A commonly held belief: Blonds are “dumb” ….but have more fun.
However, hair color clearly does not determine intelligence.
What sort of purpose must the dumb blond “phenomenon” serve?
One possibly is that “dumb blond” jokes are used by insecure individuals to comfort themselves with yet another mislead, another distraction from looking into their own psyches.
How is the underlying fallacy not obvious? There are plenty of intelligent blonds in the world…and plenty of *less intelligent* brunettes. Why then do we so easily buy into such -dumb- stereotypes?
Think of the blond girls amongst whom society asserted the belief that their purpose was anything other than to share intelligent conversation. What has the effect been? Were they not given the same opportunities as little brunette girls for learning? When the environment asserted so-called “stupidity” amongst little blond girls did they deter growth in the individuals? I doubt I can see the outcome any other way.
And what about cultural differences? In which societies is blond a hair color and not a level of intelligence? And why, I ask… it seems the differential may indeed be scarcity of natural blond hair, perhaps? For example, in Scandinavia or other Northern European countries, do blond jokes carry the same weight as they do in the U.S.?
(sharing of opinions is always welcomed here)
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so…You’re blonde then?
No. My hair is brown.
I agree. Those stereotypes don’t make sense.