Editing Beard (section)

==Modern prohibition==

===Civilian prohibitions===
Professional airline pilots are required to be shaven to facilitate a tight seal with auxiliary oxygen masks. However, some airlines have recently lifted such bans in light of modern studies.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dimoff |first=Anna |date=Sep 14, 2018 |title=Air Canada pilots get permission to wear beards |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/air-canada-pilots-get-permission-to-wear-beards-1.4825104 |access-date=7 November 2018 |website=www.cbc.ca}}</ref> Similarly, firefighters may also be prohibited from full beards to obtain a proper seal with [[SCBA]] equipment.<ref>''Fitzpatrick v. City of Atlanta'', [https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2605238582396717998&hl=en&as_sdt=6 2 F.3d 1112] (11th Cir. 1993).</ref> Other jobs may prohibit beards as necessary to wear masks or respirators.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://agency.governmentjobs.com/ebmud/job_bulletin.cfm?JobID=603612 |title=Job Bulletin |publisher=Agency.governmentjobs.com |date=22 March 2013 |access-date=26 February 2014 |archive-date=12 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221112003110/https://agency.governmentjobs.com/ebmud/job_bulletin.cfm?JobID=603612 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Isezaki city in Gunma prefecture, Japan, decided to ban beards for male municipal employees on 19 May 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/05/20/news/gunma-bureaucrats-get-beard-ban/ |title=Gunma bureaucrats get beard ban &#124; The Japan Times Online |publisher=www.japantimes.co.jp |date=20 May 2010 |access-date=30 June 2019 |archive-date=29 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629213934/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/05/20/news/gunma-bureaucrats-get-beard-ban/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The [[United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit|U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit]] has found requiring shaving to be discriminatory.<ref>{{cite web |date=21 February 1991 |title=926 F2d 714 Bradley v. Pizzaco of Nebraska Inc Bradley |url=http://openjurist.org/926/f2d/714/bradley-v-pizzaco-of-nebraska-inc-bradley |access-date=24 November 2011 |publisher=OpenJurist |page=714 |volume=F2d |issue=926}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=7 F.3d 795 (8th Cir. 1993) 68 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. (Bna) 245, 62 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 42,611 Langston Bradley, Plaintiff, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Intervenor-Appellant, v. Pizzaco of Nebraska, Inc., D.B.a Domino's Pizza; Domino's Pizza, Inc., Defendants-Appellees|url=http://federal-circuits.vlex.com/vid/langston-pizzaco-domino-pizza-36071559|work=United States Federal Circuit Courts Decisions Archive|publisher=vLex|access-date=5 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204063954/http://federal-circuits.vlex.com/vid/langston-pizzaco-domino-pizza-36071559|archive-date=4 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

====Sports====
The [[International Boxing Association (amateur)|International Boxing Association]] prohibits the wearing of beards by amateur boxers, although the [[Amateur Boxing Association of England]] allows exceptions for Sikh men, on condition that the beard be covered with a fine net.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Rules of Amateur Boxing|url=http://www.abae.co.uk/aba/index.cfm/about-the-sport/the-rules-of-amateur-boxing/|publisher=[[Amateur Boxing Association of England]]|access-date=27 May 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716225735/http://www.abae.co.uk/aba/index.cfm/about-the-sport/the-rules-of-amateur-boxing/|archive-date=16 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[Cincinnati Reds]] baseball team had a longstanding enforced policy where all players had to be completely clean-shaven (no beards, long sideburns or moustaches). However, this policy was abolished following the sale of the team by [[Marge Schott]] in 1999.

Under owner [[George Steinbrenner]], the [[New York Yankees]] baseball team had a [[New York Yankees appearance policy|strict appearance policy]] that prohibited long hair and facial hair below the lip; the regulation was continued under [[Hank Steinbrenner|Hank]] and [[Hal Steinbrenner]] when control of the Yankees was transferred to them after the {{MLB Year|2008|seas}}. [[Willie Randolph]] and [[Joe Girardi]], both former Yankee assistant coaches, adopted a similar clean-shaven policy for their ballclubs: the [[New York Mets]] and [[Miami Marlins]], respectively. [[Fredi Gonzalez]], who replaced Girardi as the Marlins' manager, dropped that policy when he took over after the 2006 season. Yankees legend [[Don Mattingly]] restored said policy upon becoming Marlins manager in 2016, but dropped it immediately after only one season.

The [[Playoff beard]] is a tradition common with teams in the [[National Hockey League]], and now in other leagues where players allow their beards to grow from the beginning of the playoff season until the playoffs are over for their team. Even then, players such as [[Joe Thornton]] and [[Brent Burns]] grew large, bushy beards in the regular season. However, executive [[Lou Lamoriello]] became notorious for his enforcement of an appearance policy similar to the Yankees during his front office tenures with the [[New Jersey Devils]], the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] and the [[New York Islanders]]. Lamoriello would allow players to grow beards during the playoffs, however.

In 2008, some members of the [[Tyrone county football team|County Tyrone Gaelic football team]] vowed not to shave until the end of the season. They went on to win the [[2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship|All-Ireland football championship]], some of them sporting impressive beards by that stage.
[[File:James Harden (30735342912).jpg|alt=|left|thumb|upright|[[James Harden]], nicknamed "the Beard"<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://theathletic.com/405699/2018/06/26/an-oral-history-of-how-james-harden-grew-the-beard/|title=An oral history of how James Harden grew The Beard|last=Watkins|first=Calvin|website=The Athletic|access-date=13 April 2020}}</ref>]]
Canadian [[Rugby Union]] flanker [[Adam Kleeberger]] attracted much media attention before, during, and after the 2011 [[Rugby World Cup]] in New Zealand. Kleeberger was known, alongside teammates [[Jebb Sinclair]] and [[Hubert Buydens]] as one of "the beardoes". Fans in the stands could often be seen wearing fake beards and "fear the beard" became a popular expression during the team's run in the competition. Kleeberger, who became one of Canada's star players in the tournament, later used the publicity surrounding his beard to raise awareness for two causes; [[Christchurch earthquake]] relief efforts and prostate cancer. As part of this fundraising, his beard was shaved off by television personality [[Rick Mercer]] and aired on national television. The "Fear the Beard" expression was coined by the [[NBA]]'s Oklahoma City Thunder fans and was previously used by [[Houston Rockets]] fans to support [[James Harden]].

[[File:Brian Wilson (2011).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Brian Wilson (baseball)|Brian Wilson]]'s beard in 2011]]
[[San Francisco Giants]] [[relief pitcher]] [[Brian Wilson (baseball)|Brian Wilson]], who claims not to have shaved since the [[2010 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|2010 All-Star Game]], has grown a big beard that has become popular in MLB and with its fans. MLB Fan Cave presented a "Journey Inside Brian Wilson's Beard", which was an interactive screenshot of Wilson's beard, where one can click on different sections to see various fictional activities performed by small "residents" of the beard. The hosts on sports show sometimes wear replica beards, and the Giants gave them away to fans as a promo.<ref>{{cite web |title=Baseball Player Beard {{!}} Baseball Beards {{!}} Best MLB Beards |url=https://thebeardguide.com/baseball-player-beard/ |website=The Beard Guide |access-date=1 December 2020 |date=4 September 2020 |archive-date=21 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321213039/https://thebeardguide.com/baseball-player-beard/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The [[2013 Boston Red Sox season|2013 Boston Red Sox]] featured at least 12 players<ref>{{cite web |last=Fitzpatrick |first=Molly |url=http://wapc.mlb.com/cutfour/2013/09/14/60568402/the-red-sox-celebrate-team-facial-hair-with-getbeard |title=#GetBeard: Can you recognize the Red Sox's facial hair from their silhouettes? &#124; MLB.com |publisher=Wapc.mlb.com |access-date=26 February 2014 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030811/http://wapc.mlb.com/cutfour/2013/09/14/60568402/the-red-sox-celebrate-team-facial-hair-with-getbeard |url-status=dead }}</ref> with varying degrees of facial hair, ranging from the closely trimmed beard of slugger [[David Ortiz]] to the long shaggy looks of [[Jonny Gomes]] and [[Mike Napoli]]. The Red Sox used their beards as a marketing tool, offering a Dollar Beard Night,<ref>{{cite web|last=Brasseur |first=Kyle |url=https://www.espn.com/blog/boston/red-sox/post/_/id/31210/snapshots-dollar-beard-night-at-fenway |title=Snapshots: 'Dollar Beard Night' at Fenway - Boston Red Sox Blog - ESPN Boston |date=19 September 2013 |publisher=Espn.go.com |access-date=26 February 2014}}</ref> where all fans with beards (real or fake) could buy a ticket for $1.00; and also as means of fostering team camaraderie.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/09/sports/baseball/bonding-with-beards-the-red-sox-repair-their-clubhouse-chemistry.html | work=The New York Times | first=Scott | last=Cacciola | title=Bonding With Beards, the Red Sox Repair Their Clubhouse Chemistry | date=8 September 2013}}</ref>

Beards have also become a source of competition between athletes. Examples of athlete "beard-offs" include NBA players [[DeShawn Stevenson]] and [[Drew Gooden]] in 2008,<ref>{{cite news|last=Steinberg |first=Dan |url=http://blog.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2007/11/deshawns_beardgrowing_contest.html |title=D.C. Sports Bog - DeShawn's Beard-Growing Contest |publisher=Blog.washingtonpost.com |access-date=26 February 2014}}</ref> and [[WWE]] wrestler [[Bryan Danielson|Daniel Bryan]] and [[Oakland Athletics]] outfielder [[Josh Reddick]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|last=November |first=Mike Oz |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/josh-reddick-loses-beard-off-face-shaved-wwe-091159256--mlb.html |title=Josh Reddick loses 'beard-off,' has his face shaved by WWE's Daniel Bryan &#124; Big League Stew |publisher=Sports.yahoo.com |date=21 November 2013 |access-date=26 February 2014}}</ref>

===Armed forces===
{{Main|Facial hair in the military}}
{{See also|Religious symbolism in the United States military#Personal apparel and grooming}}

Depending on the country and period, facial hair was either prohibited in the army or an integral part of the uniform.