When the thread title has the term "BLONDES" I realize that we are talking about our opinions concerning the opinions about blonds and not the blonde themselves. It should be pointed out that;
1) I have never been motivated much by a person's hair color - it just does not rank high on my "things I pay attention to". Granted I have a preference toward the lighter colors but that is more of a "I like black hair the least" than any "I must have a blond" outlook
2) I am married to a blond technically. Kithara has what many of the hair color charts call "Ash blond" which is kind of an interesting color as it sits just about half way between traditional blond, light brown and red. So, depending on lighting, clothing or just circumstance it can read like any of those colors. In hard sunlight it is best to describe as a copper blond.
In reply to the thread topic I would have to say that with very few exceptions the blonds that I have met fall easily into two very distinct groups in terms of personality and level of captivation;
Group One - The "Just happen to be" Blonds: They typically are natural blonds, no dye, no stereotypical manner, they have taken the time to develop a balanced approach to most things and do not depend totally on their looks. They sometimes do this because that have either had to put up with a lifetime of being treated as a blond and are so tired of the cliche expectations or they physically can not attain the stereotype "look" so do not even attempt it as they do not want to come across as someone from group two.
Group Two - The "Just want to be" Blonds: They often are not natural blonds and many times are coming from the other end of the color spectrum. These people want to buy into the whole expectation of blonds and actively cultivate that persona. There are few people who really are the ditzy blond bombshell naturally yet because of the shear number of people in this group the perpetuation of the collective expectation feeds on itself and in truth it does not take that much effort to go this route.
I have yet to meet a "blond" that does not fall obviously into one of these two groups. There does not appear to be an easy to maintain middle-ground. Either they ignore or even shun the stereotype or they cultivate it. My opinion is that it is mostly how other people react to them that has gone on to establish which approach the "blond" embraces.
So I guess I am saying that not all blonds are created equal yet created blonds are.