Hi I Have blond hair. How about you?
Ah that means you have low levels of the pigment eumelanin in your hair.
that is interesting. what other facts do you know?
Blonde hair used to be called fæġer (fair) in Old English. The name Fairfax means blonde from "fæġer-feahs" (fair hair)
the fun thing about blond hair is i can throw a temp color on it wash it out. i don't have to lighten my hair and then change the color.
That's nice! But do you ever suffer from stereotypes like being less intelligent?
when i was younger yes.
stereotypical perception of blonde-haired women. On one hand, over history, blonde hair in women has often been considered attractive and desirable. Blonde hair has been considered attractive for long periods of time in various European cultures, particularly when coupled with blue eyes. This perception is exploited in culture and advertising.
In contemporary popular culture, it is often stereotyped that men find blonde women more attractive than women with other hair colors. For example, Anita Loos popularized this idea in her 1925 novel "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"
Old French "blund, blont", meaning "a colour midway between golden and light chestnut". It gradually eclipsed the native term "fair", of same meaning, from Old English "fæġer", causing "fair" later to become a general term for "light complexioned". This earlier use of "fair" survives in the proper name Fairfax, from Old English "fæġer-feahs" meaning "blond hair".
The word "blond" has two possible origins. Some linguists say it