Why do red heads...

My mother's biggest fear when she was pregnant with me was having a redheaded child... my bio father had red hair apparently... and lo.. I was born with black hair, blue eyes. The hair went blonde, and eventually the eyes turned green... and as I matured the hair changed colors yet again, growing darker and darker, but always with an auburn tint to it...

As for the freckles.. they arrived and I hated them to start with, well, not really hate, but I didn't really like them on my face. I hid them under makeup for years. I adore the micro freckles that appear on my arms with the light every summer that fade into nothingness in the darkness of winter...

About the time that I fell in love with my curly hair, I openly embraced the color as well as the golden speckles on my pale skin...



I am a redhead... kneel before me in worship and behold the Goddess that I am.
 
Redheads have a special fire inside.

We grow up thinking that we are unattractive. We hate our freckles, we hate our pale skin, we hate our bright hair. Then, around a certain age, we get those curves, discover our sensuality, etc. And BOOM! We learn that men love us!
I must be ahead of the 'curve' as my redhead obsession started in 8th grade.

My mother's biggest fear when she was pregnant with me was having a redheaded child... my bio father had red hair apparently... and lo.. I was born with black hair, blue eyes. The hair went blonde, and eventually the eyes turned green... and as I matured the hair changed colors yet again, growing darker and darker, but always with an auburn tint to it...

As for the freckles.. they arrived and I hated them to start with, well, not really hate, but I didn't really like them on my face. I hid them under makeup for years. I adore the micro freckles that appear on my arms with the light every summer that fade into nothingness in the darkness of winter...

About the time that I fell in love with my curly hair, I openly embraced the color as well as the golden speckles on my pale skin...



I am a redhead... kneel before me in worship and behold the Goddess that I am.

A green eyed redhead is often what I think of when I hear or see the word goddess.
 
Two of many explanations-

1. A stepchild is often presumed to be less favored than biological children. If a parent was abusive, a stepchild might get the worst of it. (Similarly, a rented mule would be less valuable than one you own.)

2. I believe 'beat you like a red-headed stepchild' came from the movie "The Wrath" starring a young Charlie Sheen. It was a teenage flick from the 1980s.

But I've always believed this one-

Linked to the Viking invasions experienced in Britain and Ireland in the 11th century. The Vikings came down from their area, pillaged and raped and left a few red-headed children.
Being so obviously different from the rest of the children in the area, they were subject to discrimination by parents knowing their origin was from an invading source.
I can imagine that these children would have suffered the wrath of the local population who could obviously identify them as products of the Vikings violent influence on their culture.
They were an easy target to vent the frustration of this phenomenon of force.

Maybe that prejudice hasn't quite died out yet. I recently read in a discussion on the Straight Dope Message Board that "gingers" are sometimes targets of hate crimes in the UK today.
 
Has a consensus been reached as to whether I can call myself a red head? I should be, everyone in my family is... I just need some 'help'
 
*shrug* Post your pic. We'll see whether you're a true Ginger or a Daywalker.

my pics are on my feet thread. I readily admit to dying it, but does that mean I'm not a real red head even if I have been one for 20 years?
 
Hmmmmmmmm........Teaze! Looks like we may have a new place to tempt the sexy men with our RedHead Powers!!:p:p
 
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