She’s Outlining The Negative Aspects Of Having Blonde Hair, Like Being Objectified And Treated Like You’re Not Intelligent
Hey, it’s me, you’re friendly neighborhood dyed blonde here. I can’t say that I’ve been treated differently due to the color of my hair, but that could be because I basically never leave my house, and I rarely interact with people outside of the internet unless we’re related.
A woman named Lexi, who goes by @lexiihill on TikTok, has had the sad experience of being treated poorly because her hair color is blonde.
We all have heard about “dumb blondes” and how people who have blonde hair are somehow stupider or more naive. Or they’re pretty but not functional. Or they’re gullibly frivolous.
This portrayal of the blondes has been super overdone in pop culture for decades upon decades, and it’s time we put these toxic clichés to rest.
Lexi captioned her TikTok video, “People talk about pretty privilege but never the negative aspects of having blonde hair. There is so much profiling and judgment that people have towards people with blonde hair.”
Lexi went on to say in her video that nobody really discusses this phenomenon, but she’s lived it. She pointed out that having lighter-colored hair certainly makes you stand out, but that comes along with a lot of disrespect that’s off the charts.
Lexi has had people approach her, shocked that she’s so kind, as they automatically assumed that she would be a mean girl due to her hair color.
She has equally dealt with people who expect her to be unintelligent just because she’s not a brunette, a redhead, or some kind of darker shade.
“I can tell when they first start talking to me; they talk to me a little bit slower, and they’re talking kind of down to me like, ‘You did a great job today’ – like I’m some kind of incompetent monkey or something, like I wouldn’t be able to process or actually do a job,” Lexi said.
Alena – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
Lexi then jumped into how she’s always been passionate about photographing dogs. She realized one of her local animal shelters was taking photos of their adoptable dogs that were blurry and not appealing.
Her heart was in the right place, and she was hoping to increase the adoption rate of these cute pups.
So she went to the shelter, and the woman she spoke to instantly turned her away and was rude to her because she’s blonde.
She was super sweet to this woman, showed her some of the work she’s done, and made it clear that she was happy to donate her time, but this woman nastily dismissed her.
This woman cut Lexi off mid-sentence and was so incredibly mean. There was no reason for Lexi to have been treated like that, and she exited the shelter feeling so sad.
“I could just tell she was looking at me like you were just some stupid girl coming in here, just annoyed by me, and it just makes me think sometimes, would people take me more seriously if I had dark hair?” she wondered.
“I love having blonde hair I’ll never change that it’s something that’s a part of me. I was physically born into this world with blonde hair. I would never change how I look, but it does attract a lot of negative attention. Even guys. They love the idea of having a girl with blonde hair. They really do.”
Lexi went on to say that there’s a negative connotation assigned to being blonde, such as you’re easy.
She’s met guys who objectify her for being blonde, and she’s met people who assume blonde jokes are reality. It’s wild to her.
Have you ever been treated differently due to being blonde?
@lexiihilll People talk about pretty privilege but never the negative aspects of having blonde hair. There is so much profiling and judgements that people have towards people with blonde hair #girls #blondehair #prettyprivilege #fyp
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