..to be p*ssed off at yet another comment

[CinnamonBlockage]

Well peed off. I'm blonde. I was born blonde and will stay blonde until I go white. Why do people (both male and female) think it's ok to make derogatory comments regarding my intelligence based on the colour of my hair. I used to play along or ignore it but as I've got older it really irks. Today I was accused of having 'a blonde moment' as I forgot something.

Any other blondes feel the same?

Is she white? The answer will give a different meaning to the quote.

Dye it mad colours.

People either tell you how much they love your hair and how they with they were brave enough to do it.

Or they just look scared of you.

Haha:)
The problem is, I'm rather introverted, so couldn't cope with the attention...

I'm a natural blonde and have had experience of this throughout my life. But I KNOW I'm not a stupid airhead bimbo,and that I'm actually quite intelligent,so I don't let it bother me!

I was blonde as a child, it went slightly darker in my teens and then grey in my twenties but I have it blonde now because that is what suits my colouring. I have been brunette at times, though, and have definitely been treated differently when blonde as opposed to brunette. Similar things to the others on this thread. Interestingly (although unsurprisingly) my husband is blonde, and has never had any such comments made to him. Both of our girls are blonde, and I'm hoping that they will be judged for their actions rather than the colour of their hair.

I am 5’9’’ and blonde/dirty fair. Used to the comments and don’t care. Their problem not mine.

Meant to say, I am actually a healthcare professional with two undergraduate degrees and professional post-degree qualifications, so definitely not stupid.

But it's also considered beautiful so swings and roundabouts.

I heard a lot of "don't be such a girl" and I use it myself. I haven't noticed anyone being offended either.

Maybe they were being too polite to comment on it. Why is it ok to use "girl" as a derogatory word? Is there something wrong with being a girl?

There was comments about a blonde lady on The Chase the other day. It really pissed me off. Such lazy and mysoginistic sneers.

I don't like it, it's lazy, stereotypical language.

(I'm dark haired and not jealous either)

and I say I'm having a blonde moment...

And what do you think that means? It means "oh whoops, I've done something stupid like some sort of blonde bimbo would".

As OP said. Very tiresome.

I'm blonde. Not out of a bottle but real blonde (slightly tinged with grey now), and I'm 56.

Yes, I've had to put up with 'dumb blonde / blonde bimbo / blonde moment' comments for as long as I can remember. One one occasion I started a new job and after about a week one of the directors asked why I'd got the job. I listed my rather considerable qualifications and he was completely taken by surprise.

Notenoughcats mentioned about her husband (sorry, my iPad is old and useless and I can't seem to reference). My adult brother is also a blonde and he too has never received comments.

Cinnamon I just asked him if anyone has judged him because of the colour of his hair, and he said that maybe once or twice he has made a joke about himself being a dumb blonde or having a blonde moment (which I have given him a stern talking to about, given his wife and both of his daughters are blonde), but no patient or colleague (similar occupation to me) has ever mentioned the colour of his hair. He did say that until he grew his beard people often commented on how young he looked, and I do wonder if that is the thing people say to blonde men, rather than something derogatory about intelligence, because blonde hair is seen as being child-like or something?