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qwlauren35

(6,148 posts)
Sun May 3, 2020, 07:30 PM May 2020

The "Ditzy Blonde" Stereotype.

I posted a "blonde" joke on Facebook yesterday and one of my blonde friends called me on it. It didn't take much editing, and voila, not a blonde joke.

Honestly, I don't know what it's like to have no one take you seriously because of the color of your hair. And as a software engineer, having to prove herself over and over must be very frustrating. So, I ask you. When you see this:

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Tomi Lahren Says "Stay At Home" Orders Are Just Like Slavery



does it make you think "dumb blonde" or "ditzy blonde"... or just Dumb?

Me personally, I think "stupid, privileged, white woman with no clue of what she's saying." Her hair color doesn't even remotely register. But perhaps if you are white, you see the hair color.
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The "Ditzy Blonde" Stereotype. (Original Post) qwlauren35 May 2020 OP
Remove her makeup, and she is nothing Miigwech May 2020 #1
honestly the dumb blonde thing gives conservative women an excuse a distraction... Thomas Hurt May 2020 #2
Dumb and willfully ignorant come to mind first 2naSalit May 2020 #3
Being told not to work is slavery. Crunchy Frog May 2020 #4
Still, why are so many MAGAs women blondes? mainer May 2020 #5
My guess qwlauren35 May 2020 #8
Because it's much more Aryan? LakeArenal May 2020 #10
Jane Curtin... LessAspin May 2020 #6
It's an especially unfair stereotype, especially considering that Lahren is a bottle blonde. GoCubsGo May 2020 #7
Giggling couch tumors. qwlauren35 May 2020 #9
I stole it from Bob Cesca. GoCubsGo May 2020 #12
Just "dumb", honestly. MH1 May 2020 #11
Her hair color is not blonde. Check out her eye brows. The blonde sinkingfeeling May 2020 #13

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
2. honestly the dumb blonde thing gives conservative women an excuse a distraction...
Sun May 3, 2020, 08:09 PM
May 2020

these women aren't dumb, they are liars.

2naSalit

(86,741 posts)
3. Dumb and willfully ignorant come to mind first
Sun May 3, 2020, 08:11 PM
May 2020

A few minutes later the blonde thing might come around to my attention. It's the gobs of make-up I notice after listening to what they have to say... though sometimes the make-up is so loud as to be the first thing.

qwlauren35

(6,148 posts)
8. My guess
Sun May 3, 2020, 08:23 PM
May 2020

Someone has told them that "blondes have more fun", and they see blonde women getting more male attention". That'll do it.

There is one other reason, though.

When your hair goes gray, blonde is easier to maintain when it comes to dying your hair. You can touch up the roots, you can go a bit longer between dye jobs.

And PLEASE don't ask why women feel they need to dye their hair. There is rampant stereotyping of gray-haired women as incapable, and "too old". It is harder to get a job when you are a woman with gray hair. Hair dye-ing becomes a professional necessity.

Anecdotal evidence, look in any grocery store or pharmacy right now and you will see that women's hair color is selling out. Women who are used to going to the salon are trying to color their hair at home.

LessAspin

(1,156 posts)
6. Jane Curtin...
Sun May 3, 2020, 08:20 PM
May 2020

put it best.

SNL 40 Year Anniversary Weekend Update segment: Jane Curtin: I used to be the only pretty blonde woman reading the fake news. Now there's a whole network devoted to that.

https://crooksandliars.com/cltv/2015/02/jane-curtain-takes-swipe-fox-news

GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)
7. It's an especially unfair stereotype, especially considering that Lahren is a bottle blonde.
Sun May 3, 2020, 08:20 PM
May 2020

As are Princess Ivanka, Kay-lee McInaney, many of the giggling couch tumors on FOX, etc. They're not even real blondes.

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