Comments on: The Situation of Hair Color

By: pinna

pinna — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 05:40:14 +0000

Actually, red hair, it might be argued, is the most demanding and expensive to maintain. The red pigment fades out the fastest. I can go get blonde color highlights, (not bleach,) and it lasts 2 months. For red, I am back in the salon every 3 weeks.
Not that I don’t agree with your overall point. It’s the same reason they try to sell Brazilian blowouts when you have gorgeous curls. Staying the way you are naturally doesn’t sell their beauty products and services.

By: Othello Cat

Othello Cat — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:50:15 +0000

If it is true that men are biologically programed to look for the physical indicators of fertility (and that is questionable) then it would be arguable that they would actually eschew blonde hair (memo to the author: “blonde” refers to female. “Blond” — without the “e”, refers to the male). Caucasian women who are born blonde usually find that their hair darkens at puberty due to the presence of eostrogen. Eostrogen is responsible for other secondary sexual characteristics that provide visual indicators that a human female is now pregnable such as the development of breasts, body hair and broadening hips. Eostrogen is also responsible for ovulation.

IOW, if — and only IF — heterosexual men are driven by visual cues to indicate fertility, then DARKENING hair would be the attractor.

The biggest refutation is that if there really is some kind of universal male attraction to youthful blondeness, it fails to explain the fecundity of the non-Caucasian persons of this planet.

Truth is, blonde hair in this day and age has been MARKETED as “beautiful” because it is the most expensive (and profitable) hair colour to maintain.

By: The Color of Sex Appeal « The Situationist

The Color of Sex Appeal « The Situationist — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 05:11:46 +0000

[...] here. For related Situationist posts, see “The Situation of Body Image,” “The Situation of Hair Color,” “The Magnetism of Beautiful People,” “Survival of the Cutest,” “Spas and [...]

By: Blondes are sexier, because all children are white? « Restructure!

Blondes are sexier, because all children are white? « Restructure! — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:51:04 +0000

[...] S. Miller and Satoshi Kanazawa, and an excerpt was featured in a Psychology Today article in 2007. Here is part of the excerpt: Blond hair is unique in that it changes dramatically with age. Typically, young girls with light [...]

By: T

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:41:42 +0000

I too think the rationale offered by Miller and Kanazawa is somewhat flimsy, but I do think there’s a germ of truth in there worthy of exploring further.