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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not because I look like that, but yes, I love the look. Imitating it is very difficult for other complexions. Perhaps it used to be a beauty ideal. It’s more now. But isn’t it all about scarcity? Green eyes are the most recessive trait, then red hair, then blondes and blue eyes to follow. That might spell a huge return for this type of beauty ideal quite soon.[/quote]

Blue eyed brunettes are pretty rare.[/quote]

Blue-eyes/red hair is the rarest combination in the world, more rare than green eyes/red hair or brown-eyes/red hair.[/quote]

It's also been the target of much hate and reviled in many places around the world.  Even with the whole 'red-headed step child' thing.

Or the bar drink the 'red headed sl*t" (Jagermeister, peach schnapps, cranberry)

To be a 'ginger' in the UK was to be reviled.  And, in latin American countries they were seen as the devil.  Carrot-top, Bozo the Clown, copper-top, ginger-nut, ginger minger, bluey (among Australians), Duracell, Ronald McDonald, Simply Red, Queen Elizabeth. And so on

Ginger is still seen as a derogatory term.  South Park came out with the episode "Ginger Kids" that said, among other things, that gingers were sick, evil, and had no souls. "You have no soul!" has become a common accusation directed towards redheads that is often viewed as acceptable in normal society, even at schools and work. This discrimination against redheads is often overlooked, ignored, or discounted because most redheads are white and part of a racial majority in the areas where they are persecuted.

In the UK--60% of redheads have faced discrimination because of their hair color:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6725653.stm

https://metro.co.uk/2017/02/05/why-britain-needs-a-law-against-ginger-discrimination-6427955/[/quote]

What is your point? Are you just trying to make redheads feel bad?

-brown haired, brown eyed person with no horse in this race.[/quote]

I mean, I'm not in the UK and maybe it's really different there, but I've never felt discriminated against, reviled or hated because of my red hair in the US!  Almost invariably, I am complimented on my hair (exception, when I was a young kid).  Some men (I avoid to be frank) have a fetish.  Traveled for weeks in the UK as a tourist with never any negativity for what it's worth.[/quote]

I have relatives and a few friends with red hair and I think it's a strong reaction one way or another.  Some people absolutely despise red hair and others love it.  I don't think brunettes and blondes garner as much of that 'love it or hate it' thing.  The shade and the face/skin tone really matter.  Orange vs auburn vs a fiery...if it's off it can go bad and brassy.  I think when people start to go grey and try to dye it is when the look can really turn--it's a shade that is hard to get right when coloring and it fades very fast.[/quote]

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