Do Blondes Officially Have More Fun?
I never know how I feel about “news” articles that make sweeping generalizations on gendered topics (always a recipe for trouble!), but this Daily Mail article about a recent study that blondes really do have more fun (and more confidence!) is really intriguing.
As a (fake) blonde, this article struck a chord with me. I personally dye my hair because I feel a lot more confident and pretty as a blonde (I have nothing against brunettes, but my brown hair looks really bad on me), but it’s not necessarily a good kind of confident or pretty… it’s conforming to constricting standards of beauty! I definitely feel better about myself as a blonde, but it’s a sense of well-being that comes from sort of sexist societal pressures to be a certain kind of pretty. (I probably would be happier being brunette if we were less of a sexist, media-saturated society)
What do you make of this study? In the meantime, I’m off to get my roots done…
Frankie | October 8th, 2008 at 8:41 am
This is the first time I’ve been blonde, but I’ve dyed my hair plenty of times before, and it always makes me feel more confident. I guess it gives me a sense of freedom and control: I’m no slave to my natural brunette color! I can change it whenever I want, and doggone it, I can take charge of the rest of my life, too! (As you might have guessed, I tend to dye my hair when I’m feeling particularly insecure about myself.)