Blond men vs Dark haired men - What do you prefer?

[Olga_NYC]

Hey everyone!

I was wondering what people's preferences are for hair color on men. I was looking through polls on other sites and it seems that most women are more attracted to dark hair. I wonder if that's true or just a cliche?

They also say that's sort of a evolutionary thing because fair hair is supposed to be more child-like/feminine.

Anyway, I personally like blond hair on a guy.

What do you ladies think?

[Melian]

Oh...blonde. All the way. My man has the blondest hair and sexy green eyes.

He's also younger than I am. Hm....*psychoanalyses self*

[MaryElizabethAntoinette]

For some reason, I love dark hair. Mmm.... black hair on guys is great (depending on the guy).

I mean, Chris has auburn/red hair and I love the color of his hair too. I guess it all depends on the guy. xP

[BothGunsBlazing]

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[Rowan]

I prefer dark hair....but i certainly wouldnt rule out a blonde...redheads either

[Cors]

My sweetie has brown hair with blonde streaks and I think he is pretty.

No preference either way, but I am not a fan of bleached hair on Asians. I think redheads are hot though!

[bigrugbybloke]

brown with blond streaks here too although greying and less hair as i am maturing!! you can mature in your thirties cant you???!!!

[chicken legs]

I attract men with dark hair but i appreciate all colors...and highlights ..and lowlights..lol

[kinkykitten]

To be honest, I don't really have a preference....

But having said that, Long hair makes me swoon no matter what colour it is!

I went with blonde as my Dan is blonde

[Olga_NYC]

Originally Posted by kinkykitten

To be honest, I don't really have a preference....

But having said that, Long hair makes me swoon no matter what colour it is!

I went with blonde as my Dan is blonde

Hehe true, long hair is awesome

I guess I would date someone with dark hair, it's just not my most favorite color. BTW I have dark hair so I have nothing against it. I guess we usually want what we don't have

[anybodys]

i have a strong preference for dark hair-- blond guys can be attractive, definitely, but for me dark hair is a plus.

[MsGreenLantern]

Every man I've been attracted to seriously, has either been red-headed or blond. Sure I can find a dark haired man attractive, but when it comes down to it, my natural blond hair/blue eyed genes seem to lead me right to the other fair European types.

Blond's will be extinct soon you know? They say men who usually would go for blonds to procreate are choosing DYED blonds, so they recessive genes for blondness are dying out. Weird eh?

[Olga_NYC]

Originally Posted by MsGreenLantern

Every man I've been attracted to seriously, has either been red-headed or blond. Sure I can find a dark haired man attractive, but when it comes down to it, my natural blond hair/blue eyed genes seem to lead me right to the other fair European types.

Blond's will be extinct soon you know? They say men who usually would go for blonds to procreate are choosing DYED blonds, so they recessive genes for blondness are dying out. Weird eh?

That's true, I read about that

And now that men are dyeing their hair like crazy, women will be having to guess at their natural color, too LOL

The guy I was with was a blond when I met him ... yeah right He eventually stopped dyeing it and I realized he was a brunet. And oh, the outrage! LOL j/k

My mom, as most Russian women, has light eyes but her hair is medium brown. As for my dad he's Native American so I am not sure if I have the gene for blondness. I like dyed blond hair if the person has a good face for it though (I love it on my mom when she lightens her hair), so I didn't seriously mind that this guy wasn't a natural blond but I would probably not encourage anyone who's with me to darker their hair

[Lovelylola]

Dark-haired men! I am very rarely attracted to a blonde or redhead...even though I think us redheads should stick together, it just shouldn't be in that way lol.

[olwen]

Originally Posted by Olga_NYC

Hey everyone!

I was wondering what people's preferences are for hair color on men. I was looking through polls on other sites and it seems that most women are more attracted to dark hair. I wonder if that's true or just a cliche?

They also say that's sort of a evolutionary thing because fair hair is supposed to be more child-like/feminine.

Anyway, I personally like blond hair on a guy.

What do you ladies think?

There's no choice for don't care! I don't care. I don't think a preference for blondes is an evolutionary thing because well half the world are not natural blondes or European!! It's a cultural thing. Seems like a case of cultural bias in whoever those researchers were.

And I don't get how fair hair is an evolutionary choice for women if we are supposedly choosing mates based on how well they provide then it doesn't make sense to go for the guy who's childlike, unless by childlike they mean more likely to be healthy....I dunno...I think they need to do more research, those people.

[Tooz]

Dark-haired men. Italian men. Sicilian men.

Portagees okay, too. :>

[Archangel_257]

buys dark hair dye
Why does no one like the Aryan race? :-(

[Olga_NYC]

Originally Posted by olwen

There's no choice for don't care! I don't care. I don't think a preference for blondes is an evolutionary thing because well half the world are not natural blondes or European!! It's a cultural thing. Seems like a case of cultural bias in whoever those researchers were.

And I don't get how fair hair is an evolutionary choice for women if we are supposedly choosing mates based on how well they provide then it doesn't make sense to go for the guy who's childlike, unless by childlike they mean more likely to be healthy....I dunno...I think they need to do more research, those people.

Actually, they say it's evolutionary to DISLIKE blonds. That is, women are prefer dark haired men LOL

It's not how I feel personally, but it seems that dark haired men are indeed more popular for some reason.

There's something about that here: http://www.isteve.com/blondes.htm

[Weeze]

I'm totally a dark hair person.
I have it AND I like it on other people :P

[mszwebs]

I generally tend to go for guys with darker hair, but not when they have really light eyes. That combination doesn't do a lot for me.

If a guy has light eyes, I prefer him to be blond or fairer haired.

When I was a teenager, I used to go for guys with reddish hair and kinda squinty eyes, like Donnie Wahlberg or Brett Favre lol.


I can think a couple of blondish guys that I think are the cats meow off the top of my head, but I can think of a much larger number of dark haired guys.

[olwen]

Originally Posted by Olga_NYC

Actually, they say it's evolutionary to DISLIKE blonds. That is, women are prefer dark haired men LOL

It's not how I feel personally, but it seems that dark haired men are indeed more popular for some reason.

There's something about that here: http://www.isteve.com/blondes.htm

Ah, okay. It's funny, all this time I thought "tall, dark, and handsome" was referring to tanned skin, not dark hair!

I also assumed that paleness was preferred because it was a sign of being high class. You didn't have to work out under the sun if you were high born. I also assumed that white women were called "the fair sex" because of the amount of powder they wore. But when I looked up the word fair just now in m-w.com, this is what it said: "Etymology: Middle English fager, fair, from Old English fæger; akin to Old High German fagar beautiful Date: before 12th century." So I guess it's one of those words that has changed it's meaning slightly over time, but if you think about the original meaning it makes sense that women would be referred to as "the fair sex," and so much for Sailer's argument.

It doesn't make sense to me that the hair color people gravitate towards should be based on some evolutionary factor...seems irrelevant and just highly cultural. His "article" seems like more of an editorial than an objective statistical analysis to me, so it's hard to separate salient facts from his opinions.

But I'm not an anthropologist, so...yeah.

[Olga_NYC]

Originally Posted by mszwebs

I generally tend to go for guys with darker hair, but not when they have really light eyes. That combination doesn't do a lot for me.

If a guy has light eyes, I prefer him to be blond or fairer haired.

I agree with that I like Asian and black men with dark hair and eyes, but for some reason white men with dark hair don't do it for me. I think that light skin looks better with fair hair.

Originally Posted by olwen

It doesn't make sense to me that the hair color people gravitate towards should be based on some evolutionary factor...seems irrelevant and just highly cultural. His "article" seems like more of an editorial than an objective statistical analysis to me, so it's hard to separate salient facts from his opinions.

But I'm not an anthropologist, so...yeah.

Yeah I think it is highly cultural too. The media keeps feeding us with all this dark haired male stars and all these blond female stars that we're supposed to lust after, that necessarily has to play a role in people's preferences.

But even then, it seems that men are scientifically proven to have more melamine than women (all things being equal - i.e. brother and sister) so that seems to be the reason why there are more fair haired women than men. Then again, women dye their hair more! LOL

[canadianbbw4u]

Im all for the blonde men with blue eyes... and a nice ass!! lol

[Cors]

Hmmm I just had an interesting discussion with my partner. What is the difference between dark blonde and brown?

(My partner hates having blond hair and he doesn't know why either. He has the same hair colour as Von_Pudge but he insists that it is brown.)

[olwen]

Originally Posted by Olga_NYC

I agree with that I like Asian and black men with dark hair and eyes, but for some reason white men with dark hair don't do it for me. I think that light skin looks better with fair hair.



Yeah I think it is highly cultural too. The media keeps feeding us with all this dark haired male stars and all these blond female stars that we're supposed to lust after, that necessarily has to play a role in people's preferences.

But even then, it seems that men are scientifically proven to have more melamine than women (all things being equal - i.e. brother and sister) so that seems to be the reason why there are more fair haired women than men. Then again, women dye their hair more! LOL

I just keep coming back to - "in white people," since with blacks the skin shades are all over the place, not just pale, tan, and olive....But...with blacks you do see women dyeing their hair varying shades of red and brown, so maybe there is something to that after all....like that's the cultural equivalent for blacks.

Originally Posted by Cors

Hmmm I just had an interesting discussion with my partner. What is the difference between dark blonde and brown?

(My partner hates having blond hair and he doesn't know why either. He has the same hair colour as Von_Pudge but he insists that it is brown.)

I honestly cannot tell the difference between blonde and brown unless the blonde is platinum colored. Strawberry blonde, honey wheat, dunn colored, tawny, flaxen, poppy meadow sunshiny corn flakes...who the fuck knows.