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FACTS ABOUT REDHEADS AND THEIR LIFE

- Red hair is the rarest type of natural hair color in humans. Less than 1% of the human population has red hair

- The highest percentage of natural redheads in the world is in Scotland (13%), followed closely by Ireland with 10%. In the US, about 2% of the population are natural redheads

- According to a British study, women with red hair appear to be more stoic when faced with pain, compared to women with other hair colour, and to men. Same study claims redheaded women enjoy anal and rough sex more than other women.

- The MC1R, recessive gene, which gives people red hair and fair skin is also increases the sensitivity of the skin. Redheaded people have stronger orgasms and turn-on easier than other people.

- Red hair is, genetically speaking, a recessive trait. It may appear after several generations of darker hair.

- Cultural reactions have varied from ridicule to admiration; many common stereotypes exist regarding redheads, and they are often portrayed as the “fiery-tempered redhead”.

- The genetics of red hair are now being uncovered, together with connections between red hair and melanoma, skin disorders in general, and different reactions to anaesthesia.

- Studies by Bodmer and Cavalli-Sforza (1976) hypothesized that lighter skin pigmentation prevents rickets in colder latitudes by encouraging higher levels of Vitamin D production and also allows the individual to retain heat better than someone with darker skin

- The redheaded people have lower testosterone and higher estrogens than people with other hair colors

- Redheads don't turn grey. Red hair turned sandy, then white. They are also found to loose their color later in life than people carrying other hair colors. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Greece and Turkey are two of countries that admires redheads believed so because of their believed mythical qualities. Most of the people in both countries still believe redheaded people have some supernatural powers.

- In France, to be redheaded is thought to be a fate so dire that some women have formed a “Proud to be Red” association.

- In Denmark it is an honor to have a redheaded child.

- In Corsica, if you pass a redhead in the street you have to spit and turn around.

- In Poland, if you pass three redheads you'll win the state lottery

Quotations:
Man, you ain't lived
Till you've had your tires rotated
By a red-headed woman.
Bruce Springsteen

Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead. Lucille BallOf

course, part of the problem with redheads is that there aren't enough of them. They make up just two percent of the population. So they're pretty extraordinary. Redheads are too numerous to be ignored, too rare to be accepted.