Timeline for Are blondes dumb or is it just a sarcastic saying?
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| Jul 18, 2015 at 22:43 | comment | added | Loren Pechtel | @dmckee A related factor: Females with looks can often use those looks to get others to do things for them. Also, remember that an awful lot of blondes are from a bottle--thus "blondes" selects for those who are enhancing their looks and thus for those more prone to using looks to get what they want. | |
| Sep 13, 2012 at 15:09 | comment | added | Nick | I remember seeing a study which showed that people with artificially dyed blonde hair had a reduced IQ compared to a matched group without dyed blonde hair. The same study found no effect from having natural blond hair. I'll see if I can find it... | |
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| Jul 20, 2011 at 0:44 | comment | added | Lagerbaer | I guess the reason why Hollywood uses blondes for stupid people is the same why the bad guys in Westerns always wear black hats. Visual clues (subtle or not) are used to tell the audience what these people are. It's just one of the many tropes used in popular culture, see tvtropes.org | |
| Jul 19, 2011 at 13:20 | comment | added | user unknown | @Pankaj: Are you blonde? | |
| Jul 19, 2011 at 9:33 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackSkeptic/status/93252232639823872 | ||
| Jul 19, 2011 at 5:49 | comment | added | Randolf Richardson | @vartec: Remember, Hollywood has a particular specialty concerning special effects (and covering things up so that fake stuff looks more real), so when it comes to finding such reliable data I'd say the odds are stacked against you by some real pros. | |
| Jul 19, 2011 at 5:37 | comment | added | jwenting | Could it be because stupid, dull-witted, girls tend to grab the pyroxide bottle more than others, while smart, intelligent, girls go for a brown colouring? :) | |
| Jul 19, 2011 at 5:36 | vote | accept | Pankaj Upadhyay | ||
| Jul 19, 2011 at 5:31 | comment | added | Pankaj Upadhyay | @Randolf : As far as the attraction goes, you are correct. I too don't have a theoretical explanation but a practical one. Facebook has emerged BIG from this consequence only. People can see pretty faces anywhere but they tend to incline or attracted towards the faces they see more often. Hence, it's way ahead of any dating/blind dating website. | |
| Jul 18, 2011 at 22:36 | comment | added | vartec | BTW, I have strong suspicion, that in Hollywood vast majority of blond girls are actually fake blonds, but I can't find any reliable data about that. | |
| Jul 18, 2011 at 19:39 | comment | added | Randolf Richardson | @dmckee: Ah, but isn't "beauty in the eye of the beholder?" I've observed that people tend to generally be attracted to those they see more often (so perhaps familiarity plays a role in assessing beauty?). I recall reading about some psychological explanation of this, but I'm unable to find it at present. =( | |
| Jul 18, 2011 at 17:04 | comment | added | dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten | Consider that "pretty" people (especially women and girls?) have the option of influencing people by that hook and may practice that skill instead of "smarter" alternatives. So even if the statistics hold up the causality might be social rather than related to intelligence. | |
| Jul 18, 2011 at 15:35 | answer | added | vartec | timeline score: 9 | |
| Jul 18, 2011 at 14:19 | history | asked | Pankaj Upadhyay | CC BY-SA 3.0 |