Blondes vs. Brunettes

fairishs vs. Brunettes: The Battle of the Brains Angie Stewart 3.4.2010 Audience: This paper is written for any mortal who is convinced and believes that blonds are dumber than brunettes. Purpose: The purpose is to argue the emplacement that the stereotype of the dumb blonde is false. A married correspond were awakened by a call at 2:00 a.m. The wife, a blonde, picked up the phone, listened a moment, and said, How should I recognise, thats cc miles from here! and hung up. Her husband asked, Who was that? She replied, I dont know; some woman wanting to know if the coast is clear. When I read this joke, it made me laugh, but I must start out got that I disagree with the underlying stereotype it is affirming. As I began to research this paper, I typed in a Google search for blonde jokes and got a whopping 1,150,000 results! There is no point in exaggerating the obvious; the stereotype that blondes are dumb is alive and well. despite the overwhelming database of jokes and taunts, blondes in fact are not disadvantaged of brain power. Let us begin by considering where blondes runner became the brunt of jokes and considered to be empty headed bird brains. There are several(prenominal) theories as to the origins.

One that I find hilarious is that the antediluvian Greeks and Romans held a deep admiration for their flaxen-haired neighbors. As a result, they spent their own hair. This repeated bleaching of the scalp and consequent inhalation could have had an effect on ones mental status. other theory is that during the Middle Ages, the common people were the ones who had to work laboriously outside in the fields. This caused their hair to lighten and being the glower class with no formal education, they were viewed as being unintelligent. Blonde jokes entered the American culture in the 1900s. (Wikipedia) Whether these influences are the real reasons for the continuing stamp of ignorance blondes receive, the stereotype itself is a powerful influence on the way... If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay

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