# Red Haired People Are Fucking Repulsive. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 27, 2006, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-haired-people-are-fucking-repulsive/374433 "2006-09-27T23:30:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Rune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-haired-people-are-fucking-repulsive/374433/61 "2006-09-28T09:49:15Z")
[QUOTE=LouisB] Yes, as a matter of fact, she does. However, the sister is a Lesbian. Sorry. [/QUOTE] I’m sure a real man can turn that around. Gimme her phone number! Anyway. Hearing redheads complain is like hearing some young and good looking multi-billionaire uppleclass twit complain how hard it is being rich. Didn’t you know red is the new blond. It’s the fetish of choice amongst the hoi polloi. Everybody wants to be fucking red. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-haired-people-are-fucking-repulsive/374433/62 "2006-09-28T09:53:48Z")
[QUOTE=Rune] I’m sure a real man can turn that around. Gimme her phone number! [/QUOTE] You really should try to suggest this to her in person; see if you can work it together with the gag about matching collar and cuffs; it’s bound to be a hit… Sorry… _get you_ a hit. ---
**Author:** ![Rune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-haired-people-are-fucking-repulsive/374433/63 "2006-09-28T10:01:30Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] You really should try to suggest this to her in person; see if you can work it together with the gag about matching collar and cuffs; it’s bound to be a hit… Sorry… _get you_ a hit. [/QUOTE] And if I could just fit in the “broads-belong-in-kitchen” angle somewhere, I’d be home free. Works every time. Chicks just love it. You should try it. ---
**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:** [September 28, 2006, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-haired-people-are-fucking-repulsive/374433/64 "2006-09-28T12:06:18Z")
Wow. Y’know the OP was over the top and everything, but look at some of the comments in this thread. Imagine yourself as a redhead, something you’re born with, and hearing this stuff, your whole life. Waving it off as people being insensitive idiots only goes so far. Sure, I can grow a skin, grow a pair, or whatever, but knowing that a not-insignificant portion of the population thinks like this just because you have red hair is pretty disconcerting. We can make unbelievable technological and social advances, but we still have this shit hanging around. And this isn’t anywhere near the worst of it; it’s way worse for black folks, gays, etc. ☹ Crap, I’m a white American, college-educated, professionally employed, relatively healthy and prosperous person (putting me in probably the top 2-3% of the world population in terms of being “lucky”), and I still wonder what it would be like to be “normal”, to have nothing that anybody’s prejudiced against. It’s almost like Gattaca or something. But I don’t mean to sound whiny; I’ve done pretty well for a ginger freak with translucent eyebrows, so ultimately, I can kind of write this stuff off. Except when I think about it. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-haired-people-are-fucking-repulsive/374433/65 "2006-09-28T12:24:52Z")
Never heard of this in the States. If this is a primarily British thing, I wonder if it’s some distant cultural echo of England’s trouble with the Viking raids? _[From the fury of the northmen, God deliver us!](http://www.lindisfarne.org.uk/793/index.htm)_ Sailboat ---
**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:** [September 28, 2006, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-haired-people-are-fucking-repulsive/374433/66 "2006-09-28T12:37:39Z")
Yeah, I was wondering if perhaps the British prejudices against redheads were tied in to their derision of Irish, Welsh and Scots. It’s really funny, a bunch of pasty white people harshing on other pasty white people. Kind of like that old Star Trek episode where people were at war with each other over having the black half/white half on opposite sides. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-haired-people-are-fucking-repulsive/374433/67 "2006-09-28T12:45:30Z")
I’ve naturally got really, really red hair, the kind that has purple overtones in bright sunlight. And I’ve caught shit about it maybe thrice in my life, and we’re talking really mild shit, like some girl in junior high who asked me why I didn’t dye my hair. I dunno. It’s never seemed like a disadvantage to me; on the contrary, I’ve always thought it was my most attractive physical attribute. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-haired-people-are-fucking-repulsive/374433/68 "2006-09-28T12:50:53Z")
Having had a disproportionate share of red-headed girlfriends\* during my single years, I can state, without fear of contradiction, that red-headed women are Lucifer’s offspring. Each and every last one of them. Yet, despite knowing that, if the raven-haired Mrs. D\_Odds ever kicked me out (because I damn sure ain’t gonna leave on my own), I would somehow end up with a redheaded lady. I’m weak. \*As in ~50%; don’t ask why, I can’t figure it out myself. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-haired-people-are-fucking-repulsive/374433/69 "2006-09-28T12:52:54Z")
There’s prejudice against _redheads_? Man, you really do learn something new every day. My quota for the week is filled, I think. I had absolutely no clue about this. I’ve never heard redheadedness mentioned as anything but a positive. Ever. Jeez. Is there any group anywhere that _isn’t_ the target of somebody’s prejudice? ---
**Author:** ![Carlyjay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Carlyjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carlyjay)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-haired-people-are-fucking-repulsive/374433/70 "2006-09-28T13:04:04Z")
I am also a redhead. No one has ever seemed to find it unpleasant. ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-haired-people-are-fucking-repulsive/374433/71 "2006-09-28T13:04:17Z")
[QUOTE=bubastis] Yep, its perfectly acceptable to go on British TV and make jokes at the expense of Gingers. [/QUOTE] I guess when you are a freakin’ idiot, you may as well compound your ignorance by citing television as the source of your information. The fact is, _every_ variation of hair, eye, and skin color is subject to both praise and loathing. You are only interested in filtering out something for which you can take offense. Is that woman raven haired and olive skinned, or swarthy? Is her friend a bubble headed blonde or a golden haired goddess? Does a light skinned man have an alabaster complexion or is he ghostly? Peaches and cream or a splotchy mess? Chestnut or mud-brown? Come off it. There are better things to worry about. ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-haired-people-are-fucking-repulsive/374433/72 "2006-09-28T13:07:32Z")
My sister’s ex-husband is a redhead - bright orange variety. She tells me he’s been dating successfully since their breakup (it was amicable, they remain friends). I always thought he was okay-looking. Except for when he wore his hair really long. Then he looked like Krusty the Klown. ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-haired-people-are-fucking-repulsive/374433/73 "2006-09-28T13:16:12Z")
[QUOTE=ignoramus] But it’s OK to hate gingers, because they have no [soul](http://www.gingerkids.org/faq.html). [/QUOTE] Huh, so they have this in common with big legged women? ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-haired-people-are-fucking-repulsive/374433/74 "2006-09-28T13:20:10Z")
[QUOTE=Carlyjay] I am also a redhead. No one has ever seemed to find it unpleasant. [/QUOTE] You wouldn’t have noticed, seeing as you’re really, really, really, good-looking. Someone mentioned that Lindsay Lohan got referred to as “fire-crotch”. I always assumed that meant she had a raft of STD’s. Could be wrong though. FTR, loves me some redheads. Actually, loves me one redhead. Mrs. Dante am got some red hair. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Subway\_Prophet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Subway\_Prophet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subway_Prophet)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-haired-people-are-fucking-repulsive/374433/75 "2006-09-28T13:30:59Z")
So, uh, _ahem_… does the carpet match the drapes, then? …What? ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-haired-people-are-fucking-repulsive/374433/76 "2006-09-28T14:00:57Z")
[QUOTE=LouisB] Yes, as a matter of fact, she does. However, the sister is a Lesbian. Sorry. [/QUOTE] No problem 'cos I’m a lesbian also. trapped in a mans body ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-haired-people-are-fucking-repulsive/374433/77 "2006-09-28T14:22:27Z")
[QUOTE=straykat23] \My moment of comparable weirdness was when working for the same American company in a medium-sized town in England. I was at a round table discussion and while speaking, looked up to see all the pale blue eyes focused on me. I truly understood what the Chinese meant when they spoke of ‘ghost people.’ It haunts me. [/QUOTE] Well, I can understand that. Blue eyes are just weird. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-haired-people-are-fucking-repulsive/374433/78 "2006-09-28T14:23:21Z")
[QUOTE=Excalibre] Oddly enough, I really don’t think I’ve ever seen a woman with those creepy invisible eyebrows. Redheaded women are often quite attractive. [/QUOTE] I have my freaky translucent eyebrows dyed to a non-freaky shade of brown. [QUOTE=An Arky] But I don’t mean to sound whiny; I’ve done pretty well for a ginger freak with translucent eyebrows, so ultimately, I can kind of write this stuff off. Except when I think about it. [/QUOTE] Are you KIDDING? ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-haired-people-are-fucking-repulsive/374433/79 "2006-09-28T14:24:29Z")
[QUOTE=Green Bean] Redheads would be just about the _worst_ choice for field work. They’d all get sunstroke and die. What’s next? A suggestion that all albinos should be lifeguards? [/QUOTE] ?? Albinos can’t swim? ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-haired-people-are-fucking-repulsive/374433/80 "2006-09-28T14:24:36Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] Well, I can understand that. Blue eyes are just weird. [/QUOTE] QUIET YOU [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-haired-people-are-fucking-repulsive/374433.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-haired-people-are-fucking-repulsive/374433.md?page=5)