How Advantageous is being Blonde?
By tony leather, 14th Jul 2012 | Follow this author
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The discovery, in 1818, of Peroxide transformed the lives of many women, and these days most blondes are anything but natural, and an astonishing $400 million is spent on hair dyes, every year around the world.
How Advantageous is being Blonde?
How many women believe these days in the gut feeling about hair color affecting all of their lives? Popular blonde icons, such as Marylin Monroe, did not start out the way, Norma Jean having been a freckle-faced brunette, but going blonde made a massive difference to her life.
The way others see you is everything to the girls, all wanting to attract the opposite sex as easily as possible, hiding their true selves behind hair colour and make-up quite happily, if it does the job. The discovery, in 1818, of Peroxide transformed the lives of many women, and these days most blondes are anything but natural, and an astonishing $400 million is spent on hair dyes, every year around the world.
We seem to have the notion embedded in our minds about blondes and beauty, though less so today than fifty years ago. A few years back now, California State University researcher Diana Kyle revealed that being blonde can be good for social life, but could actually have a bad influence on the career you choose, because of an inherent blonde bias.
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Irish researchers found that blonde females were seen as less intelligent than other women, by the men, and US employers consider blonde applicants worthy only of lesser paid positions within their companies, as a general rule. The stereotype in question is the dumb blonde idea, which goes way back in time, perhaps even to the Stone Age or earlier.
Blonde people almost always have fairer complexions, consequently being treated by others, albeit unconsciously, as if more vulnerable, in need of protection, being less mature and less capable than their peers. Stone Age females that had the youngest and healthiest appearances were preferred by the men as sexual partners and potential mothers, so blondes would automatically be picked first.
Young usually meant inexperience and lack of wisdom, essentially dumbness in the workings of the world, and this is thought to be the origin of the dumb blonde stigma, so long a part of male psychology that today men could easily be unaware of anybias, but it will be there, and often show.
Being judged on their appearance, by men, is what women have come to expect, and while most men find blondes more sexually attractive, with higher degrees of femininity, male managers often seem to believe that blonde women are overly concerned with personal appearance, and thus not good employees.
American psychologist Jerome Kagan, after conducting a long-term study, found blue-eyed children to be far more prone to shyness and inhibitions than darker –eyed ones, the reasons for people tending to judge blondes as weaker and more submissive become plainer. Blonde hair, blue eyes and shyness may well be genetically linked.
One woman in six can actually claim to be a natural blonde, yet nearly 50% of women spend money and time on hair-coloring. Worth the effort, possibly in certain respects, as ladies see it, the time perhaps is overdue for society to stop being instantly judgmental about hair color, because the nature of the human lifestyle no longer gives such bias any validity
Not feeling yourself to be ideal in either size or shape can have profound effects on your life, making you question your own sex-appeal. Your career might one that you really do feel proud about, but still you colour your naturally dark hair blonde, for perceived sexual advantage. Blonde these days does not make you better looking or more desirable, so why cover up the real you, when the truth is surely that the person you are is what matters, not the fair-haired falsie you try to be.
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Young usually meant inexperience and lack of wisdom, essentially dumbness in the workings of the world, and this is thought to be the origin of the dumb blonde stigma, so long a part of male psychology that today men could easily be unaware of anybias, but it will be there, and often show.
Being judged on their appearance, by men, is what women have come to expect, and while most men find blondes more sexually attractive, with higher degrees of femininity, male managers often seem to believe that blonde women are overly concerned with personal appearance, and thus not good employees.
American psychologist Jerome Kagan, after conducting a long-term study, found blue-eyed children to be far more prone to shyness and inhibitions than darker –eyed ones, the reasons for people tending to judge blondes as weaker and more submissive become plainer. Blonde hair, blue eyes and shyness may well be genetically linked.
One woman in six can actually claim to be a natural blonde, yet nearly 50% of women spend money and time on hair-coloring. Worth the effort, possibly in certain respects, as ladies see it, the time perhaps is overdue for society to stop being instantly judgmental about hair color, because the nature of the human lifestyle no longer gives such bias any validity
Not feeling yourself to be ideal in either size or shape can have profound effects on your life, making you question your own sex-appeal. Your career might one that you really do feel proud about, but still you colour your naturally dark hair blonde, for perceived sexual advantage. Blonde these days does not make you better looking or more desirable, so why cover up the real you, when the truth is surely that the person you are is what matters, not the fair-haired falsie you try to be.
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14th Jul 2012 (#)
Tony many thanks for this enjoyed the read. $400 million spent each year I would not mind a piece of that action
Best Wishes
Steve
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15th Jul 2012 (#)
Interesting one dear Tony! The concluding paragraph of your article says every thing about the craze people they have for becoming blonde inspiteof many set backs they face as mentioned by you in the article!
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