"Do blondes have more fun?" This pop culture question verging on the cliche of mantra by Madison Avenue advertising agencies actually does imply a questioning of cultural values within the American society that deserves to be addressed by serious research. Accordingly, working from the above proposition, it will be the hypothesis of this paper that, yes, blondes do have more fun.
Key to understanding the cultural implications of the defining question of this study is the more specific delineation of the word "fun." Again, the pop cultural roots of the issue are evident in the choice of the word itself:
fun, n., 1. lively, gay play or playfulness; merriment; amusement; sport; recreation; joking.
2. a source or cause of amusement or merriment, as an amusing person or thing.
"Fun" is not a scientific term and, it should be noted, its use in the context of the famed question - "Is it true blondes have more fun?" - sprang from 1950s colloquial terminology, wherein the word "fun" was meant to convey "sexy" and "attractive" within a socially active setting. Hence, the word "fun" as used in this study's defining question is a highly subjective term directly equating attractiveness to social compatibility and fulfillment. The standards of social compatibility and fulfillment are a constantly-changing entity, reflecting as they do the ebb and flow of social change that has affected the American character. Identifying that potential danger must be considered when testing this study's hypothesis.
To further aid in that direction, one additional definition will be considered as part of this study, that is, the implied gender definition of the word "blonde" as used in the defining question's context: female. Invented by advertising executives to sell a woman's hair coloring product, "Is it true blondes have more fun?" was very clearly aimed at a female public and has since entered the lexicon of popular speech with that ...