Red hair in Finland
Red hair in Finland
Terve! Can I ask a question...
Are natural redheaded woman seen as attractive in Finland (in general)?
I'd prefer if native Finns (male/female) answer this.
Are natural redheaded woman seen as attractive in Finland (in general)?
I'd prefer if native Finns (male/female) answer this.
Re: Red hair in Finland
I prefer brunettes, but I won't spit on redhead nor on blond... so in my opinion it is more about the whole package, not the colour of the hair. As for how the public sees things.. I'd hazard a guess that the colour of the hair won't make anyone more or less attractive (unless we're talking about really deep red, raven black, almost white blond etc.)
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I’d fathom a guess Finland is just like any other place where a diverse selection of natural hair colors can be found “in the wild”. Because all natural hair colors, including red, are to some degree “present” at all times in Finland, there’s no big draw to a single “special” hair color, such as the special attention you might get as a natural blonde in some parts of Asia.dnaltocs wrote:Are natural redheaded woman seen as attractive in Finland (in general)?
I'd prefer if native Finns (male/female) answer this. :)
Some men, of course, do have an individual preference (or at least a soft spot ;) for certain hair colors, finding them more attractive than the others. But it’s hard to say how big a chunk of this “special attention” redheads get, specifically, when compared to the other hair colors.
So, to answer your question, I’m not aware of any general trend, among Finnish men, towards favoring or disfavoring natural redheads, specifically. But there are sure to be lots of those who do find redheads attractive. (I do!)
Oh, I’m a native, and male.
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Ah, theres a lot of red hair around, but you do know how to tell if the girl is a real ginger
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I'm not a native, but I'll respond anyway...
You're probably English or American...maybe not....
But in England there seems to be some residual "prejudice" against redheads, no doubt due to all those historic "disputes" with the Scots and the Irish....[the country with the world's highest proportion of redheads is Scotland ...according to wikipedia...about 13%...though there is some ancient study that says the Udmurts ....a Finno-Ugric people located in Russia ...have that "honour"...and the country with the highest absolute number of redheads is...not surprisingly, the good, ol' USA.] And, strangely, to me anyway, red hair in Russia and some parts of eastern Europe seems to be associated with Jewishness...
I would doubt that Finland has ever had any negative sense of about red hair..... Female mustaches seem to be the thing that turns off Finnish males...and, of course, redheads are not going to be a population subset with that "affliction"....
You're probably English or American...maybe not....
But in England there seems to be some residual "prejudice" against redheads, no doubt due to all those historic "disputes" with the Scots and the Irish....[the country with the world's highest proportion of redheads is Scotland ...according to wikipedia...about 13%...though there is some ancient study that says the Udmurts ....a Finno-Ugric people located in Russia ...have that "honour"...and the country with the highest absolute number of redheads is...not surprisingly, the good, ol' USA.] And, strangely, to me anyway, red hair in Russia and some parts of eastern Europe seems to be associated with Jewishness...
I would doubt that Finland has ever had any negative sense of about red hair..... Female mustaches seem to be the thing that turns off Finnish males...and, of course, redheads are not going to be a population subset with that "affliction"....
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Re: Red hair in Finland
Yes (, but don't tell my wife)
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The moustache gene gets prevalent on the south shores of tha baltic and is predominant south of the Alps/Carpathians...Rob A. wrote: Female mustaches seem to be the thing that turns off Finnish males...
The more south you get the bigger whiskers, that is why mideast culture requires women wear a veil, because they make 16-year old boys feel ashamed.
BTW dnaltocs - my ex-wife had a (dyed) red hair and my ex-gf was an irish ginger, I'd bang you senseless
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if the:Pursuivant wrote:Ah, theres a lot of red hair around, but you do know how to tell if the girl is a real ginger
- cuffs match the collar
or
- curtains match the lampshades
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thenMook wrote:if the:Pursuivant wrote:Ah, theres a lot of red hair around, but you do know how to tell if the girl is a real ginger
- cuffs match the collar
or
- curtains match the lampshades
- buy razor
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if you like the pre-pubescent look.Upphew wrote:thenMook wrote:if the:Pursuivant wrote:Ah, theres a lot of red hair around, but you do know how to tell if the girl is a real ginger
- cuffs match the collar
or
- curtains match the lampshades
- buy razor
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I don't like hairs in my mouth.Mook wrote:if you like the pre-pubescent look.
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Re: Red hair in Finland
I believe red hair to be an advantage when applying to jobs with Kela
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Re: Red hair in Finland
Yes.dnaltocs wrote:Terve! Can I ask a question...
Are natural redheaded woman seen as attractive in Finland (in general)?
I'd prefer if native Finns (male/female) answer this.
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Re: Red hair in Finland
How?ajdias wrote:I believe red hair to be an advantage when applying to jobs with Kela
No, I'm not from England or American, but you're American? Do you know what percentage Finland is?Rob A. wrote:You're probably English or American...maybe not....
But in England there seems to be some residual "prejudice" against redheads, no doubt due to all those historic "disputes" with the Scots and the Irish....[the country with the world's highest proportion of redheads is Scotland ...according to wikipedia...about 13%...though there is some ancient study that says the Udmurts ....a Finno-Ugric people located in Russia ...have that "honour"...and the country with the highest absolute number of redheads is...not surprisingly, the good, ol' USA.] And, strangely, to me anyway, red hair in Russia and some parts of eastern Europe seems to be associated with Jewishness...
I would doubt that Finland has ever had any negative sense of about red hair..... Female mustaches seem to be the thing that turns off Finnish males...and, of course, redheads are not going to be a population subset with that "affliction"....
Re: Red hair in Finland
Rob’s Canadian... you know those guys riding horses in their red jackets? (Theirs, not those of the horses!)
My Google skills failed me and I couldn’t source any hard facts or confirmed statistics on Finnish redheads. But here’s an earlier discussion about redheads in Finland:
The comment about Kela (aka “The Social Insurance Institution of Finland”, but originally Kansaneläkelaitos, which means, literally, “The Folk Pension Institution”) probably refers to the (empirically assessed?) percentage of (fake?) red-haired ladies working there.
My Google skills failed me and I couldn’t source any hard facts or confirmed statistics on Finnish redheads. But here’s an earlier discussion about redheads in Finland:
The comment about Kela (aka “The Social Insurance Institution of Finland”, but originally Kansaneläkelaitos, which means, literally, “The Folk Pension Institution”) probably refers to the (empirically assessed?) percentage of (fake?) red-haired ladies working there.
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