Wow! It must be all those dumb "fake" blondes I run into who give blondes their bad rep!
Oh wait...maybe we should look at this important question a little more carefully...
"The study found that the average IQ of blondes was actually slightly higher than those with other hair colors, but that finding
isn’t statistically significant, said Zagorsky, who works in the university’s
Center for Human Resource Research (CHRR).
“I don’t think you can say with certainty that blondes are smarter than others, but you can definitely say they are not any dumber.”
"The resulting findings showed that blonde-haired white women had an average IQ of 103.2, compared to 102.7 for those with brown hair, 101.2 for those with red hair and 100.5 for those with black hair."
Ah, wait again..."In 1985, all participants were asked, “What is your natural hair color?”
Mistake number 1: trusting that a woman will answer truthfully when asked if she is a natural blonde. A certain percentage will lie, even to other women.
Mistake number 2: assuming that a man who thinks blondes are dumb will therefore be inclined not to hire them. It doesn't always work that way.
Mistake number 3: forgetting that hiring and promotion practices are affected by other stereotypes, like the fact thatanother stereotype about blondes is that they are perceived to be more promiscuous.
So, it's complicated. One man might hire a woman even if he believes her to be "dumber", because he thinks she will be more "sexually available". Another man might not hire her for either or both of those reasons, even though he's mistaken. Or, a man might hire her, but not pay her very well, or not promote her.
A further factor to be considered is that perhaps these judgments are not actually being made about "natural" blondes. How many "natural" pale blondes are there who are in their twenties and thirties? I haven't come across all that many in any part of this country. I think the stereotype is about women who are actually bleaching their hair a rather unnatural color, perhaps wearing too much make-up, wearing certain types of clothing. Even if that woman is indeed smart and capable, she is giving, at the least, the impression that she cares way too much about her appearance, and a pretty sexualized appearance at that.
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