Question: Marsha (29, Tampa, FL) Asks: Do men prefer blondes?  I’m a brunette and my friend is a dirty blonde; I think I’m more physically attractive than her, but she still gets more looks than I do.

Answer: After receiving this email, I realized that I’ve had this conversation many other times but pushed it off as trivial.   Obviously, it is weighing on some of your minds.  To answer the question, I began comparing women I speak to with those I’ve actually asked out on dates.  I came to the conclusion that: I don’t prefer blondes when it comes to getting digits, but I do look at them first.

I usually make visual contact with blonde women first, but I end up closing the deal with brunettes or black haired women more often than not.  It would be easy to blame magazines and movies for making us only want blonde women; but I think it has more to do with the idea that people simply relate that hair color to ideas of being young, fun and energetic.  When it comes down to actually discovering a woman though, I’m more intrigued by the exoticness and adventure.  I get a sense of this from dark-haired females.

So, if you’re not a blonde, don’t change your hair color just yet.  You may have to work a little harder to get in his front door; but after you are, take him on an exotic adventure!