It would also vary a lot from country to country. So there is a factor of youth in there too. One could say that the blonds are more privileged, more protected, not as rugged and even 'manly' as the dark haired ones.Ī lot of people also get darker hair when young, so that they are very blond as young, and grow much darker. In our modern time, it might deal with economic and sociocultural factors: blonds are generally much richer than dark-haired people (who are many times more than the blonds, too). Indeed, for much of known history, beautiful women were called 'pale' or 'milky white'. It's probably connected to women sitting at home away from the sun, while men toil in the fields. Just look at ancient Roman or Etruscan art: the men are always more tanned, the women more pale. It's actually a pretty ancient human phenomenon: lighter is female, darker is male.
