nPostednon November 24, 2014
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Someonencreated a day to celebrate dark hair and brunettes, becausenlight-colored hair and blonds are so generally noticed andncelebrated. I guess the inspiration for the name of the day is thatnthere are stories about Goldilocks with her famous golden curls, butnno stories starring Brownielocks. n
Someonencreated a day to celebrate dark hair and brunettes, becausenlight-colored hair and blonds are so generally noticed andncelebrated. I guess the inspiration for the name of the day is thatnthere are stories about Goldilocks with her famous golden curls, butnno stories starring Brownielocks. nn
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nWhyndo blonds get more attention? Why is there a saying “Blonds havenmore fun”? Why are there stereotypical “dumb blond” jokes? Whatndoes hair color have to do with anything?
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nOurnbodies produce a pigment called melanin. It is the thing that givesnour hair, our eyes, and our skin different colors. The more melaninnyou have in your hair, the darker your hair.
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Black is the most commonnhair color in the world, and brown is the second most common. Blond hair –nwhich ranges from almost white to sort of yellow to a deep gold colornthat is close to light brown – is much more rare; only about 2% ofnthe world’s population is born blond, and most blonds have brown hairnwhen they are adults (unless of course they bleach or dye theirnhair). Red hair is even more rare, and is often noticed and commentednon even more than is blond hair.
Black is the most commonnhair color in the world, and brown is the second most common. Blond hair –nwhich ranges from almost white to sort of yellow to a deep gold colornthat is close to light brown – is much more rare; only about 2% ofnthe world’s population is born blond, and most blonds have brown hairnwhen they are adults (unless of course they bleach or dye theirnhair). Red hair is even more rare, and is often noticed and commentednon even more than is blond hair.n
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So blonds are more noticed because theynare more rare. Nowadays, however, soooooo many people frequently andneasily change their hair color, natural blonds and redheads willnprobably get less attention because there are so many “bottlenblonds” and redheads about.
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nOfncourse there is no connection between natural hair color andnintelligence. Probably the two main reasons for the unkind “dumbnblond” jokes are:
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(1) A lot of blond teens and adults arenpeople who lighten and dye their hair, and some of them care a lotnabout image, fashion, and / or seeming to be younger than they are;nsome people interpret those values as shallow and frivolous.
(1) A lot of blond teens and adults arenpeople who lighten and dye their hair, and some of them care a lotnabout image, fashion, and / or seeming to be younger than they are;nsome people interpret those values as shallow and frivolous.n
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n(2)nSince blonds tend to get more attention, unkind jokes and stereotypesncould well be the product of jealousy.
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nToncelebrate brownielocks day, we are encouraged to heap attention onnthe brunettes in our lives, to wear brown and eat brown foods (mmm,nbrownies!), and to enjoy our teddy bears. (Goldilocks shouldn’t getnall of the fun of hanging with bears, right?)
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nAlsonon this date:
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nAnniversarynof the discovery of “Lucy”
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Anniversarynof the publication of ThenOrigin of the Species
Anniversarynof the publication of ThenOrigin of the Species n
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nAnniversarynof the first observation of the transit of Venus
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nPlannahead:
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nChecknout my Pinterest boards for:
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nAndnhere are my Pinterest boards for:
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