Genes and symbols
"Gentlemen prefer blondes, marry brunettes, and sleep with redheads" - in this joke there is only a joke. The fact is, hormones tend to have the most direct effect on the coloration of our hair. So, the amount of dark pigment is determined by the content of the male hormone - testosterone. If its level in the body is high, then the hair is given a dark shade. In the blood of blondes, a female hormone is raging - estrogen. Therefore, brunettes are endowed with many male character traits - they are stubborn and active, are eager to make a career, prefer independence. And blondes are more feminine, they often behave gently, passively. Men subconsciously catch a large number of estrogens, so they attracted to blonde women.
In addition, there has been a centuries-old symbolism. The first known blonde is Aphrodite, the goddess of love, and brunette Artemis is a hunter, warrior. Sunny beautiful Apollo confronts the black-haired Bacchus, eternally drunk, surrounded by goat-legged companions. That is, everything good, pure in our subconscious is connected with the light, and incomprehensible, inspiring alarm - with the dark.
Stereotypes are a very delicate thing, they can not be destroyed only by reasoning. It seems that everyone knows that a blonde can be a bitch, and a brunette is gentle and agreeable, but nevertheless, when you first see a white or black girl, in the subconscious mind, first of all, stereotypes of perception are triggered. Accordingly, people who have this or that hair color, begin to behave the way society expects from them.
White and fluffy
Blondes in fashion have always been - since ancient times. On what only tricks did not go the ancient Hellenes and Romans to etch their natural dark hair color, becoming blond beauties. They tried to soak hair in donkey's urine and then for hours to burn them under the scorching sun, sitting on the balcony. In the course went and ash, and goat fat.
In the 30s of the last century the blonde became the symbol of a new life in different countries: in Hitler's Germany ("true Aryan"), in the USSR (the heroines of Lyubov Orlova, Valentina Serova, Lydia Smirnova) and in the USA, where the blonde woman "An American dream."
There is an opinion that blondes tend to be feminine, peace-loving, benevolent. Easily adapt to the wishes of a partner, not very demanding in bed, and therefore do not frighten men. Blonde woman is not inclined to be obstinate, she is affectionate, impressionable, a little naive.
Psychologists believe that the attractiveness of the golden blossom is also related to the fact that it resembles a child: it usually has a thin, porcelain skin, wide open eyes, thin facial features. Many fabulous heroines are blondes. This is Cinderella, and Gerda, and most of the good princesses. And since everything that is associated with children, with childhood, causes warmth and tenderness, then automatically these feelings are transferred to adult blond women.
Beware of my love!
At the word "brunette" in the imagination appears the image of a femme fatale, like Carmen, with an unbridled, irrepressible passion. The ancient Greeks believed that in the deaf forests live creatures with long, usually dark, hair - nymphs who ambush and attack men to hot kisses and refined caresses to bring them to a frenzy.
At all times women with long black hair were considered witches, witches. (True, in countries where the majority of the population are brunettes, blondes and reds were appointed for the role of "representatives of the evil forces"). This stereotype has survived until now. Ladies with black hair are perceived as figures, concealing danger, rock. They are passionate, prudent, have powerful energy and magnetism. Today, along with the fashion for all Gothic refined and mysterious brunettes again found themselves in the spotlight.
Men give dark-haired women an extraordinary mind (anecdotes about blondes are mostly built on their naivety and intimacy). These ladies can seriously engage in work and make a good career. In addition, the strong sex believes that they are wonderful wives and good mothers. It is unclear, however, how this value of the color of hair is combined with the nature of the nymphomaniac, which supposedly lives in every brunette. But this is a feature of male logic ...
Children of the Sun
They were always different. For this they were burned at the stake and for the same - idolized. And even today they continue to disturb the imagination: fiery, sunny, golden ... red.
Scientists for a long time could not understand, whence the gene defining a red hair color has appeared. The searches took them back to the time before the appearance of the intelligent man. It turned out that the bearers of the golden hair gene were ... Neanderthals. For a time they lived on earth at the same time as a sensible man, and from this union sunny babies were born. Then the Neanderthals became extinct, and their descendants still attract attention with the fiery color of their hair.
Because the genes of red people are not simple, there are many features in their nature that are unique to them. They are contradictory: on the one hand, they are impatient, stubborn, uncompromising people, on the other - they are the most generous and optimistic people in life. Due to their frenzied temperament the redheads could have reached high heights in their careers, but they are hampered by an unjustified craving for risk and dubious experiments. Even if these people are friendly, intelligent, educated, next to them is always a little anxious. This is how their temperament manifests itself - it is impossible not to feel it.
There are red and vulnerable sides: they are very sensitive to pain. Doctors know that they need to give painkillers 20 percent more than others. At the same time, with the appointment of other medicines, one must act cautiously: redheads can give an unpredictable allergic reaction.
It is believed that for a woman with fiery hair the family is not the main thing in life. She wants to know the world in all its diversity. Red-haired can be carried away only by a man who is not afraid of her superiority. Well, and he ... Those who have known the daughters of the sun, are unlikely to get carried away by someone else.
Dark Future
People - carriers of the gene for light hair becomes less and less on the earth. According to the World Health Organization, the last blonde can be born in Finland in 2202.
Men, despite the fact that they like fair-haired women, actually get married more often on brunettes and brown-haired women. Ladies also prefer to see their husband dark-haired. If we also take into account the fact that population growth occurs at the expense of southern peoples, then the future is very dark.
As for the redheads, there are only 1-2 percent of them on the planet. Most of them live in Scotland and Ireland. So people with natural red hair, too, will not be easy to meet.
Change of fate
However, it is unlikely that even in 200 years the entire population of the Earth will be represented by burning brunettes and brunettes. After all, if even in ancient times women found means that lighten their hair, then in the 21st century, even more so. In this case, you do not even need to use donkey urine. Cosmetic companies every year produce new, more and more perfect hair dyes. Ladies want to experiment with their appearance.
The most interesting is that by changing the color of the hair, the woman also changes her character. Here the meaning of hair color in life can not be neglected. Brunette, dyed hair in light colors, begins to behave like a natural blonde, because she feels softer, feminine, tender. The most famous blondes: Marilyn Monroe, Marlene Dietrich, Lubov Orlova - had naturally dark hair.
So, if you are:
BLONDE - You will be treated as feminine, weak, soft and gentle. The views of men will become attracted to you, like a magnet. You can even draw on romance - you will want to listen to compliments and accept gifts. Just be careful: men perceive "light-colored angels" as easy prey and often do not want to build far-reaching plans for their account.
BRUNETTE - You can suddenly become more rational and even pessimistic. People in your presence will no longer be so easy to talk about trivialities and stupidities, as before. After all, your entire appearance will set them on a strict scale. If you want to get a job in a solid company, then your new image will serve you well. Dark-haired women perceive the leadership as more serious and attuned to work.
THE RIDGE - We need to get ready for the fact that you can be tempted by adventures, you suddenly want to destroy stereotypes, rebel against gray everyday life, do something forbidden, defiant. In addition, and the world around you will begin to push you to it. Be attentive: you can be extreme and guilty of all sins. During the search for perpetrators, others will prefer to retire: "What am I, a redhead or what?" And then to blame everything on you.