# Ladies - In general, do you find men with red hair and freckles attractive? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 21, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-in-general-do-you-find-men-with-red-hair-and-freckles-attractive/196768 "2003-08-21T20:49:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-in-general-do-you-find-men-with-red-hair-and-freckles-attractive/196768/21 "2003-08-22T03:13:59Z")
Well I don’t. Confession time: I have very red hair and lots of freckles. I think it looks OK on a woman. It looks adorable on children. But on a man it looks… childish. Cute, maybe, but definitely not masculine. My opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-in-general-do-you-find-men-with-red-hair-and-freckles-attractive/196768/22 "2003-08-22T04:08:56Z")
All redheads are irresistible to members of the opposite sex. Fact. Just ask any spouse of a redhead 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-in-general-do-you-find-men-with-red-hair-and-freckles-attractive/196768/23 "2003-08-22T08:06:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Omnipresent \* > \*\*Further, would you eff a man with red hair and freckles? Does it matter to you at all? \*\* Would the effing be with the lights out? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-in-general-do-you-find-men-with-red-hair-and-freckles-attractive/196768/24 "2003-08-22T08:07:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by autz \* > \*\*But on a man it looks… childish. Cute, maybe, but definitely not masculine. \*\* Sort of like Ron Weaseley of Harry Potter fame? ---
**Author:** ![yola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/48db29/32.png) [@yola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yola)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-in-general-do-you-find-men-with-red-hair-and-freckles-attractive/196768/25 "2003-08-22T08:29:47Z")
Red heads get better looking the older they get I’ve noticed. Wouldn’t and hasn’t stopped me from nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krisfer_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-in-general-do-you-find-men-with-red-hair-and-freckles-attractive/196768/26 "2003-08-22T10:28:05Z")
HELL YES! _wipes away the drool_ 'Specially the type with red chest hair running all the way down…_more drool_ It would be terribly hypocritical of me to reject a man with freckles. I laid out this year hoping to get a little color so I wouldn’t look so ghostly at the pool… nope. Got more freckles tho.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Omnipresent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8c91f0/32.png) [@Omnipresent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omnipresent)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-in-general-do-you-find-men-with-red-hair-and-freckles-attractive/196768/27 "2003-08-22T13:56:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by look!ninjas \* > \*\*Redheads are good. Out of curiosity, **Omnipresent** , why do you ask? \*\* Just curious as, I have a friend who’s that description who’s only dated once and married that one girl. Wondered if it was the bozo hair and/or the potentially cancerous marks on his skin that are the cause of this, or his personality. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-in-general-do-you-find-men-with-red-hair-and-freckles-attractive/196768/28 "2003-08-22T14:42:21Z")
For me, appearance takes a back seat to personality and personal hygiene. A killer smile blinds me to hair color. And obnoxious behavior turns me of altogether. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-in-general-do-you-find-men-with-red-hair-and-freckles-attractive/196768/29 "2003-08-22T14:43:14Z")
Red Headed Guy with not too many freckles checking in…From the other side of the coin, I’ve had a lot of women tell me they love my hair, but not in a “I wanna do you” sense, but a “I wish I had hair that color” sense. I think more women prefer dark hair and eyebrows because it seems more dominant. I have heard women say they didn’t like redheaded guys. I’ve never heard women say they didn’t like dark-haired or blonde guys. Then again, I’ve been with women who discovered that red haired men could be sexy and that dark = dominant and not dark= not dominant is just not true. But I’ve never been with a woman who was “into redheads”… ---
**Author:** ![dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorkusmalorkusmafia/32/7266_2.png) [@dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorkusmalorkusmafia)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-in-general-do-you-find-men-with-red-hair-and-freckles-attractive/196768/30 "2003-08-22T14:51:16Z")
I am not a lady but my current boyfriend has red hair. His head hair is strawberry blond. His facial and body hair are all orange/red. He also has freckles but they are only on his arms and legs now. In his earlier pictures he had them on his face too but they have since faded. I know many other men who have fetishized red heads (both straight and gay). For me the person is more important. ---
**Author:** ![elfje](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19b73/32.png) [@elfje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfje)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-in-general-do-you-find-men-with-red-hair-and-freckles-attractive/196768/31 "2003-08-22T15:01:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by An Arky \* > **I’ve never heard women say they didn’t like dark-haired or blonde guys.** dark haired guys are ok, but i’m not too fond of blonde hair. And I’m a woman 🙂 happier now? ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-in-general-do-you-find-men-with-red-hair-and-freckles-attractive/196768/32 "2003-08-22T15:50:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elfje \* > \*\*dark haired guys are ok, but i’m not too fond of blonde hair. > And I’m a woman > > 🙂 > > happier now? \*\* No, but at least you’ve proven that you can never say never! ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-in-general-do-you-find-men-with-red-hair-and-freckles-attractive/196768/33 "2003-08-22T15:59:05Z")
You’re describing my boyfriend - so yes! ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-in-general-do-you-find-men-with-red-hair-and-freckles-attractive/196768/34 "2003-08-22T16:03:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elfkin477 \* > \*\*I don’t, but I don’t think many redheads of either gender (especially those of us girls with brothers or boys with sisters with red hair too) find themselves attracted to too many other redheads. It’s got to be people thinking anyone with redhead is related to you that causes the other redhead to have to be exceptional looking to get your notice. \*\* I dye my hair red, and my boyfriend is ginger. We’ve been mistaken for brother and sister. All together now… ewwwwwwww! We wern’t actually dateing at the time, just friends. So it wasn’t TOO bad. ---
**Author:** ![meenie7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@meenie7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meenie7)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-in-general-do-you-find-men-with-red-hair-and-freckles-attractive/196768/35 "2003-08-22T16:13:57Z")
mmmmm…red hair and freckles, my fave 🙂 Seriously, I have a friend with red hair and freckles and I just want to use him as a teddy bear for the rest of my life. The cuteness of it really draws me. ---
**Author:** ![cherry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cherry)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-in-general-do-you-find-men-with-red-hair-and-freckles-attractive/196768/36 "2003-08-22T16:16:01Z")
I wouldn’t exclude dating someone because of the colour of their hair, so sure I’d date a redhead. ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-in-general-do-you-find-men-with-red-hair-and-freckles-attractive/196768/37 "2003-08-22T16:17:26Z")
I’ve heard Brits refer to ‘ginger’ hair. Is this different from what I think of as red hair? ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-in-general-do-you-find-men-with-red-hair-and-freckles-attractive/196768/38 "2003-08-22T16:22:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by autz \* > \*\*I’ve heard Brits refer to ‘ginger’ hair. Is this different from what I think of as red hair? \*\* Well when I say “ginger hair” I mean hair that is more orangy then when I say “red hair” ---
**Author:** ![burundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ec8ea/32.png) [@burundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burundi)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-in-general-do-you-find-men-with-red-hair-and-freckles-attractive/196768/39 "2003-08-22T18:37:58Z")
In general, I prefer dark men–I’m not all attracted to blondes, despite my own fair coloring. But since my husband, who is one of the most attractive men I know, is very redheaded and very freckle-y, I’d have to answer with a resounding YES. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-in-general-do-you-find-men-with-red-hair-and-freckles-attractive/196768/40 "2003-08-22T19:26:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AngelicGemma \* > \*\*I dye my hair red, and my boyfriend is ginger. We’ve been mistaken for brother and sister. All together now… > > ewwwwwwww! > > We wern’t actually dateing at the time, just friends. So it wasn’t TOO bad. \*\* See, see !? It’s society’s fault I don’t find red haired guys attractive, I tell you… although, Shawn Hatosy (The Faculty etc) isn’t too bad looking. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-in-general-do-you-find-men-with-red-hair-and-freckles-attractive/196768.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-in-general-do-you-find-men-with-red-hair-and-freckles-attractive/196768.md?page=3)