OMG She's such a dumb blonde!

The Famous Author George Elliot once said "Dont Judge a book by it's cover".But this is easier said than done. In today's society we are quick to prejudge someone. we are convinced that a person is fixed to a certain stereotype.Blondes have been stereotyped against for generations. When we think of the term"Blonde", many of us think of celebrities and the phrase "blondes have more fun!", but the term blonde also comes with negative connotations such as "Dumb Blonde".

• "The waitress asked the blonde if she would like her pizza cut into six pieces or twelve."

• "Six please" she said, "I could never eat twelve!"

Blonde jokes exploit the term Dumb Blonde. But why are blondes considered the dumb ones? not brunettes or red heads? is there reason behind this stereotype ? What did this stereotype originate from?
One place this stereotype is said to have started is in the Medieval times. The rich and wealthy were said to have darker hair and the peasant servant were said to have lighter hair from working outside in the sun. Peasant servants were said to be less intelligent than the upper class , so here an association between fair haired people being less intelligent than those with darker hair began.
Although this stereotype may have began centuries ago, the dumb blonde stereotype is very prevalent still in our lives today. you would think that with all our advances with anti apartheid and equality that surely a thing such as stereotyping someone simply because of their hair colour would be abolished from our society, but unfortunately this is not the case.
In modern pop culture the dumb blonde image is still portrayed today.Probably one of the most famous blonde haired icons, Marilyn Monroe, portrayed a dumb blonde character in most of her films. This reinforced the stereotype int our society. Also films like legally blonde play on the stereotype.

• What can strike a blonde without her even knowing it?
•  A thought. 

Why are blondes considered dumb, when in fact they have an average IQ of 100, which is the same for people of any colour hair. Roughly 10% of the worlds population is blonde, 8% of this is unnatural. so why would these people dye their hair to be prejudged as being dumb? clearly it's because blondes have more fun! Again, this is another stereotype.But why is a dumb blonde joke only funny when its about a blonde? why cant it be:

• "How do you keep a brunette busy?"
• "Write "please turn over "on both sides of the paper "

As you can see , the media has altered our perception of blondes. they almost brainwash society to perceive blondes in a certain way. But there are no facts to back up the stereotypes. So, i encourage you to not judge a book by its cover and abolish the blonde stereotype.
 

This is a documentary i found on youtube about blonde sterotypes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=L0GqDe5NViM