Is it true that gentleman prefer blondes but marry brunettes? Although the studies have been around for a while, they are just resurfacing.
So for a bit of non-scientific mating and dating trivia — the British are reporting that it is the brunettes who “bag the billionares, blondes get the barman.” The top British dating channel analyzed 100 billionaires and found that 62% of them married women with dark hair. With runners up: blondes by 22% and redheads at 16%. The Love Report on Brunettes .
The movie with Marilyn Monroe, Gentleman Prefer Blondes was adapted from the diaries of Lorelei Lee, a flapper in the 1920s written by Anita Loos. But the author later wrote, But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes, because “it is bright ideas that keep the home fires buring, and prevent a divorce from taking all of the bloom off Romance.” See Amazon listing
And just another thought about hair — in yet another unscientific study — approximately 125 men and women about 27 years of age both found short or medium-length hair (just below the ears) to be far less attractive than long hair (8 inches below the shoulders).
As a shoulder length blond — I have no comment.
Copyright 2008 Rita Watson