I think so. Although there are many guys who prefer brunettes, or at least say they do. The question is; why would this be the case?
I remember going to a race (where a friend of mine was one of the competitors - junior leagues) with my (then) Finnish girlfriend, who happens to be extremely blonde. She was wearing a really tight top and regular slack pants (was a really hot day). Now here’s the thing - so was every single other girl at the circuit. It was hot, many many of them were really young. And good-looking too. But the only one that got stared down really really badly was Kat (it’s not her real name but that’s how I’ll refer to her). I mean as soon as I left her for a second to get a scone or a drink about ten guys would attempt to start talking to her. She got pretty pissed about it so she asked me not to go anywhere without her. But I did feel really wierd at the time.
But this reminds me of many such incidents. I remember sitting on the train once and a brunette and redhead (both highly attractive) walk by in mini-skirts and no-one bats an eyelid. But the blonde walks by in the same apparel and guess what? Everyone suddenly starts staring and one actually whistles a little. Yeah she was attractive too, but so were the other girls.
Does this tie in to your experiences? Why would blonde women be objectified as such, and why doesn’t the same happen to blonde men (a recent exception could be Brad Pitt in Troy - but then I’m not really sure if him being blondish is ever really mentioned much)?
From personal observation I would say this happens a lot. My tastes in women vary extremely widely, so while I won’t say that I don’t find blondes attractive, I also don’t think that they are the only attractive ones.
My only explanation for that is that maybe it wasn’t her hair color, so much as it was her overall hotness. I don’t care what color hair a girl has, she is either attractive or she is not. I think most people are like that, so that uhh evidences my theory.
No coz there were plenty of other hot girls there. Loads. Absolutely friggin loads. But nearly all of them were brunettes (I say all, but I’m sure there were a few hot blondes getting hassled in the background). But it’s just something I’ve noticed for quite a while.
Yes attractive women get looks and compliments. But blondes get drooling and some type of weird foaming at the mouth.
I find darker haired women to be more attractive myself. I don’t know why, I’m just drawn to it more then blonds. I can agree with you though, every guy I’ve come in contact has always wanted some “blond hottie”. I don’t know what’s up with that. Maybe because the blond hair is brighter than most and stands out more.
So what you’re asking is ‘Do Gentlemen prefer Blondes?’ Not ‘Do Gentlemen objectify Blonds more?’
Because I think I objecitfy all women equally…
…although it now occurs to me the second question mught be vaild, do men treat Blonds more like objects than they do other colours. Forgive me it’s been a long day.
I think it’s just more noticable. I’ve been blonde (currently brunette) and I would get more cursory looks, but I didn’t notice that people I got to know found me any more attractive or desirable. It just stands out more. I got the same effect as a brunette when I’d wear a red dress. Something about red dresses or blonde hair that gets men’s immediate attention. Maybe it reflects the light more as ParentalAdvisory said. Or maybe men are just more on the lookout for certain things.
I will say that when I had a particularly obvious looking dye job (most of the time it looked pretty natrual–but this was a really screaming BOTTLE BLONDE tone), I did get a lot more cat calls and come ons. I’ve always assumed that it was because, having obviously dyed hair, it looked more like I was “putting myself out there” or wanting attention.
Could it be that many women were being objectified on that sunny day but your attention was understandably focused on the objectifying that was happening to the woman you were escorting?
I think that, given a standard level of attractiveness, blondes are more distinctive than brunettes because of rarity. Redheads, then, are even more distinctive. As it happens, my anecdotal experience bears this out.
No, I don’t. I don’t know what “objectified” is supposed to mean, and that I’ve heard it used in so many conflicting contexts that I now consider it to be essentially meaningless drivel.
If you mean to say that blondes are “checked out” or “oggled” more, then I guess my experience has been contrary to that. But I can’t say that I’m unbiased in my observation, 'cos, ceteris paribus, I’ll oggle a dark-haired girl instead of the blonde.
No. There were lots of other attractive girls there - but certainly none of them got the kind of attention Kat did. No where near close. Of course other women were probably being harassed too (as they can be at heavily male events), but even she felt it was too much.
In other words, to give her no intellectual standing other than as a sexual object. That she may think that your hooting at her is inappropriate or offensive. That the guy who attempts to grab her ass while I’m not there isn’t giving a second thought as to whether or not she has any feelings on the matter. Ergo, like an object, or a dish.
In certain circumstances blondes may get somewhat more attention overall if all the other attractiveness elements (face, body etc) are in place, but (IMO) to use the word “objectification” is silly. There are relatively few natural true “blondes” Most young women use blond hair dye to make themselves look more glamorous, interesting or attractive to men, or simply to feel more attractive in a society that considers blondeness to be more glamorous & interesting, even if they are not actively hunting for directed attention.
Blondes do stand out more, and the decision to stand out more and be noticed is exactly what most young women are purchasing with a bottle of blonde (or whatever) hair dye. I can’t imagine anything more arrogant or absurd than a young woman going blond (or even being naturally blond) and wearing a skin tight outfit in a venue with plenty of young males, and then huffing and puffing about “objectification” because she is approached by numerous men wanting to know if she is available
I don’t know about full-blown objectification, but I can tell you that blond men can get a surprising amount of attention from women who consider it a rarity. As a blue-eyed blond myself, I can give dozens of anecdotal examples. Suffice to say that I’ve gotten more than my fair share of attention from Hispanic, Indian, and East Asian women.
If this is how you define “objectify,” I can honestly say that I have never objectified women, except for perhaps a few really, really, really stupid ones. And come to think of it, I probably haven’t viewed any stupid women as sexual objects anyway, because idiocy is pretty high on my list of turnoffs.
As for the special status afforded to blonde women, I most certainly don’t get it. My tastes in female hair color run from medium brown to black. Blonde women don’t strike me as unattractive, but they probably have to be better-looking to turn my head than do those with darker hair. Maybe, seeing as how I’m a blond guy, it’s some kind of subconscious instinct to ensure outbreeding.
