raffik From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2006, 1646 posts, RR: 4 Posted (10 months 2 weeks 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 3298 times:
I was lying awake last night wondering why blonde haired, blue eyed people are considered "special" in some way, or better looking. I know it's hard to generalise about it because you can get ugly blonde people as you can dark haired, but overall, blonde haired people with blue eyed are seen to be special.
What are your thoughts? Do you have a preference? Are you blonde? Do you think you're treated specially/ differently because of it? Thanks
kiwiinoz From New Zealand, joined Oct 2005, 2029 posts, RR: 5 Reply 1, posted (10 months 2 weeks 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 3284 times:
I am not a huge blonde fan but I get the attraction. Blonde hair has a light, shiny clean look to it.
The blue eyes thing I think is attractive, because very pure blue eyes look almost unnatural/mysterious, (not too many occurences of blue coloured things appearing in nature, especially on mammals). Deep brown eyes have a simlar effect on me.
na From Germany, joined Dec 1999, 9614 posts, RR: 10 Reply 3, posted (10 months 2 weeks 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 3267 times:
Quoting Max Q (Reply 2):
I much prefer Brunettes myself !
Add me to it. Black is also nice. Light blonde looks fine to me, beautiful, but when looking for a girlfriend I prefer darker hair, darker skin. I dont like untanned white skin. And certainly blue eyes are special, but sometimes it borders to being scary.
Aesma From France, joined Nov 2009, 4789 posts, RR: 9 Reply 5, posted (10 months 2 weeks 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 3196 times:
I'd say it's mostly true for women, and it works on me. A blonde haired woman in my field of vision just gets my attention. Maybe also because my first two girlfriends were blonde.
As a kid I had blonde hair and blue eyes myself, and got some remarks about it, but of course as a kid you don't care. I remember loving my hair, especially in the summer when it got almost white. My hair then got darker and my eyes greyer, not that attractive. And I can never pull off the 3 days beard because it's not dark enough.
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WestJet747 From Canada, joined Aug 2011, 1270 posts, RR: 7 Reply 6, posted (10 months 2 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 3141 times:
I had read some time ago what 1 in 11 Caucasians are blonde. Given that statistic (however true it may be) I would say that it is the rarity of the feature that makes it attractive. People want what's unique.
HELyes From Finland, joined Oct 2010, 643 posts, RR: 1 Reply 7, posted (10 months 2 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 3090 times:
There seem to be cultural differences here.
In Finland blond people, dark blonds especially, are so common it's often seen kind of boring hair color. Thick dark/black hair and deep brown eyes are rare among ethnic Finns and many find them cool.
einsteinboricua From Puerto Rico, joined Apr 2010, 2043 posts, RR: 6 Reply 15, posted (10 months 2 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 2836 times:
I think it's the image we've been sold as to what is attractive. It's just like why was there a time when white people got all rights and colored people got second class citizenship. People wanted to be as white as possible and that meant white skin and not-brown eyes.
Blondes are cute, I have to admit. If she has blue or green eyes, I'd find her attractive. Of course, Asians are my preferred ethnicity followed by Middle Easterns (as far east as India and as far west as Northern Africa. I find Asians hotter than Western girls. And if I ever find a girl like this... Something about colored skin and clear eyes that I find haunting yet attractive.
So it's all a matter of perspective.
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jcs17 From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 8065 posts, RR: 43 Reply 17, posted (10 months 2 weeks 15 hours ago) and read 2782 times:
It's a myth, at least in the US. There was a study several years ago among straight white men and it found they preferred women with dark hair over blondes (with the exception of California, where there opposite was true).
You can count me as an honorary Californian (yuck!). I've dated brunettes, but my long term relationships have been exclusively with blondes.
fridgmus From United States of America, joined Oct 2006, 1383 posts, RR: 11 Reply 19, posted (10 months 2 weeks 14 hours ago) and read 2765 times:
I do NOT consider blonde haired, blue eyed people, especially women, more attractive than most. For a woman, I much prefer black or red hair and fair skin!
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DocLightning From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 16824 posts, RR: 57 Reply 20, posted (10 months 2 weeks 12 hours ago) and read 2735 times:
Slightly off-topic, and I don't want to turn this into a political flame war, but has anyone noticed that a lot of Conservative women, especially Conservative Christian women, dye their hair blonde?
Jan Brewer
Paula White
Callista Gingrich
Ann Romney (is she natural?)
Nancy Eisenhart
Mind you, there are several notable exception. But I just notice that I don't seem to see the same blonde dye-jobs on the left side of the political spectrum. Dye-jobs, yes, but typically to conceal grey, rather than to change hair color. I have no idea what the significance is.
Max Q From United States of America, joined May 2001, 3289 posts, RR: 19 Reply 21, posted (10 months 1 week 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 2583 times:
Quoting DocLightning (Reply 20): Slightly off-topic, and I don't want to turn this into a political flame war, but has anyone noticed that a lot of Conservative women, especially Conservative Christian women, dye their hair blonde?
Jan Brewer
Paula White
Callista Gingrich
Ann Romney (is she natural?)
Nancy Eisenhart
Mind you, there are several notable exception. But I just notice that I don't seem to see the same blonde dye-jobs on the left side of the political spectrum. Dye-jobs, yes, but typically to conceal grey, rather than to change hair color. I have no idea what the significance is.
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oldeuropean From Germany, joined May 2005, 1901 posts, RR: 4 Reply 22, posted (10 months 1 week 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 2526 times:
Quoting DocLightning (Reply 20): Slightly off-topic, and I don't want to turn this into a political flame war, but has anyone noticed that a lot of Conservative women, especially Conservative Christian women, dye their hair blonde?
And don't forget, blondes were the ideal in the perverted racist mania of the Nazis.
EricR From United States of America, joined Jul 2010, 1454 posts, RR: 1 Reply 23, posted (10 months 1 week 5 days 23 hours ago) and read 2415 times:
Quoting raffik (Thread starter): I was lying awake last night wondering why blonde haired, blue eyed people are considered "special" in some way, or better looking
I don't think blondes are necessary considered more attractive per se. I think people in general have an attraction for someone that is different in someway from themselves. Considering there are so few blondes as a total percentage of world population, it comes down to a supply vs. demand issue. The scarcity in the number of blondes (supply) creates an unusually high demand for them.
Aesma From France, joined Nov 2009, 4789 posts, RR: 9 Reply 24, posted (10 months 1 week 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 2371 times:
Quoting einsteinboricua (Reply 15): I think it's the image we've been sold as to what is attractive. It's just like why was there a time when white people got all rights and colored people got second class citizenship. People wanted to be as white as possible and that meant white skin and not-brown eyes.
That's still going strong in places like India...
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25 DocLightning: I know it's all splendid fun to start throwing every Nazi epithet at the Right, but 1) let's not (in this thread, anyway ) and 2) I seriously hope th
26 Venus6971: I was reading something a few years back that said Blue Eyes are a mutation and were not around 3000 years ago. Myself and my children are all blond a
27 DocLightning: Not necessarily. Population genetics are a lot more complicated than that.
28 kiwirob: At least there are many shades of blond, unlike the uniform black hair of asians. Really I don't know any blonds who dye their hari dark, but I know
29 AA7295: For me it's all about the eyes. I used to like blondes, but I really don't care about the hair color (as long as there is hair!), but I LOVE blue and
30 oldeuropean: Well, I wouldn't call them Nazis, but if there is a tendency of conservative christian women to dye their hairs blond, it could be seen as a (conscio
31 Derico: Most people's preferences are due to nurture, this includes two types of nurture: 1) societal expectations 2) subliminal The first is very easy to exp
32 NASCARAirforce: Well Hitler considered them special - so maybe if you grew up in Germany in the 1930s/40s you could have that pounded in your head. I personally don'
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Something about colored skin and clear eyes that I find haunting yet attractive.
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