[illinirdhd]

I thought this was an interesting article, especially after the gold digger article posted last week. I guess now I know why I didn't marry rich - billionaires apparently don't marry redheads!!!


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Ladies, if you want to attract the love and devotion of a very rich man, become a brunette.

In a study whose scientific value is questionable -- but let's play along just for the fun of it, OK? -- Lycos, a dating site in the United Kingdom, checked out the hair color of the wives of 100 of the world's billionaires.

It turns out that 62 percent of this sample of billionaires have wives with brown hair, including Microsoft head honcho Bill Gates' wife, Melinda French Gates. Coming in second were blondes at 22 percent, while those with raven-colored hair attracted 16 percent of the world's wealthiest men. Oddly, not a single billionaire was married to a redhead.


You may scoff at this survey, but it's not the first time that men have been shown to prefer dark-haired women. In 2004, researchers from Florida State University determined that when it comes to women's hair, men like this best: long, thick and brown.

Why? It's biological. Men are programmed to find a fertile mate, and lead researcher Dr. Kelley Kline thinks long, thick hair is a signal that a woman is strong, young and healthy. This is the first research to look solely at hair length -- and no other facial features -- to measure female sex appeal.

In this study, 50 men and 76 women whose average age was 27 rated the attractiveness of women who were depicted in six different photographs. Three of the photos were of the same young, Caucasian woman who had the same facial expression, but her hair was altered by computer to short, medium and long lengths. Short was really short -- cut close to the head and above the ears. Medium length was just a bit below the ears. Long was at least eight inches below the shoulders.

Both men and women found the long hair to be "overwhelmingly" more attractive than the short or medium-length hair. When women were asked to rate the length of men's hair, the vast majority preferred short or very short haircuts. Kline says men with long hair may be perceived by women as being less virile.

There was one other interesting finding: Men preferred brunettes over blondes. "At least in our study, gentlemen do not prefer blondes. They prefer brunettes," Kline told Reuters. "Its kind of an interesting finding, considering that in our society we concentrate on the blonde. It's so pervasive."

[~Fabulousity~]

interesting, I wonder if the choices had anything to do with the womans facial features I mean all hair styles don't work for everyone.

[pisdapisda79]

Interesting article, I always thought most men would prefer blondes

[claireZk]

Yay finally!

Blonde is beautiful when it's done right, but there's soooooooo much terribly done fake blonde hair out there! Why anyone would prefer damaged and brassy over shiny and healthy is beyond me

[caxe]

I never thought most men preferred blondes, but I do know that most men prefer women with long hair.

[IntlSet]

As the maxim goes, "Gentlemen may prefer blondes, but they marry brunettes."

Fun article.

[maddog]

I find the idea that rich men prefer brunettes balony. If they do a study of all poor/middle class men and what colour hair they marry, they'll probably find the same thing... because there are more brunettes in the world.

[QueenOfDa702]

DUH! *Tosses hair back*

[RoseMary]

gah! i hate such generalizations.

[illinirdhd]

Originally Posted by claireZk

Yay finally!

Blonde is beautiful when it's done right, but there's soooooooo much terribly done fake blonde hair out there! Why anyone would prefer damaged and brassy over shiny and healthy is beyond me

That's exactly what I was thinking. Men like touchable hair. But MANY blondes have that straw-like hair that's really damaged from too much bleach and chlorine and sun. I'm sure that has something to do with it.

[Jahpson]

ok, if that were true then we would all go out and become brunettes (what is it like $10 for a box of color?) lol

[mellecyn]

Originally Posted by IntlSet

As the maxim goes, "Gentlemen may prefer blondes, but they marry brunettes."

Fun article.

.....and it might simply be bc there are more brunettes in the world ??
Blonde, real scandinavian blonde is beautiful...and so is a vibrant irish red head !

[candypants1100]

Originally Posted by QueenOfDa702

DUH! *Tosses hair back*

hahhahah yes!

[MAGs]

Originally Posted by QueenOfDa702

DUH! *Tosses hair back*

cracked me up!

[cutieupdate18]

I read this and found it very interesting too!