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Why are some men drawn to redheads?
CNN ^ | September 15, 2009 | John Devore

Posted on 09/16/2009 2:24:10 AM PDT by Daffynition

A reader wrote in asking me why most men are "fascinated" with redheads. In this instance, I think "fascinated" is a nice way of saying "obsessed." She admitted to being a redhead, and, therefore, the object of such ardor. Columnist suggests attraction to redheads may be because they are a genetic rarity.

She's asked these men why they are so drawn to the crimson-haired, and the best she ever got out of them was "Redheads iz just hawt, yo!" This is true, but it is not the whole truth.

I wouldn't say most men love redheads. A sizable majority, sure. And those men who love redheads likely focus on them because of their genetic rarity. The universe makes only so many redheads, and so it makes an impression when a man is beauty-napalmed by one.

I have had a lifelong attraction to redheads: their alabaster skin, constellations of freckles, and combustible temperaments. This is an aberrant preoccupation.

Hair color is neither a dealmaker nor dealbreaker. I've probably dated 50 percent brunettes, 50 percent blonds. I love both, and I've never encountered the usual stereotypes affixed to their hair tones.

The blonds I've dated have never been stupid or vapid. In fact, many have been bookish and wickedly funny. Likewise, my brunette girlfriends have defied the standard definitions.

In my experience, blonds don't have any more fun than brunettes. The women who have the most fun are those women who give themselves permission to have fun.

So, how do I explain a personal craving for flame brains? I could blame biology, how it makes a certain evolutionary logic that Man would pursue those women who, by virtue of a few mutated chromosomes, stand out from the crowd.

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TOPICS: Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: beauty; crazy; gingerkids; gingerphilia; gingerphobia; gingervitis; males; redheads
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To: allmost
Thanks for the posting instructions. I love this girl and I wish that she and my wife and I all loved each other. TheArizona
41 posted on 09/16/2009 3:24:37 AM PDT by TheArizona
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To: DCPatriot
Good morning DC ... nice to cyber cya! ;)

I'm glad I didn't have to ping ya! Like a moth to a flame, eh?


42 posted on 09/16/2009 3:25:48 AM PDT by Daffynition (If you believe you can tell me what to think, I believe I can tell you where to go.)
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To: TheArizona

TMI


43 posted on 09/16/2009 3:26:57 AM PDT by bvw
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To: BigCinBigD

Well, ax murders and redheads m-a-y just fit an archetype. ;D


44 posted on 09/16/2009 3:28:08 AM PDT by Daffynition (If you believe you can tell me what to think, I believe I can tell you where to go.)
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To: Daffynition

LOL! Can’t help it.

Like tinnitus...it’s an infliction I am forced to live with. .


45 posted on 09/16/2009 3:28:43 AM PDT by DCPatriot ("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon))
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To: TheArizona
Thanks for the posting instructions. I love this girl and I wish that she and my wife and I all loved each other. TheArizona

LMAO....I also have an extreme weakness for ginger hippy chicks. ;)
46 posted on 09/16/2009 3:29:14 AM PDT by Electric Graffiti (Yonder stands your orphan with his gun)
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To: TheArizona
Redheaded females are beautiful. The copper hair has temporarily mesmerized me in the past.
47 posted on 09/16/2009 3:30:26 AM PDT by allmost
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48 posted on 09/16/2009 3:30:55 AM PDT by BigCinBigD (Remember. There's no "U" in Government.)
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To: Daffynition
OK, I have two redheads (one girl, one boy) out of my four children and yes my daughter gets noticed ALOT ( alabaster skin with no freckles though!). Having said that this article is indeed a WEIRD read. CNN covering the IMPORTANT topics of the day as usual I see-SARC
49 posted on 09/16/2009 3:32:17 AM PDT by awin
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To: Bad Jack Bauer

LOL - Good story! (And good humor there too.)


50 posted on 09/16/2009 3:34:48 AM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: BigCinBigD; All

51 posted on 09/16/2009 3:35:35 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA (If guns cause crime, then all of mine are defective!)
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To: TheArizona

First go to photobucket or some other free site that let’s you store pictures. Get an account, upload your pictures to the account and then post them to FR. Google HTML to find the correct syntax for posting a picture from photobucket or some other site. It is actually pretty easy to do once you have a website to store your pictures.


52 posted on 09/16/2009 3:37:09 AM PDT by calex59 (FUBO, we want our constitution back and we intend to get it!)
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To: awin

I’m sure this is a *below-the-fold* article ...LOL


53 posted on 09/16/2009 3:37:34 AM PDT by Daffynition (If you believe you can tell me what to think, I believe I can tell you where to go.)
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To: Electric Graffiti

Reds are last on my list.

Mediterranean region woman are my first choice. Iranian women are extremely attractive too.


54 posted on 09/16/2009 3:38:20 AM PDT by Salmonslayer
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To: BigCinBigD
If you're into the monarchy thing...........


55 posted on 09/16/2009 3:38:39 AM PDT by Daffynition (If you believe you can tell me what to think, I believe I can tell you where to go.)
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To: robomatik

when I think of the redheads I’ve dated, two words come to mind... both of which would offend the delicate sensibilities of our more gentle readers.


56 posted on 09/16/2009 3:38:51 AM PDT by RC one
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To: TheArizona

< img src=” url of pic” />

Without any spaces


57 posted on 09/16/2009 3:40:58 AM PDT by doodad
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To: Electric Graffiti

Its not that she’s a hippie. Its just one of the few pics of her that do not expose her goodies.

If I could only get my wife to be more open minded.

TheArizona


58 posted on 09/16/2009 3:45:56 AM PDT by TheArizona
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To: Red in Blue PA

What is her name?

TheArizona


59 posted on 09/16/2009 3:46:36 AM PDT by TheArizona
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To: OneWingedShark
It was eyes and lips and mocha skin like this that hooked me with my wife.

Photobucket
60 posted on 09/16/2009 3:54:16 AM PDT by Bad Jack Bauer (Fat and Bald? I was BORN fat and bald, thank you very much!)
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