dumb blondes
Ditzy fair-haired women
Dumb blondes is a stereotype casting blonde women as unintelligent or ditzy.
The trope appears in countless jokes, films, and television shows, depicting blondes as attractive but vapid: She played the dumb blonde in every sitcom.
The phrase is typically used disparagingly, though some embrace it ironically.
- tropesRecurring thematic conventions
- pop cultureMass entertainment and trends
- clichéOverused, unoriginal expression
- typecastRepeatedly assigned similar roles
- stereotypeFixed oversimplified notion
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