Beards.

"kwanzaabot;d-989506" wrote:
Tell me, Simmers, has this ever happened to you?
You download a new EP, and you go into CAS. And then you see this:

https://i.imgur.com/T4J6CSN.png

Your female Sims have so many CAS options they can't even fit on the page, while your male Sims get... 3.
If they're lucky.

So, because there's a lack of customization options, you don't make any male Sims. And then EA looks at your play data, and sees that Simmers don't make male Sims! So what do they do? They bring out another pack with hardly any male options. So then you don't make men. And on and on it goes.

"But Kwanzaabot!" I hear you say. "Men IRL don't have a lot of variety in their hairstyles!"

Well, gentle reader, I have two things to say to that.

A ) Maxis has enough of an imagination and enough inspiration to make a new men's hairstyle each pack, and
B ) men IRL do have variety in the way they style their hair.

I’m surprised that there’s 12 female hairs to 3 male hairs. I never got Snowy Escapes as the winter sports element didn’t appeal. Whoever was assigned CAS on the team made some great hair for ladies, there’s flowers and colours etc. They’re gorgeous.

Why not apply some style of that to the males? The three hairs there look tame in comparison. One buzz cut, a standard short then a longer hair. Nice but not amazing when side to side to those fabulous hairstyles.

Sims 3 had better balance for both. Interesting hairstyles that were unique and helped your Sims stand out in a good way.