why r blondes known stupid?

Question

note: i am not a blonde so i want the true story behind it.plz
and i couldnt find any other category to put this question in.

Answer 1

If you are really not a blonde, then you should already know the answer.

The Polls & Surveys catagory would be a good place for this question.

Answer 2

Here's the short but true way of the world. Everyone has Blonde moments. Come on, you can't tell me you have never heard a Brunette or Red Head say or do something that wasn't entirely insane. Blondes in general "look" more "delicate" than any other hair color. So they make easier targets. Just wait till you piss one off bad enough for them to retaliate.

Answer 3

I'm blonde and usually find them offensive. I'm extremely intelligent. I'm in 4 Advanced Placement classes and have a GPA over a 4.0.

It is not known clearly how this stereotype came to be, but seeing that Caucasian babies are often born with at least a touch of fair hair, and sometimes blond hair darkens as a person grows into an adult, blond hair could have come from that association of fair hair with childhood and youth, and therefore the person was seen as naïve and/or innocent and lacking the intelligence of an adult. Also, as blonde hair implies childishness, it can instill a desire to nurture among non-blondes and cause blondes to be the target of admiration. This may cause some blondes to behave in a childish manner, either unconciously or conciously, in order to gain attention and affection. Thus some blondes may be partly responsible for perpetuating the myth.

A possible origin is that dark hair and red hair have much more copper because of their coloring; copper was associated with intellect, and since fair hair has less copper due to its lightness, blondes were seen as less intelligent.

The stereotype could have its roots in ancient times; the ancient Greeks and Romans were fascinated by the fair hair of the Celts and the Nordic peoples and wished to emulate the red and flaxen tresses. People in the Mediterranean area often bleached their hair or bought wigs made from the hair of enslaved Germanic and Celtic peoples, and most notably the highest-ranking courtesans. Due to this association of red and fair hair with harlots, light hair earned a degree of contempt from the high-ranking ladies of society. Puritans, associating makeup and dyeing of hair with prostitution, forbade the dying or bleaching of hair, creating an imprint on dying hair that lasted until the 1920s. The "dumb" side could have been a way for wives of adulterous men to reassure themselves about the infidelity of their husbands; to think that their husband's blonde mistress was sleazy, worthless, ditzy, and not very intelligent[1].

Another possibility: the bleach used to lighten the hair in earlier times was powerful stuff. If this bleach killed off brain cells it might have produced some genuinely "dumb blondes".

Yet again, the myth might stem from the idea amongst Romans and Greeks that Northern Europeans were barbarians and thus less advanced than Southern Europeans.

Or the "dumb blonde" stereotype could simply have come from modern potrayals, beginning very likely with Anita Loos's popular 1925 book Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. The story's central character, Lorelei Lee, is a beautiful but empty-headed singer. The roles that Marilyn Monroe, Judy Holliday, and Betty Hutton played certainly helped to spread the stereotype; all of these women played the "ditzy blonde bombshell" at some point, even though they were known privately as intelligent women. (Monroe even played the Lorelei Lee role in a musical version of Loos's book.)

Answer 4

i have a similiar story to saxophone.
it was started at about the same time as the term "Blonde Bombshell" was coined. It is common for female blondes (for that is the true subject here) to "good looking" as having increased body fat (including a certain area which is very appreciated now a days) in their genes, swedish and other northern counties, that also code for blonde hair. So in their jealousey, brunettes claimed "looks are only part of it" and blondes where therefore dumb because they were considered better looking. Now many blondes have only supported this theory in their behavior.

Answer 5

BEcause of the stereotype of the self absorbed blonde woman.Have you ever watched a movie like 'Some like it Hot' with Marilyn Monroe she I think is one reason. Too many blonde women try to get by just on their looks and act as if don't know what is going on around them and many don't care. Also to tell the truth many are playing a roll and act dumb to get men to do things gor them,it's a carry over from the way many southern women acted it wasn't deemed ladylike to be involved in politics or to seem to self-reliant and many men like this it makes them feel needed.

Answer 6

Of course we all know that a hair color can not REALLY determine how intelligent a person is........ but I think that blondes got a bum-rap back in the 40's and 50's when Hollywood portrayed bleached-blondes as ditzy and dumb. (example: Marilyn Monroe) Ever since that era, blondes have been the butt of mean-spirited jokes.

Answer 7

Maybe since blondes are usually attractive some of them don't have to use intelligence to get ahead and society has projected this stereotype onto the entire blonde group.

Answer 8

I am blonde and my IQ is 4 points lower than Einstein. I find blonde jokes an insult, even though they are mostly geared towards the females.

Answer 9

I am a blonde! I think people felt there had to be a hair color to pick o so they had auditions for the ditziest girl. It happeed to be a blode so from then on they called blondes stupid! LOL! tee hee hee

Answer 10

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