Why is there stigma/ mockery attached to redheads/ ginger people in the western world?

Question

thank you

Answer 1

bugger gingers,,,

Answer 2

red heads= the greatest

i have no idea what you are talking about

Answer 3

Don't know what your talking about , I have always loved redheads. and NO, I'm not, I'm a Blondie.

Answer 4

probably because they're usually so pale and freckly

Answer 5

Because your freaks!!

Answer 6

Ginger people with glasses have got to be the most ridiculed (poor them)

I think it might have started with the Ross's beefburger adverts in the 70's

Answer 7

I think it's because they're/you're so different from the conventional. Brown black and blond are kinda the norm, although even blondes are somewhat ridiculed nowadays. The most common is brown, I reckon, followed by black. You can see these are dark colours bespeaking a standard, 'ordinary' disposition. Blond is lighter, so almost considered a bit capricious and flighty. Red, though, is a very striking vibrant colour which, I think, sort of subconsciously annoys some people by standing out so much --appearing to call attention to the possessor. Difference breeds intolerance because the 'ego' is central to the individual and society is really just a collection of individuals with similarly shaped egos + common attributes (also physical) so in a way it's a kind of shared superimposed ego. I think that when people mock gingers they are confusedly trying to make them conform to the superimposed ego although tis impossible bc the gingers are naturally so.

Of course most of us can overcome this subconscious discomfort and realise that while redheads ARE different, it is not something dangerous or worrying but rather simply a quirk of life which is most often something to be appreciated ;-)

Answer 8

I don't understand this either, because I really like redheads.

Answer 9

Not sure... I am ginger so bring it on anyone.