Does Blonde hair and Blue eyes still signify beauty in American society? (your experience, no race) (male, single)
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Actually many have acknowledged that used to be true for women, but times have changed greatly. Flip through any entertainment magazine, and you will see beautiful women of all different types of coloring. I picked up an US from my doctor's office, and a dark hair and eyed woman who is widely considered beautiful is the main cover, and the cover also has a sidebar with two brunetttes, only one blonde out of the four, and she has brown eyes.[/quote]
I agree dark hair women are also considered to be beautiful today -- but lets not get it twisted into dark skinned, dark eyes are all in the same bag as these others because that's not what I been seeing....for example granted, OP said this thread wasn't about race -- but it's been slipped in there more then a few times: I prefer 'light complexion, lighter skinned women, etc. I don't care about the eye color, etc' But yea, I caught that & the general idea of what's being said. So lets not toss it all in together and pretend b/c clearly there are lines in the sand being drawn here.
I was respecting the OP's request to not make this about race, but there was a wide range of skin tones, and geographical areas of origin represented in the women photographed for that magazine. Unfortunately, American beauty standards are not all inclusive yet, there was a lack of the darkest skin tones, or women with minimal eyelids. I don't think anyone would argue that we have a ways to go until our standards of beauty include the whole US population, but they are certainly more diverse than they were a few decades ago. Change is the only constant, but it takes time.
Blonde hair and blue eyes are becoming more rare with each passing generation. In the 19th century, over 50% of Americans had those features. Today, only about 10% have them. As they become more rare the appeal of light hair and light eyes will probably increase. "Exotic" no longer means dark featured in America.
For me personally, I don't care about hair color, but I really enjoy a pair of light eyes (ranging from blue to light brown). Very dark eyes are quite a bit of a turn off to me because it feels like I am staring into dark pits when making eye contact.
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Blonde hair and blue eyes are becoming more rare with each passing generation. In the 19th century, over 50% of Americans had those features. Today, only about 10% have them. As they become more rare the appeal of light hair and light eyes will probably increase. "Exotic" no longer means dark featured in America.
For me personally, I don't care about hair color, but I really enjoy a pair of light eyes (ranging from blue to light brown). Very dark eyes are quite a bit of a turn off to me because it feels like I am staring into dark pits when making eye contact.
I could say the same of icy pale blue eyes - feels a bit 'cold' as someone says. But that only lasts for about a second. If the person who owns them is warm-hearted, the eye colour doesn't make a difference. But I acknowldge that's your opinion.
Blonde hair and blue eyes are becoming more rare with each passing generation. In the 19th century, over 50% of Americans had those features. Today, only about 10% have them. As they become more rare the appeal of light hair and light eyes will probably increase. "Exotic" no longer means dark featured in America.
For me personally, I don't care about hair color, but I really enjoy a pair of light eyes (ranging from blue to light brown). Very dark eyes are quite a bit of a turn off to me because it feels like I am staring into dark pits when making eye contact.
For those who really care that much about light-colored eyes (I could honestly care less myself though), the medical industry now has a laser-type procedure that can permanently alter a person's eye color. (It works by removing the outermost layer of the pigmented portion of the eyes -- all layers below the outermost layer are apparently much lighter.) Ergo, brown eyes can be turned into blue, etc. It costs $5000 or more though...but I really don't care either way...I am perfectly happy and content with my current eye color (hazel) to even remotely consider something like that...as far as I am concerned, brown eyes are perfectly nice and lovely too Just as nice as blue, in MHO...
For those who really care that much about light-colored eyes (I could honestly care less myself though), the medical industry now has a laser-type procedure that can permanently alter a person's eye color. (It works by removing the outermost layer of the pigmented portion of the eyes -- all layers below the outermost layer are apparently much lighter.) Ergo, brown eyes can be turned into blue, etc. It costs $5000 or more though...but I really don't care either way...I am perfectly happy and content with my current eye color (hazel) to even remotely consider something like that...as far as I am concerned, brown eyes are perfectly nice and lovely too Just as nice as blue, in MHO...
Is there really a procedure like that?! I would imagine that to be very dangerous. I happen to have blue eyes, but I don't know if I would risk hurting my eyes to change their color if they were something different.
Is there really a procedure like that?! I would imagine that to be very dangerous. I happen to have blue eyes, but I don't know if I would risk hurting my eyes to change their color if they were something different.
what about black hair and brown eyes, how is that viewed?
It's impossible to judge beauty based solely on coloring, many very beautiful people have black hair, and brown eyes.
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Just as nice as blue, in MHO...