Blonde stereotype
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| - | {{Template}}The '''dumb blonde''' is a [[popular culture]] [[stereotype]] applied to [[blond]]e-[[hair]]ed women. The archetypical "dumb blonde", while attractive and popular, lacks both common street-sense and academic intelligence, often to a comedic level. The dumb blonde stereotype is frequently used in the popular [[blonde jokes]]. | + | {{Template}} |
| + | The '''dumb blonde''' is a [[popular culture]] [[stereotype]] applied to [[blond]]e-[[hair]]ed women. The archetypical "dumb blonde", while attractive and popular, lacks both common street-sense and academic intelligence, often to a comedic level. The dumb blonde stereotype is frequently used in the popular [[blonde jokes]]. | ||
| Numerous actresses have played characters labelled as "dumb blondes", famously including [[Marilyn Monroe]] and [[Goldie Hawn]]. [[Country music]] [[chanteuse]] [[Dolly Parton]], aware of this occasional characterization of her, addressed it in her [[1967]] hit ''Dumb Blonde'' (though Parton's lyrics challenged the stereotype, stating "...just because I'm blonde, don't think I'm dumb 'cause this dumb blond ain't nobody's fool..."). Also, saying she was not offended by "all the dumb-blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb. I'm also not blond." More recently, [[Paris Hilton]] has been characterized as a dumb blonde due to her public persona, which is portrayed by popular culture as promiscuous and self-absorbed. | Numerous actresses have played characters labelled as "dumb blondes", famously including [[Marilyn Monroe]] and [[Goldie Hawn]]. [[Country music]] [[chanteuse]] [[Dolly Parton]], aware of this occasional characterization of her, addressed it in her [[1967]] hit ''Dumb Blonde'' (though Parton's lyrics challenged the stereotype, stating "...just because I'm blonde, don't think I'm dumb 'cause this dumb blond ain't nobody's fool..."). Also, saying she was not offended by "all the dumb-blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb. I'm also not blond." More recently, [[Paris Hilton]] has been characterized as a dumb blonde due to her public persona, which is portrayed by popular culture as promiscuous and self-absorbed. | ||
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The dumb blonde is a popular culture stereotype applied to blonde-haired women. The archetypical "dumb blonde", while attractive and popular, lacks both common street-sense and academic intelligence, often to a comedic level. The dumb blonde stereotype is frequently used in the popular blonde jokes.
Numerous actresses have played characters labelled as "dumb blondes", famously including Marilyn Monroe and Goldie Hawn. Country music chanteuse Dolly Parton, aware of this occasional characterization of her, addressed it in her 1967 hit Dumb Blonde (though Parton's lyrics challenged the stereotype, stating "...just because I'm blonde, don't think I'm dumb 'cause this dumb blond ain't nobody's fool..."). Also, saying she was not offended by "all the dumb-blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb. I'm also not blond." More recently, Paris Hilton has been characterized as a dumb blonde due to her public persona, which is portrayed by popular culture as promiscuous and self-absorbed.
