AIBU to say I'm having blonde moment when I'm actually brunette?

[RonnyJotten]

I'm brunette , but did say today after I forgot something 'Oh I'm having a blonde moment'

Does this mean I'm 'blondist' and think blondes are less clever than brunettes?

The associations of hair colour I have are

a) Blondes are a bit ditzy and not very clever

b) Brunettes are the epitome of intelligence

c) Redheads could start a fight in an empty room

Does your natural hair colour really have a bearing on your personalty??

No. And yabu.

YABU and I don't think it does have any baring on personality.

I am brunette and can start a fight when locked in a room on my own.

Is this a joke?
You must be, but...

I heard a man say to his very young blonde dd that she was having a blonde moment when she'd forgotten her bag-made me want to cry.

Bullying of red heads is prolific and there are well documented cases of it ending in violence/families hounded out of town.

Saying you're having a blonde moment is the thin end of the wedge imho.

YABU. Why would you perpetuate the 'blondes are stupid' stereotype? It's a lazy, usually misogynistic (how often do people say it about blond men?) way of thing. Yuck.

(And yes, I am blonde-ish, and I have a first class degree from Cambridge)

What do you call a blonde who dyes her hair brown?

Artificial Intelligence!

sarky

no it's not a joke ...and I don't know if it has any baring on personality, hence me asking

I am simply saying I said 'I had a blonde moment' which I obviously didn't because I'm brunette.

I just a bit about why I thought that that was ok to say?

I do think society judges on hair colour

I'm happy making blonde jokes in the company of most people I know because I know that the stereotype is seen as so ludicrous that it is ok to joke about.

I wouldn't do ginger jokes though because bullying of red heads is still rife.

A work colleague yesterday told me she was having a blonde moment. She is a not particularly bright brunette. I bit my tongue but did think 'Darling you'd be stupid no matter what your hair colouring'.

Oh it goes without saying that you can only make blonde jokes if you are a super intelligent (and deluded) blonde.

I'm a. At urial blonde and this sort of thing really bugs me - its just plain misogynistic. When I was in my early 20's (20 years ago now ) I had a t-shirt that said 'I'm a natural blonde, please speak slowly'. It was of course worn with heavy sarcasm but I've always hated the' blonde moment' thing.

squoosh - love it!

I am blonde and don't actually mind the stereo type that much. Probably because I love it when people make the fatal mistake of thinking I'm stupid just because I happen to be blonde.

Every few months Marie Claire or one of those magazines will recycle their blonde v brunette debate.

Hilary Clinton (blonde) v Kelly Brook (brunette)
Chantelle Houghton (blonde) v Simone de Beauvoir (brunette)

It's a very tired, very worn cliché.

Go to Denmark and tell them they're a 'ditzy' people.

Yes making 'blondes are stoopid' remarks are absolutely a-okay with me.

As long as you don't mind me forever thinking of you as a dismal, reductive cunt

CoolaSchmoola - that is one of the great advantages of bring blonde, having the upper hand as you are so often underestimated- however, I fear it doesn't outweigh the out and out prejudice.

Oh sorry, I should have checked really..

Did I spell 'dismal, reductive cunt' right? I am awfully slow y'know.

May I suggest the phrase "brain fart" next time you forget something?

"Oh, what's the name of that fellow on that show? I can't remember, I'm having a brain fart."

Less blondist.

Try being blonde with big boobs!

OP, YABU

Fecking hell.
So you people know people who actually believe this tripe and so there is reason to be offended.

It just wouldn't occur to me to take offence is it so patently a crock of shit.

Skaffen
I've tried that. For about 25 years :)

Also. It would be 'bearing' on personality

OP, do fair haired men ever say this about themselves? No? That's a good rule of thumb that it might be sexist.

I love dismal reductive cunt. Might bagsy that for next name change.

DH has frequent blonde moments.
But even more grey ones.
I comment on then both in equal measure.

Sarky

I've never really taken offence at blonde jokes, but it does get wearing to be so stereotyped...

Brain fart is much better!