Is the "dumb blonde" stereotype true? Where did this stereotype even come from?

[AlwaysFaith]

Honestly, I even notice other blondies giving answer EVEN I think are dumb LOL but then I'll do the same thing. So, ask me random questions and I will give my first answer to it (this is just for fun! so don't be scared to ask)!

[Summeroflove]

It’s not always true but stereotypes become stereotypes for a reason. Number one, there are very intelligent blonde women and very dumb women of other hair colors.

I think what it comes from is women who don’t really have anything else going for them so they overcompensate with their appearances. Such as dying their hair blonde and overly obsessing over their looks. Instead of focusing on anything else… I’m not saying all women who look good are that way because they’re not. I’m just saying that’s the stereotype.

Question. What are your passions and hobbies? What’s something you learned that you never imagined you could comprehend before? What’s something that you accomplished that your past self would have never imagined you could? Do you save your money, invest it, or just blow your paychecks never having anything left over?

[Summeroflove]

Have you ever been the first to act in a situation? Such as. Taking something on that for many was too challenging. Jumping into a situation that most others around were too cowardly… such as helping someone at a accident scene.

[AlwaysFaith]

Thanks for the questions! I like to go shopping and to the gym! Umm how money works LOL and how important just doing stuff for people is too! LOL that's tmi. I just save my money until I have enough to buy something I want. I feel like I'm always the first to act!

[Summeroflove]

Obviously what’s the point of having money if you can’t enjoy it. That’s miserable but you would be surprised at the number of people who mindlessly spend their entire paycheck and cannot afford necessities especially when there is a emergency and they have no money.

They ruin their credit score and hardly live independently such as owning a home. But they have bougie things…

[Summeroflove]

But it’s good to also save for emergencies. Save for things you really want in the future. House, car, vacations, etc. Havung money in the case of a emergency. It’s self control trust me you see money and you think of all the things you can do with it.

Can’t have your cake and eat it too…. Meaning. If you spend all your money you don’t have any more money. You can have nice things and do things you enjoy. If you use it wisely.

[DryGermanGuy]

Extra, extra! Read all about it!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blonde_stereotype#Dumb_blonde

[FreyaRed]

With exception of east Asian countries, the blonder a country the higher their human development index.
I know, I know we speak about blonde women but blonde women have blonde kids and it's just logical their children would be less intelligent if those blonde women were mentally handicapped. Ergo: This would have negative effect on HDI. Just a simple socioeconomic calculation.

By the way, I'm naturally very dark blond. Does it county as blond to get the dumb badge or just super bright bleached blond?

[purplepoppy]

It comes from various sources. Originally prostitutes would dye their hair blonde to advertise their trade. Hair colour is also am indicator of where in Europe your from so there's always the discrimination factor.
At a later date Hollywood used it as a way of making it easier for people to understand characters in the same way white and black hats were used in westerns.

Is it true? Well there's plenty of women who play the blonde card but generally not.

[QuineJessica]

I'm a blonde who was always an excellent student at school and now at university 😝

The answer I like the most is that brunettes came up with this stereotype because they envy us 😈

But in fact, there are very deep reasons that go back to the times of the Roman Empire when most slaves were of barbarian origin (i. e. blondes in the majority), and since slaves did not have access to education they were considered stupid. And even after a huge amount of time this migrated into our culture and haunts us to this day.

[ChicoFromThe305]

I think all stereotypes are true somewhere but it doesn't mean all of them fall in the stereotype, aw you are trying to test yourself to see if you fall into the stereotype 😂

[AlwaysFaith]

Yes pretty much LOL

[ChicoFromThe305]

Try to update the question with the results 😂

[AlwaysFaith]

I will try!

[jennifer_bloom]

Research says blond women are more intelligent, than other groups, but only by an average of 2%.

[Eddaisy]

Bence I don't think it's true, they came across 1 stupid blonde and they always thought it was like that

[Anonymous]

well just look at Tomi Lahren, a blonde bimbo feminist on Fox News running her mouth and blaming the birth rate decline on men when she herself has no children of her own

[Nikki1989]

A blonde woman most likely triggered it when she butt-hurt some dude.

[jahaims]

It's based on the trop that attractive people don't have to become intelligent because they can skate by on looks alone

[leahzrc]

No my hair is brown and I am dumb as SAND

[Genzet]

Not at all