Are you a fan of red hair? I think it's absolutely gorgeous and underrated.
I am! It's such a rare hair color though. Only 1-2% of the population have natural red hair.
That's crazy rare. And I thought my blonde hair was rare. I wonder how many red heads aren't natural, but dyed.
Good question! Not everyone admires red hair though. There are many negative stereotypes regarding redheads
Oh yeah. I always hear that "gingers don't have souls". It's silly and a joke, but it can still be harmful.
Yeah, and they are often portrayed as being fiery-tempered
Oh that's right! My mom was actually a redhead and she totally fit the stereotype. She was a sweetheart but had quite the temper.
Red hair
Red hair (or ginger hair) occurs naturally in one to two percent of the human population, appearing with greater frequency (two to six percent) among people of Northern or Northwestern European ancestry and lesser frequency in other populations. It is most common in individuals homozygous for a recessive allele on chromosome 16 that produces an altered version of the MC1R protein.
Red hair varies in hue from a deep burgundy or bright copper (auburn) to burnt orange or red-orange to and strawberry blond. Characterized
Sociology Department Chair at the University of North Carolina said that hair color "absolutely" plays a role in the way people are treated and claimed that numerous studies had shown that blonde women were paid higher salaries than other women. In a study by Diana J. Kyle and Heike I. M. Mahler (1996), the researchers asked subjects to evaluate photographs of the same woman with "natural" (not dyed) looking brown, red, and blonde hair in the context of a job application for an accounting position. The researchers