Typical Blondes
Posted by Dusan on
December 6, 2009
The dumb blonde is a popular-culture derogatory stereotype applied to blonde-haired women. The archetypical “dumb blonde”, while viewed as attractive and popular, has been portrayed as lacking in both common street-sense and academic intelligence, often to a comedic level. The dumb blonde stereotype is used in blonde jokes.
This stereotype (and the associated cognitive bias) may have some negative consequences and it can also damage a blonde person’s career prospects.
Blonde jokes have been criticized as sexist by several authors, as most blondes in these jokes are female, although male variations also exist. Research indicates that because of this, men find blonde jokes significantly more amusing than women say they do.
Many blonde jokes are variations on other stereotypical jokes. Blonde jokes nearly always take the format of the blond(e) placing himself or herself in an unusual situation, performing a silly act because he or she misconstrued the meaning of how an activity is supposed to play out, or making a comment that serves to highlight his or her supposed promiscuity, lack of intelligence, or cluelessness. [source: Wikipedia]
