Thanks Torchwatch for your insights and for delving deeper into this for me. Reflecting on this it does seem to be about how much of my masculinity i am comfortable displaying. The beard increased the display of my masculinity beyond just my bulge and now body hair would increase it even more. To be honest I got a boner looking at myself in a speedo with the beard. This never happened before, speedos were just comfortable and appropriate for swim practice and laps. Now with the beard they've become a turn on. I will definitely consider manscaping as a next step as you suggested.
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