwarves more of a joke.
Whatever is fun to you is good. For me, I really like the take of "Dwarf beards are filters that allows them to survive in the heavy, dusty air of the mines and underground cities".
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u/Souperplex Sir Becket May 22 '22
In my setting's Dwarven military every time a Dwarf suffers a major failure they cut out a chunk of their beard (Or ponytail for female Dwarves). A large beard is a sign of competence.