Its mother fucking hard on the farm B.
Sheriff's deputies are closing in on suspects from a troublemaking Amish splinter group in Ohio who have broken into homes and cut off the beards and hair of other Amish men.
In one nighttime raid in Carroll County, a group of men knocked on a door, pulled a man out by the beard and tried to chop off his facial hair
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I had this thought too, so I briefly checked and found this at the Amish FAQ.
It seem like they use it to emasculate them in a way.
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