Blondes Have No Fun?

Sooo... Here's a little something I've noticed over the years, something I was recently reminded of while looking at a TV ad for the human papilloma virus vaccine...

If you ever find yourself watching a tampon commercial, or a birth control commercial, or an STD treatment commercial, or these days a commercial for the HPV vaccine, you might notice - there are ususally NO blondes in these ads.

Many years ago I found myself watching a tampon commerical and at the end, learned that only brunettes get periods and when they do, they use tampons - not pads. Blondes use pads, like Kathy Rigby did. Though she probably didn't have many periods. Extreme athletic training can have that affect.

Then later, when birth control (the Pill) ads became more common, I learned the same lesson. Only brunettes need or use birth control. This is not an issue for blondes. If you are blonde, you don't have sex that requires birth control. Or you don't have sex.

Check out the stock photos used on the following sites:
- birth control 1, birth control 2, birth control 3
- tampons 1, tampons 2,
- valtrex, famvir
- HPV vaccine

While it's not absolute - the websites linked above do show an odd blonde now & then. But if you watch the TV commercials, they're like Snuffleupagus. The HPV vaccine ads and website imagery seem obviously skewed to minorities. What's that about?

Sooo... do your own analysis... if you notice one of these commercials on TV, watch it. Maybe it's just me. I've had blonde, strawberry blonde, brunette, and buzz-cut hair, so there's no personal bias here. But I do think it's interesting...