Study: Blondes Make Men Act Dumber

FoxNews.com ^ | 11/1907 | FoxNews.com

[AngelesCrestHighway]

While blondes may have more fun, a new study suggests that fair-haired ladies may be making those around them dumber. Researchers found that men's scores on general knowledge tests drop when they are shown photos of blonde women, the Sunday Times of London reported. Upon further inspection, it was found that the test subjects were not distracted by the light hair, but driven by social stereotypes to "think blonde." "This proves that people confronted with stereotypes generally behave in line with them," Thierry Meyer, joint author of the study and professor of social psychology at the University of Paris X-Nanterre, told the Times of London. "In this case blondes have the potential to make people act in a dumber way, because they mimic the unconscious stereotype of the dumb blonde." The study indicates a belief by scientists that stereotyping is a powerful driving force in interacting with others.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

Men don't need blondes to act dumber...we can do it all on our own.

[Jeff Chandler]

But redheads make choo choos jump their tracks.

[JamesP81]

Study: Blondes Make Men Act Dumber

Hmm. Apparently, it's contagious.

[Slapshot68]

Actually it’s not a matter of becoming a dumber, rather it’s a switchover of cognitive thinking to the “other brain.”

[avacado]

This blonde, Jane Mansfield, gave me a kiss when I was 3 years old with a broken leg in the hospital -- got the picture to prove it. I ain't been right since.

[Badeye]

‘Researchers found that men’s scores on general knowledge tests drop when they are shown photos of blonde women, the Sunday Times of London reported.’

I’ll just note the Brits to this day think Diana was a rocket scientist, and leave it at that....(chuckle)

[zek157]

Jane was hot.

[JustaDumbBlonde]

What if the man is blonde as well? Just askin’.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

The blood supply is one of those zero-sum affairs. Summon it to one organ, some other must sacrifice. In this case the brain doth drain.

Full disclosure: 668 is a 20-something, green-eyed blonde.

[Red_Devil 232]

It is the only reason we are still watching FNC.

[org.whodat]

The old story about the cat and the railroad tracks, “Don’t lose your head over a little piece of tail”

[JamesP81]

BTW, for me, it's not blondes that make me dumb.

Redheads can make me forget my own name. Brunettes with long, very full hair can do that too.

[Slapshot68]

Add to that the introduction of naked breasts and we become downright vegetative.

[ozzymandus]

This may explain the behavior of liberals around Ann Coulter. Or at least it might if any of them were hetero.

[KC_Conspirator]

You mean Jayne Mansfield, the satanist?

[Slapshot68]

“Redheads can make me forget my own name. Brunettes with long, very full hair can do that too.”

My most serious weakness are brunettes with bright blue or green eyes.

[org.whodat]

Redheads can make me forget my own name. Brunettes with long, very full hair can do that too.

And they all get better looking at closing time

[Liberty Valance]

[reagan_fanatic]

Study: Blondes Make Men Act Dumber

Well, DUH!

[bannie]

Those dumb, Germanic people. 'Em blonds are so dumb 'at never invented nuthin'.

[Vaduz]

Amen to that.

[JamesP81]

My most serious weakness are brunettes with bright blue or green eyes.

I have exactly three weaknesses. The nordic looking redheads are one. Brunettes with that long, thick, wavy look is a second one. The third, and very rare I might add, is the one with dark brown or black hair, very light complexion, and blue or green eyes.

I'm pretty much useless when these types are around.

[Slapshot68]

Case in point.

[MNJohnnie]

Based on 30 years of observed data, it is the size of a woman’s chest, not the color of her hair, that makes a man act dumber.

[The SISU kid]

Not-A-Ping....

[colorcountry]

Now I have the answer to why men seem to me to be smarter nowdays.

My hair turned gray.

[SoldierMedic]

That’s why I dig Asian chicks.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

A friend of mine witnessed a three car crackup on Wilshire Blvd. in L.A. several years ago. Three guys were rubbernecking as they drove past a very sexy blonde on the sidewalk.....Bam! Bam! Bam!...He was behind all three and staring at her also. He said he used both feet on the brake pedal and stopped just in time....Blondes do make men act dumber!

[RosieCotton]

Hmm. Apparently, it's contagious.

Heheheh...

Hey...wait a minute!

[ASA Vet]

668 is a 20-something, green-eyed blond

We had a "classy green eyed blond" on Freerepublic. Hopefully you're not the same as him.

[jimmyo57]

Her daughter’s pretty hot too! (Mariska Hargitay)

[donna]

The men acted dumber because when they saw the blonde they knew the test wasn’t very serious.

[ThomasThomas]

After reading more of the article I wonder what color is the hair of the writer.

If his premise is true then people would look at Don King and become smarter because they associate the wild hair of Albert Einstein. And if anyone thinks this pos is dumb, well that's par for the course on this thread.

[OCCASparky]

As soon as I got divorced, I immediately felt smarter.

[NCC-1701]

She can make me forget ALL of my ills. ;-)

[TruthWillWin]

What an insult! I’m offended by this article. As a male I absolutely do not have to be around a female with any color hair to act dumb.

[dalereed]

“What if the man is blonde as well? Just askin’.”

No effect since I don’t walk around looking at myself in a mirror.

[ASA Vet]

ditto

[stevio]

I had to look that up. I did not know that before.

[Preachin']

“This blonde, Jane Mansfield, gave me a kiss when I was 3 years old with a broken leg in the hospital — got the picture to prove it. I ain’t been right since.”

‘cept she ain’t a real blonde. Look at her eyebrows.

[ASA Vet]

Well not being a real blond isn’t something she should lose her head about.

[OCCASparky]

Brunettes with long, very full hair can do that too.

Like this one?




But I'm partial to the athletic types myself...

[Greg F]

But redheads make choo choos jump their tracks.

LOL

[50sDad]

Haven't you seen South Park? It's the breasts that do it.

My wife and I joke: Q: Why didn't God give the breasts to the men?

"A: Because then they'd never leave the house."

[isthisnickcool]

Seems like a simple matter of blood transferring from one head to another.

They did a study on this? I bet that cost some money. All they needed was the right place and enough money for a beer. They could sit there and count the number of dollar bills being used to see that men get really stupid around blondes. Or brunettes, or red heads.....

[KC_Conspirator]

As a Jane Mansfield fan, that is one thing I find unsettling - the devil worship. She was a trouble woman.

[exile]

“A: Because then they’d never leave the house.”

If only that were true, then we’d never have to lay eyes on Big Fat Teddy K, Charlie Rangle, or Mikie Moore.

[savedbygrace]

It must be true, because she was a ‘certified’ genius, with an IQ over 140. She acted dumb, but wasn’t.

[aroundabout]

This makes sense. After all we men like to operate at the intellectual level of the women we are attempting to “get to know”.

[blau993]

It is a supreme irony that this is a story from FOX News, of all places!