Hi Prisca,
The next question might be, Where did Disney procure its beard policy? It's interesting that you've highlighted the nineteen-sixties era:--males of that era that were considered 'radicals' tended toward long hair AND beards and sloppy dress. There were professional men of that era with conservative dress and well-groomed beards and short cranium hair that were exempted from the discrimination meted out to the hippy type. Modern feminism also experienced a resurgence in the. 60's with Betty Friedan's book, The Feminine Mystique (63-?).
The first two WTS presidents sported beards; Russell's was obvious and one old photograph I've sighted shows Rutherford with a beard. It's also possible that the WTS later 'borrowed' military grooming standards. I personally suspect it was the militant feminists that spearheaded anti-masculinity rituals such as the elimination of facial hair. Both Friedan and Steinem were Marxists pushing a communist agenda. The socialist plank of feminism is not necessarily anti-male per se as it is anti-masculine, anti-femininity, anti-male domination and female-superiority. Feminists then, as they do today, managed to influence legislatures, corporations and the general culture. In recent years they also managed to get Disneyland to eliminate their theme venue, Pirates of the Carribbean, in which 'women' were depicted as wenches having licentious fun.
The shaved male face is often symbolic of gynophobia or a willingness by the male to subordinate himself to the females in his life. I am surprised how many women understand this dynamic. Feminists created the gender wars to emasculate masculine things, males included. Facial hair represented masculinity and it was one of those things slated for destruction( One shouldn't assume that the modern resurgence of beards means a resurgence of masculinity). The male act of shaving facial hair is a symbolic gesture that he is uncomfortable with his masculinity, is prepared to look like a woman without facial hair and is willing to subordinate himself to females.
How does this information apply to the WTS? The watchtower culture projects the illusion of a male-dominated patriarchy yet considers itself a "mother" organization. While male headship is touted, the reality is that the clean-shaven jaydub male is mostly a titular head in his family, and to a large extent women have a considerable impact in congregational decisions. With some exceptions, women fairly dictate to their men. I know this is a strange observation, but jaydubdom is a female-dominated culture, except within its Sanhedrin. It seemed to me that most jaydub females are feminists(not in the radical, secular sense) and understood that most jaydubs guys would 'roll-over' to their headship. Does this make any sense to you?
Anyhow, my research is compatible with the observations of other former members that the WTS has socialist or communist or fascist features or leanings. One objective of socialism is family disintergration and gender dysfunction. Again, I know this is an odd observation, but the WTS has embraced feminism as its offical gender policy because it not only comports with destructive communist objectives, but causes other gender disturbances such as homosexual orientation and paedophillic propensity. I'm sure many will disagree with my observations.
References;
Iron John. Robert Bly 1990
The Masculine Deficit; The cause of homosexual orienation, androgyny and social collapse. Rhys Alexander 1996(?)
Dr.Henry Marlow
