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The idea that the redhead gene would be bred out within two generations was greeted by the Irish population with interest, but not glee. Redheads are no longer considered the pariahs they once were.
When I was in primary school the only thing worse than being a redhead was to be a freckly redhead, and thankfully, I didn't fall into the latter category and therefore escaped most of the bizarre malice that is directed towards my peers.
That said, there was the odd incident where a child would pretend to spit on my hair and make sizzling noises and occasionally I would be called the usual names -- carrot top,[url=http://duveticatrenchcoat.webmium.com/][b]デュベティカダウンジャケット[/b][/url], match head, Duracell,[url=http://discount2013duveticajackets.webmium.com/][b]デュベティカ店舗[/b][/url], foxy, fire truck, and of course the cleverest of all, Bosco.
I don't ever remember being upset by my red-headedness; in fact, I now enhance it (that redheads are spared going grey, I can personally assure you, is the biggest myth of them all). Far more pressing for me was the fact that although my hair was curly, my mother insisted on cutting it short so that it grew upwards instead of down, rather like a Celtic afro.
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Fellow redhead Marion Roach explores the phenomenon in her book The Roots of Desire: The Myth, Meaning And Sexual Power Of Red Hair. Roach felt compelled to research the topic when she noticed that on the ceiling of the Sistine chapel, Eve had blond hair before she gave into temptation and took a bite of the apple,[url=http://duveticadownjackets.halod.com/][b]デュベティカ店舗[/b][/url], and afterwards, when she had fallen and was kicked out of Eden, she was depicted as flame-haired.
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And in literature, red hair has been associated with Satan, with evil and with mental instability. Perhaps this bias is due to the fact that Judas Iscariot is thought to have been a redhead.
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Red-headedness is a genetic mutation, caused by the melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R). This is the gene responsible for producing melanin, which protects the skin from ultra-violet rays. We redheads have little melanin, hence the sunburn. As the gene is rare outside Northern Europe, one theory is that the mutation occurred to allow better absorption of vitamin D, present in sunlight, in sun-starved northern Europe.
Another theory is that it was a random occurrence. Whatever the truth of these theories, they are preferable to one that was floating about until a decade ago -- that the red-haired gene was passed down by the Neanderthals. This is more myth than theory, however,[url=http://duveticajacketswomenjp.albirank.net/][b]ダウンジャケットduvetica[/b][/url], as most evolutionary scientists rule out the idea of Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens inter-breeding.
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