For the last week or so I’ve been taking bimbo pills and bimbo juice. Or at least that’s what I’ve taken to jokingly calling the hot pink medication I’ve been put on temporarily. Bimbofication has never really held a huge appeal to me for a couple of reasons, the biggest of which though is that somewhere along the way we decided that bimbos are dumb. But why do bimbos have to be dumb?
Why are Bimbos Dumb?
First I wanted to look at why bimbos are typically portrayed as dumb and I’ve really only come up with two things; the dumb blonde trope and male fantasy. There might be other reasons for it and if you come up with one I would love to hear about it! But from where I’m sitting these are the two big reasons bimbos are dumb.
Dumb Blonde Trope
The dumb blonde trope has been around since at least the 1930s. So long that it almost seems like it is self-reinforcing.
You’re blonde? You must be dumb.
Why? Because you’re blonde and everyone knows blondes are dumb.
Why? Because that’s what everyone says.
We’ve had 5 generations of people, who are all now adults born since the dumb blonde trope came into being. From my experience, it’s a trope that has only started to be challenged by Millennials. Before that? Being a dumb blonde was almost a badge of pride, especially for Boomers and Gen Xers.
Personally, as a Millennial, I can’t stand it. When I was younger I thought the whole dumb blonde thing was cute. That’s when I was still a natural blonde. But as I got older I grew to see how objectified dumb blondes were and I wanted to be appreciated for my brain, not my boobs. Though I do still wish they were brains.
Playing into Male Fantasy
There does also seem to be a bit of playing into the male fantasy of having a dumb, but pretty thing on your arm. Someone who is obedient and sweet as a button but doesn’t have two brain cells to rub together. The ignorant wife equals happy life sort of fantasy. Do men actually want a pretty but dumb wife? I’m sure there are some, yes. But I think ultimately it comes down to men wanting to be able to objectify women without receiving any backlash.
Taking Back Bimbos
We as a society seem to be in the middle of taking back bimbos or maybe just claiming them for the first time. The earliest examples of positive bimbo role models that I can think of are Jessica Rabbit and Hello Nurse. Both of them are cartoon characters, yes, but cartoons can often allow us to cross boundaries and introduce concepts that the wider world isn’t comfortable with just yet. Just like porn has driven innovation in technology for decades cartoons have been the gateway LGBTQ+ characters making it into popular media. Is there a bigger trans icon than Bugs Bunny?
Jessica Rabbit has all the hallmarks of a bimbo. She’s gorgeous and not really the brightest crayon in the box. But she’s also a successful artist, a deeply emotional woman, and completely in love with her Roger. For that reason, she was an important stepping stone on the way to reclaiming bimbos.
Hello Nurse on the other hand…even if you reject the Hello Nurse song from Animaniacs which claims she has several PhDs, speaks fluent Japanese, has won a Pulitzer prize, and a Tony; she is still a nurse at a hospital in the Hollywood area. She’s no slouch no matter how you look at her. There is also absolutely no getting around the fact that she is a bimbo.
Another fantastic example of an intelligent bimbo is Bimbo Prime herself, Barbara Millicent Roberts. Better known to you and me as Barbie. Barbie is intelligent, beautiful, and highly successful. She’s also one of the big bimbo icons of the world. Yet in the bimbofication community, it’s rarely her intelligence or all the jobs she’s had that draw attention. It’s her curves, her style, and her generally very feminine appearance. We need to do better.
Anyway, those are just a few of my scattered thoughts on bimbos and bimbofication. I know this sort of went all over the place but I wrote this over a couple of weeks in which my brain wasn’t really operating at its best..and it still isn’t.
But before I go, I want to ask one bonus question…
Why are himbos ok but bimbos aren’t?
Personally, I love me a good himbo. Johnny Bravo, any of Brendan Frasier’s characters from the 1990s and early 2000s, and Thor are just a few examples of my favorites.
Happy International Fetish Day my darlings
