Ginger Abuse

[Trekker4747]

So I'd seen something about this before, "Ginger Abuse" -picking on someone because they have red hair, and just assumed it was some stupid internet joke that I've missed. Whatever, if that's what people want to have fun with who am I to say anything?

But turns out this is a real thing? (!)

People are really getting picked on because they have red-hair, picked on to the point of it almost being like red-haired people are a whole other race or something?

Why?

I don't get it, red-haired men I've never had a great motivation one way of the other on but red-haired women are almost universally hot or are otherwise no more motivational to any emotion.

But are kids these days so looking for a group to pick on (blacks it's been out of vogue to pick on for over a generation, women for even longer, gay people are getting more and more mixed into the fold every year) that they picked people with freaking red-hair to tease?

 

[scotpens]

Ginger abuse? I thought maybe people were getting a buzz from smoking the stuff.

 

[Amaris]

Kids, kids, you're both right. /Homer

 

[Kestra]

But are kids these days so looking for a group to pick on (blacks it's been out of vogue to pick on for over a generation, women for even longer, gay people are getting more and more mixed into the fold every year) that they picked people with freaking red-hair to tease?

Kids don't look for groups to pick on. They pick on everyone. Who are these racist, sexist, homophobic kids you're talking about anyway?

 

[An Officer]

^ Were you home schooled or something?

 

[Kestra]

Nope.

 

[scotpens]

Kids don't look for groups to pick on. They pick on everyone.

Yes, unless they're influenced by the bigotry of their parents or other adults, kids generally don't pick on members of other groups. They just pick on fat kids and retards.

 

[Lookingglassman]

I thought this was about Gilligan's Island.

 

[Owain Taggart]

I thought it was about overdosing on ginger.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

I don't know why gingers would get any grief, redheads are hot, yo.

 

[sojourner]

I see jokes relating to gingers a lot in British TV shows. Heck, even the Doctor made a comment of "still not ginger!" the last time he regenerated. Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson often makes ginger jokes on the show.

 

[BolianAuthor]

I love redheads, and always will. Redheads are the BEST.

 

[trampledamage]

It's a subject that's come up a few times here, that while it's standard for men to find red-haired women hot, it's considered unlikely that a woman will find a red-haired man attractive.

I do always try to point out my love of red hair on men, but I don't seem to be making much headway in the prevailing opinions of society

 

[Kestra]

I don't really know many red-haired men. I can only think of one offhand, actually.

 

[Aragorn]

There's the term "red-headed stepchild" for a reason.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I thought this thread was going to be about Gilligan's Island...

 

[kes7]

I don't really know many red-haired men. I can only think of one offhand, actually.

Kevin McKidd is a ginger, and a pretty damn hot one at that.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

South Park is behind the ginger hatred (or as we call "them" in Australia, the rangas.)

It's actually pretty bad in some schools.

 

[Spot's Meow]

The only ginger abuse I've noticed is the South Park episode where "Gingervitis" begins to spread and Cartman leads the gingers in a revolt to claim their role as the master race. Of course there is much ginger hate throughout the episode. I've never actually seen this ginger abuse occuring in real life though. I think that red-headed men and women are quite attractive. Two of the guys I had a major crush on in middle school were redheaded.

 

[trampledamage]

South Park is behind the ginger hatred (or as we call "them" in Australia, the rangas.)

It's actually pretty bad in some schools.

It's existed for a long time before South Park - in Britain at least (since that's what I'm experienced with). They just made it much more common.

According to wiki - it dates back to medieval times when red-haired people were thought to be witches. I suppose because the red hair and pale white skin does look so different to other colour combinations.