Blondes, ready for some bad news?

[Psycho4Bud]

People act less intelligently in their presence, French study says

From Marilyn Monroe to Paris Hilton, "blonde" has long been code for a woman who's long on looks and light on brains.

Now French researchers have found that the stereotype can actually affect mental performance.

A recent study showed that otherwise intelligent men performed below par on general knowledge tests after viewing photos of blonde women.

The real surprise? Women's performance also dipped in the tests.

The study, published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, examined people's ability to answer Trivial Pursuit game questions after viewing photos of women with different hair colors.

Exposure to blondes resulted in the lowest scores.

Thierry Meyer, joint author of the study and professor of social psychology at the University of Paris X-Nanterre, said that the study proves a general phenomenon.

"There's a decrease in performance after an unobtrusive exposure to a stereotype about people who have the reputation to be cognitively impaired," he said.

In plainer language, blondes might make people act in a less intelligent manner because the people believe â?? whether they want to admit it or not â?? that they are in the presence of someone who's not very smart.
Blondes, ready for some bad news? | ajc.com (http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/stories/2007/11/21/BLONDES22_1121.html)

Well, I was requested to post this one. LOL....saw the story on Fox and Friends.

Have a good one!:jointsmile:

[ChiefSmokesAlot]

L-M-F-A-O!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[burnable]

yeah I believe it. there are definitely certain kinds of people that make me feel and act dumber in their presence. my parents are one.

what I will never comprehend is why a girl would artificially make her hair platinum blond. I guess it's easier to understand when you consider that intellectualism isn't as valued in todays society.

please, nobody should find this thread masogonistic. the premise does not exclusively relate to girls, but to superficial attitudes and the power of what are considered superior looks over normal mental integrity. I hate it when there's an interesting thread like this with potential and people keep making anti-chick comments and get it nuked. let's keep this one alive.:)

[rebgirl420]

awwww....:(

Thats a bunch of bullshit. I kick ass at Trivial Pursuit. And I always had A's in my classes, plus i'm becoming an elementry school teacher. I think the test was flawed.

BTW i'm naturally a dirty blonde, I dye my hair platinum b/c it makes me feel pretty and my natural complexion looks dull when i'm any other color.

[burnable]

I'm sure you are smart, reb, but that wasn't exactly the issue. The point was the effect of blonde girls' on others. People are more likely to not access their full mental capacity in your presence. It has nothing to do with how smart you actually are.

[beachguy in thongs]

Rebgirl, you kick ass because you make the people around you stupid.

Sorry.

[rebgirl420]

Maybe I should use these powers for evil. Mwhahahaha.

Like the orb of confusion on spongebob! (yes I watch cartoons when Im high)

[matthiasj]

Rebgirl, you kick ass because you make the people around you stupid.

Sorry.

lol

[JaggedEdge]

I wonder if Hilliary Clinton will be receiving more votes due to this study? Granted, she is more of a gray, but if she can lower the IQ level of other world leaders simply by being elected maybe she isn't a bad choice after all.

[rebgirl420]

^ Do we really need more world leaders to have lower IQ's?

[JaggedEdge]

^ Do we really need more world leaders to have lower IQ's?

Depending on the nations, yes and no.

[WEsmokeED]

Since when is Trival Pursuit the scientific basis for knowledge?

I personally, prefer brunettes :jointsmile:

[rebgirl420]

Touche haha

[420_24/7]

awwww....:(

Thats a bunch of bullshit. I kick ass at Trivial Pursuit. And I always had A's in my classes, plus i'm becoming an elementry school teacher. I think the test was flawed.

BTW i'm naturally a dirty blonde, I dye my hair platinum b/c it makes me feel pretty and my natural complexion looks dull when i'm any other color.

maybe your always good at trivial pursuit because the people around you cant think right:wtf:

edit: oh crap, sombody else said that exact thing
fuck me.

[rebgirl420]

Maybe.

But I have to agree with WesmokED, since when is Trivial Pursuit the scientific test of knowledge?

[trainwreck530]

this is full of shit fuck this anti-white propoganda...racism sucks at any angle my brothers and sisters.

as far as accessing my 'full mental capacity', for the most part i am not trying to expand my brain in my day to day interactions. my conversations have intellect, but for the most part i just work my ass off and enjoy lifes simple pleasures. so unless you are in school it doesnt really apply. i think it depends more on the person than the hair color. there are different ethnicities of blondes. besides you mention hilton and monroe. what about leaders and great inovators who have actually made a contribution...? oh wait, that might take a turn from pop-culture spun 'research'

what if i made a comment like "i feel less intelligent around blacks, the darker the dumber" this statement is flase of course, i have good friends who are black and i believe in people, period. but if i made that statement i would immediately get ganged up on and called a "rascist", rather than looking at the content objectively.

being 'pc' these days is bullshit. live full, stay free. love it.

:rhinoceros:donny

[rebgirl420]

Yeah I think everyone on the boards is smart enough to realise that its all just a human interest story. Its just for fun, I mean trivial pursuit? Thats the test?

Besides it was on Fox and Friends so that they could kill 5 minutes of air time.

I think we all know hair color isn't the basis for intellect and actions are. And as far as i'm concerned, being stupid doesn't have anything to do who your sitting next to during a board game. Stupidity is based on real life actions.

But we all know that. :)

[420_24/7]

While i was reading this i was thinking, maybe they were just distracted because they were lookin at a picture of some hot blonde chick.

[rebgirl420]

^and what kind of blondes?

Are we assuming attractive blondes?

Like playmates?

[420_24/7]

I happen to find most blondes really hot, but that might just be me.

[rebgirl420]

Well everyone has their "thing".

I like chubby, dorky, funny guys for example.

Some people like brunettes or red heads or girls with big boobs or girls with big bums.

Its all a personal thing.

[Reefer Rogue]

The men were too busy thinking with their dick's instead of their brains, what a suprise.

[fasterspider]

My woman dyes her hair blonde so it will fit her not so smart personality. Yes, my woman is a dumb blonde.

[burnable]

this is full of shit fuck this anti-white propoganda...racism sucks at any angle my brothers and sisters.

as far as accessing my 'full mental capacity', for the most part i am not trying to expand my brain in my day to day interactions. my conversations have intellect, but for the most part i just work my ass off and enjoy lifes simple pleasures. so unless you are in school it doesnt really apply. i think it depends more on the person than the hair color. there are different ethnicities of blondes. besides you mention hilton and monroe. what about leaders and great inovators who have actually made a contribution...? oh wait, that might take a turn from pop-culture spun 'research'

what if i made a comment like "i feel less intelligent around blacks, the darker the dumber" this statement is flase of course, i have good friends who are black and i believe in people, period. but if i made that statement i would immediately get ganged up on and called a "rascist", rather than looking at the content objectively.

being 'pc' these days is bullshit. live full, stay free. love it.

:rhinoceros:donny

you're taking it too literally. although the word 'blonde' was used, there was more meant to be conveyed than the hair color of the person alone. Blonde in this case was equivalent to the perceived superficial, materialistic person. Everyone knows there are people with blonde hair who have an above-average inelligence; it's not profiling in any way. The reason why we have to be politically correct is that some people are unwilling to read between the lines at the nuanced meaning. I promise, if I met a black girl who happened to have blonde hair, and she talked about nothing more than shoes and hair and puppies, I would look at her the same way I would a blonde female member of my own ethnicity, who also had those characteristics.

ps who are you trying to convince that you're not a racist?