Comments on: NCBI ROFL: Attractiveness of blonde women in evolutionary perspective: studies with two Polish samples. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/04/15/ncbi-rofl-attractiveness-of-blonde-women-in-evolutionary-perspective-studies-with-two-polish-samples/ Sat, 11 May 2013 22:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: amphiox http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/04/15/ncbi-rofl-attractiveness-of-blonde-women-in-evolutionary-perspective-studies-with-two-polish-samples/#comment-24860 amphiox Sat, 16 Apr 2011 18:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=17035#comment-24860 <blockquote>Oh and just for the record, evolution must have missed my genetics, because while there is nothing at all wrong with blondes, this guy actually prefers brunettes…. go figure.</blockquote> Variation. Sweet, sweet variation.

Oh and just for the record, evolution must have missed my genetics, because while there is nothing at all wrong with blondes, this guy actually prefers brunettes…. go figure.

Variation. Sweet, sweet variation.

]]> By: Me http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/04/15/ncbi-rofl-attractiveness-of-blonde-women-in-evolutionary-perspective-studies-with-two-polish-samples/#comment-24859 Me Sat, 16 Apr 2011 00:09:01 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=17035#comment-24859 If I understand correctly, in the second part of the study, it is being claimed that a preference for changing the hair from grey to blonde in older women as opposed to darker shades is being interpreted as some kind of subconscious attempt to appear younger or more attractive based on either an innate or observed understanding that men find lighter shades more attractive. That seems like a highly flawed argument to me. As I understand it the aging process robs the skin of pigment to some extent as well as the hair. The reason many older women choose lighter shades therefore, may well be simply based on a decision to choose a shade which suits their skin tone, as opposed to going back to their former colour which may no longer look right against their skin. Darker hair dyes also tend to look more unnatural, partly due to the pigments used in them and partly due to their tendency to give the hair an obvious single over-all colour which natural hair pigments from the body do not do. So, their tendency to 'go blonde' may also be an attempt to have more youthful looking pigmented hair while avoiding those problems associated with darker colourants and have nothing to do with what men want or might want. Oh and just for the record, evolution must have missed my genetics, because while there is nothing at all wrong with blondes, this guy actually prefers brunettes.... go figure. If I understand correctly, in the second part of the study, it is being claimed that a preference for changing the hair from grey to blonde in older women as opposed to darker shades is being interpreted as some kind of subconscious attempt to appear younger or more attractive based on either an innate or observed understanding that men find lighter shades more attractive. That seems like a highly flawed argument to me. As I understand it the aging process robs the skin of pigment to some extent as well as the hair. The reason many older women choose lighter shades therefore, may well be simply based on a decision to choose a shade which suits their skin tone, as opposed to going back to their former colour which may no longer look right against their skin. Darker hair dyes also tend to look more unnatural, partly due to the pigments used in them and partly due to their tendency to give the hair an obvious single over-all colour which natural hair pigments from the body do not do. So, their tendency to ‘go blonde’ may also be an attempt to have more youthful looking pigmented hair while avoiding those problems associated with darker colourants and have nothing to do with what men want or might want.

Oh and just for the record, evolution must have missed my genetics, because while there is nothing at all wrong with blondes, this guy actually prefers brunettes…. go figure.

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