Why Do Men love Blondes?

[JonesBones]

Actually he is not just pulling this out of his ass. I don't claim to be an expert in this field myself, but I did read about a study a while ago about whether men actually prefer blondes and they hypothesized about the reasons why.

We are all a product of our genes, our hormones and our life experiences. And sometimes our genes influence us more than we realize. It is theorized that (at least amongst white people, I suppose) we are at least somewhat predisposed to be attracted to blondes.

Many people are born with blonde hair and it darkens as they age. Thus subconsciously we somewhat associate blonde hair with youth. Since deep down our sole goal on this planet is to reproduce, it is natural to be more attracted to the young as they are more likely to be able to produce viable offspring.

If I remember correctly, the opposite was true with female attractions towards men. Women are somewhat predisposed to be attracted to darker haired men as it is a sign that they have lived longer and been able to survive.

Now of course these baser instincts don't completely rule us. I for one am more attracted to redheads and black hair.

And while this may still be a theory, it is certainly a somewhat accepted one. A lot of research has been done on this. So no one is just pulling it out of their ass, just because you don't happen to agree with it.

He is pulling it out of his ass. It's a "just so story". Often used by people who think they understand evolution and genetics, but do not. Telling stories isn't science.

In science and philosophy, a just-so story, also called an ad hoc fallacy, is an unverifiable and unfalsifiable narrative explanation for a cultural practice, a biological trait, or behavior of humans or other animals. The pejorative[1] nature of the expression is an implicit criticism that reminds the hearer of the essentially fictional and unprovable nature of such an explanation.

For example, this point:

Women are somewhat predisposed to be attracted to darker haired men as it is a sign that they have lived longer and been able to survive.

Two statements here:

A: women like darker haired men
B: They like darker haired men because they are genetically programmed to because it is a sign they live longer.

How could anyone possibly know B? How could that be proven? What testing could be done?

An evolutionary biologist makes a good point about nonsense stories like this:

"Unfortunately, evolutionary psychologists routinely confuse theory and speculation. Unlike bones, behavior does not fossilize, and understanding its evolution often involves concocting stories that sound plausible but are hard to test. Depression, for example, is seen as a trait favored by natural selection to enable us to solve our problems by withdrawing, reflecting, and hence enhancing our future reproduction. Plausible? Maybe. Scientifically testable? Absolutely not.

It's just evolutionary psych, which is a pseudoscience that tells stories without scientific backing.

hypotheses put forward to explain the adaptive nature of human behavioural traits are "just-so stories"; neat adaptive explanations for the evolution of given traits that do not rest on any evidence beyond their own internal logic. They allege that evolutionary psychology can predict many, or even all, behaviours for a given situation, including contradictory ones. Therefore many human behaviours will always fit some hypotheses. Noam Chomsky argued:
"You find that people cooperate, you say, ‘Yeah, that contributes to their genes' perpetuating.’ You find that they fight, you say, ‘Sure, that’s obvious, because it means that their genes perpetuate and not somebody else's. In fact, just about anything you find, you can make up some story for it.

 

[WARserra]

Blondes are obscenely overrated imo. The darker the better, especially on white women

I agree to an extent.

I laugh when white women think they can pull off bright red lipstick because they have dark hair though.

 

[odog]

He is pulling it out of his ass. It's a "just so story". Often used by people who think they understand evolution and genetics, but do not. Telling stories isn't science.



For example, this point:



Two statements here:

A: women like darker haired men
B: They like darker haired men because they are genetically programmed to because it is a sign they live longer.

How could anyone possibly know B? How could that be proven? What testing could be done?

An evolutionary biologist makes a good point about nonsense stories like this:



It's just evolutionary psych, which is a pseudoscience that tells stories without scientific backing.

Well yes, it is just a theory. We certainly can't understand the full complexity of human attraction. We never, ever will have certainties about this. They can prove however if men are more attracted to blondes or not. And they can test if women are more attracted to brunettes. There is no way that science could ever say with absolute full certainty why one person is attracted to another. That just can't be proven. There are however theories based on the available evidence. So if someone says that men prefer blondes because it is a symbol of youth and therefore fertility, they are not just pulling it completely out of their ass. They are ascribing to an established theory, which is based on the evidence we have. It may not be possible to prove it with perfect certainty, but in this realm, what is?

 

[JonesBones]

Well yes, it is just a theory. We certainly can't understand the full complexity of human attraction. We never, ever will have certainties about this. They can prove however if men are more attracted to blondes or not. And they can test if women are more attracted to brunettes. There is no way that science could ever say with absolute full certainty why one person is attracted to another. That just can't be proven. There are however theories based on the available evidence. So if someone says that men prefer blondes because it is a symbol of youth and therefore fertility, they are not just pulling it completely out of their ass. They are ascribing to an established theory, which is based on the evidence we have. It may not be possible to prove it with perfect certainty, but in this realm, what is?

There are however theories based on the available evidence. So if someone says that men prefer blondes because it is a symbol of youth and therefore fertility, they are not just pulling it completely out of their ass. They are ascribing to an established theory, which is based on the evidence we have.

What established theory and evidence are they basing it on?

It may not be possible to prove it with perfect certainty, but in this realm, what is?

The evolution of species has a ton of evidence behind it. Physical evidence. What evidence does the idea that blondes are a sign of fertility, brown hair is a sign of age, and men like blondes and women like brunettes because of it? None that I can think of.

 

[lion paw]

i'd take a few gingers over a blonde.

 

[odog]

What established theory and evidence are they basing it on?



The evolution of species has a ton of evidence behind it. Physical evidence. What evidence does the idea that blondes are a sign of fertility, brown hair is a sign of age, and men like blondes and women like brunettes because of it? None that I can think of.

It's late and I don't have time to do research, but this is he first thing that popped up from google.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/jun/04/men-blonde-women-attractive

 

[TheSauce]

i prefer white girls with black hair and daddy issues

 

[JonesBones]

It's late and I don't have time to do research, but this is he first thing that popped up from google.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/jun/04/men-blonde-women-attractive

It's just more speculation/story telling. The writer of that article can't even decide why men would prefer blondes more. She puts out more than one hypothesis.

One of her hypotheses is:

Caucasian blondes are usually slightly higher in oestrogen than brunettes

Even if that is true, how could the male possibly know that and choose her because of it? How could he know that blonde women have more estrogen? Did he run a lab test? This is why these theories fall apart.

 

[Iroh]

I prefer my women bald, tbh.

 

[Goodfoot]

At least one reason is they don't resent redheads or brunettes. Whereas those two groups really grind their gears when they see a blonde.

 

[odog]

It's just more speculation/story telling. The writer of that article can't even decide why men would prefer blondes more. She puts out more than one hypothesis.

One of her hypotheses is:



Even if that is true, how could the male possibly know that and choose her because of it? How could he know that blonde women have more estrogen? Did he run a lab test? This is why these theories fall apart.

There are other signs of high estrogen levels that men subconsciously understand

Apparently, what’s “attractive” in appearance is related to only one thing: Fertility. According to some recent UK research from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, men are naturally attracted to the most fertile women – that is, the women with higher levels of the hormone estrogen. How does this hormone manifest itself physically?

It takes shape in smoother skin, bigger eyes, fuller lips, smaller noses and almost certainly in larger breasts.

 

[Rusk]

i like all women

 

[Iroh]

At least one reason is they don't resent redheads or brunettes. Whereas those two groups really grind their gears when they see a blonde.

It's because they have all the fun. I like blonde beer too, btw.

 

[Iroh]

But also dark and red beer.

 

[Goodfoot]

LOL, if only beer's were like women. They stay quite and make you feel good! :icon_chee

 

[Lucifer Alpha]

As long as they got a cute face, I'm good to go.

 

[Iroh]

LOL, if only beer's were like women. They stay quite and make you feel good! :icon_chee

Yes and they don't mind if you have another one and another one and another one and another one and one for the road and two on the couch when you get home.

 

[Lead]

I prefer brunette way more

 

[Cestus]

Speaking for me and in general for italians, is probably just about being mediterran, so even being white blond girls for us are a more rare thing, compared to very common here dark hairs

But in reality the real point bonus you get is if she's nordic/east/murrican tourist too, so more than the hair colour it's about get an exotic prey :icon_chee

It's the same for banging a latina or a brazilian black hottie, hair color itself mean not so much
It's the catch'em all instinct :icon_chee

 

[JuliaB4GSP]

Men prefer Asians, TS.