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To think being blonde doesn’t automatically mean you’re attractive?

303 replies

Holdtightwhenyoutiptoe · 10/03/2018 13:19

I see it on here a lot. Because someone is blonde they are automatically gorgeous.

I’m not saying any other colour is better. I’m saying that certain hair colours suit different people.

I look better as a brunette, I wasn’t as attractive when I was blonde. I’m sure others have experienced this the other way around too.

I’m just getting quite tired of the whole everything needs to be light in order for anyone to be considered pretty.

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Sparklingbrook · 10/03/2018 14:20
To think being blonde doesn’t automatically mean you’re attractive?
blastomama · 10/03/2018 14:20

Woah! How’s the weather today in Paranoid City

Lovely. Hows the weather it Delusion Land?

Your OP is absolute bollocks. Since you haven't linked to any of your many nonexistent examples, I think you know that.

So what is your actual beef?

FrustratedDotCom · 10/03/2018 14:22

Gosh the faux naïveté of people saying they’d never heard of the blondes are more attractive trope! Never heard of the phrase ‘blonde bombshell’ either?! 🙄

GreatDuckCookery6211 · 10/03/2018 14:23

Frustrated I have definitely heard of it but I haven't seen it ever bandied about on MN.

TatianaLarina · 10/03/2018 14:23

People are actually saying they’ve never seen it on MN.

squoosh · 10/03/2018 14:24

Everyone has heard of the 'blonde bombshell' thing just as everyone has heard that brunettes are supposed to be 'sultry'. But I haven't seen a prevailing school of thought on MN that blondes are considered more attractive.

blastomama · 10/03/2018 14:24

Gosh the faux naïveté of people saying they’d never heard of the blondes are more attractive trope! Never heard of the phrase ‘blonde bombshell’ either?!

Who said they had never heard of that? No-one.
It's not remotely the same thing as "Everyone says that being blonde automatically makes you attractive".
You have to be very silly to think it does.

SnibbleAgain · 10/03/2018 14:25

Croissance I think because we live in a male dominated sexist society.

Looking like what most men consume in porn does not always make for a pleasant life.

SnibbleAgain · 10/03/2018 14:27

I mean I used to wear clothes and didn't have enhanced boobs! But YKWIM.

Fuck forgot the important bit!

"Croissance I think because we live in a male dominated sexist racist society."

Although a lot of women suffer for this in the converse with being seen as "exotic" or having strange ideas about their demeanour or sexual preferences.

Whole thing is shit why can't we just be people?

TheDailyMailIsADisgustingRag · 10/03/2018 14:28

This is the weirdest thread. You’ve seen it a lot on mumsnet? That being blonde automatically makes you more attractive Confused?

Has anyone mentioned Trump or Boris Johnson yet?

Sparklingbrook · 10/03/2018 14:29

Boris has been mentioned twice I think. Grin

SnibbleAgain · 10/03/2018 14:30

Yes Bozza has been flagged as a "hot blonde" all over the shop Grin

Erk even that phrase "hot blonde".

It's very reductive being "the blonde" - that is often all people literally know you as (if they are acquaintances rather than something like family obv!).

squoosh · 10/03/2018 14:30

Ann Widdecombe has been both blonde and brunette. I'll see what she says.

squoosh · 10/03/2018 14:31

It's very reductive being "the blonde" - that is often all people literally know you as

I'm surprised. It's not as though blondes are in any way a rarity these days.

SnibbleAgain · 10/03/2018 14:31

Where does the idea that blonde women are stupid come from?

Why do people (mainly women!) think it's OK to stand in front of a blonde woman, and say oh I've forgotten to do X, must have been having a blonde moment.

?

ohnomoresnow · 10/03/2018 14:32

Never heard anyone say blondes are more attractive, ever.

Sounds like it's your insecurities and low self esteem causing this OP.

RoadToRivendell · 10/03/2018 14:34

Women who are very invested in their appearance are possibly more likely to be blond. I think this is the origin of the myth.

I'm brunette and quite happy this way.

Croissance · 10/03/2018 14:36

Croissance I think because we live in a male dominated sexist racist society

Is it covert sexism and racism. Because I thought the UK was one of the most tolerant and accepting societies to exist on this planet.

NotAllTimsWearCapes · 10/03/2018 14:36

chill your beans

😂😂😂

Croissance · 10/03/2018 14:38

There's 'blonde bimbo' but women in general are treated as if they lack the brain cells to construct intellectual thought. Not to mention other minority groups.

user1471451355 · 10/03/2018 14:39

Maybe OP read the Dad/Pizza Hut/school mum thread because I definitely saw a poster on there claiming that her blonde hair made her more attractive than the “dumpy dark haired” unfortunate souls. Confused

LipstickHandbagCoffee · 10/03/2018 14:41

Just want to say i do think the op has a funny turn of phrase
chill your beans I’m def going to steal that
How’s the weather today in Paranoid City? liked the cheeky retort Lovely. Hows the weather it Delusion Land?

Drainedandconfused · 10/03/2018 14:42

I think it was definitely the case at school, 2 girls were rated as 'stunners' both were blonde and blue eyed but facially not that attractive, there was a real beauty in my year at school, dark hair, green eyes and a few freckles, she got overlooked, think that probably changed once she left school though.
I haven't noticed that sort of attitude on mumsnet but it is a proven fact that blondes are generally seen as more attractive as its associated with youth.

rightknockered · 10/03/2018 14:50

I think blonde hair looks nice if you have cool pink toned skin. It doesn't mean a blonde haired person is suddenly more attractive, but some men have a preference for it.
Plus it's not only this country that has a preference for it, the Asian subcontinent is the same.

rightknockered · 10/03/2018 14:52

The worst I ever heard from a man in association with blond hair, is that he didn't like blonds 'because they're all sluts'. Angry On line dating really brings out some utter turds

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