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Blondes

            
             What is it about blondes? Why is it that one half of American women color their hair, and forty percent of them color it to a shade of blonde? Despite the fact that only sixteen percent of all American girls are born blonde, forty percent of all Playboy Playmates are blonde. Our society is so infatuated with blondes that parents even want their children to be blond. Ads for egg donors go as far as to offer bonuses for blonde donors. The portrayal of blondes throughout history can be held accountable for these sometimes not so obvious preferences. .
             The infatuation with blondes dates back to Ancient Rome and Egypt. During these time periods, women from wealthy households would wear blonde wigs. This began the assumption that blonde hair and fair skin equaled a wealthy woman. This occurrence is also found in southern Europe today. There the upper classes contain a disproportionate number of blondes compared to the lower classes. In 1899 a German gynecologist stated two ideas as to why this is true. He believed that blonde women tended to have fairer body hair that complemented the soft outline of their bodies better. His second thought was that the fairness of the skin that is associated with blondes made it easier to detect the flush of the skin during sexual excitement. These patterns during history led to the most influential factor of society's infatuation with blondes: Hollywood.
             At the beginning of the Hollywood heyday' the blonde image was created by adolescent men to fulfill their fantasies of beautiful women. The classic blonde portrayed an image of a bimbo topped with platinum locks and complete with a body that should come with a "Dangerous Curves- warning. The popular image of a movie producer with a cigar in his mouth and a blonde bombshell on his arm became the cliché of success. This image, and many more like it, worked like Pavlovian conditioning. When ordinary men saw thousands of images of happy and rich men with blondes on their side it became an underlying assumption that a blonde was needed for a man to be happy.


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1. Blondes (Division & Classification)

Life is full of blondes and blonde moments; fortunately the American people love blondes. Blondes don't have it easy though; between the dumb jokes and the stereotypes, blondes struggle to prove that they are more than bimbos with great boobs. ... The dumb blonde is the most familiar of all blondes. ... The blonde bombshell is the least common of all blondes. ... Bleach blondes usually all share the same characteristics. ...

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2. Blondes (Classification Essay)

Life is full of blondes and blonde moments; fortunately the American people love blondes. Blondes don't have it easy though; between the dumb jokes and the stereotypes, blondes struggle to prove that they are more than bimbos with great boobs. ... The dumb blonde is the most familiar of all blondes. ... The blonde bombshell is the least common of all blondes. ... Bleach blondes usually all share the same characteristics. ...

  • Word Count: 834
  • Approx Pages: 3
  • Grade Level: High School

3. Mystique Of The Blonde

In today's society, blondes are discriminated against just because of the hair color. ... But, there are also the blondes that have become so successful over the years and even centuries, that they aren't even worthy of being called dumb or stupid. ... Marilyn Monroe and Madonna are both beautiful idle blondes that many people look up to. ... In the future, more "dumb blonds" will come in and out of this world and more and more will defy the saying, "dumb blond."...

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4. Are You Serving Your Children Right?

The Tyson Frozen Food two-page ad printed in the Aug. 26, 2001, coupon section of the Sunday Boston Globe uses a pretty, blond child and an appealing contest to convince mothers to buy their children Tyson chicken so their children's school can get money. In an advertisement, if they are not sure if they"re going to attract an audience and when children are involved, the females they use are going to be a blond and the boy is going to be a redhead. Therefore in the ad, a blond girl is shown raising her hand right up front in the class. ... In this advertisement, no celebrities or beaut...

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5. Critical Film Overview - Winter's Bone

Blond drove Ree out to an old, burned-down house and he claimed that Jessup died in there during a faulty meth lab. ... Many of Blond's actions hint that he could have been a part of the gang that killed Jessup. ... Blond also offers to take Sonny off of Ree's hands and she replies, "You son of a bitch. ... Overall, Blond lies to his distant family- Ree - in order to protect his close family- the Miltons. ... Just like Blond Milton, Merab is only trying to protect her family's reputation. ...

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  • Grade Level: High School

6. Media, Labeling and Stereotypes

Not only does media have an effect on the way we see blondes, but so do all of the blonde jokes that people have come up with just to create a great laugh amongst those who listen. ... " Even though these joke succeed at their purpose of making people laugh, they still create people to think towards all blondes as dumb, which isn't entirely true. One reason for my disagreement towards the stereotype, is that some of the smartest people I know are blondes. ... Another example is that both, my doctor and Pediatric Nurse, were blondes. ... Either way, the fact that all of these people ...

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7. Drowning A Fish

Drowning a Fish Why can't blondes be pharmacists? ... The stereotype that blondes are not very intelligent is shown in Hollywood but is also proven to be wrong in movies and in children's toys. ... Barbie has become a perfect example of what blondes can go out and do in life. ... All in all, some blondes may be dumber than others, but smart ones do exist. ...

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8. The Undying Power of Sexuality

The same year that Monroe shocked society and posed nude for Playboy magazine, and at the peak of her career, she starred in the film Gentleman Prefer Blondes (1953) as a "dumb blonde" chorus girl named Lorelei Lee. ... The fact that the directors Howard Hawks (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes) and Simon West (Lara Croft: Tomb Raider) casted two of the most famous sex symbols of their generations was no coincidence, and definitely no accident. ... In each scene of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), Marilyn Monroe looks as if she had just come from the beauty parlor. ... In Gentleman Prefer Bl...

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