And the 'Reds' Have It

I'll be honest. I've been in an anti-Rom-Com mood since 2005. I remember enjoying A Walk to Remember. Everything went downhill since then. Maybe it's the lame dialogue or the plot Hollywood microwaves and reserves every few months, maybe it's the unrealistic relationship between the guy and the girl. Whatever it is, I'm done.

There are few shows that allow women to be intelligent. And those that do have stunning similarities. Let's look at just three: Scully from X-Files, Brennan from Bones, and Beckett from Castle. In each of these, the women are smart, feminine, capable, confident, and good. They are also, all of them:

1. Redheads, with blue eyes, and fair skin (no freckles).
2. Analytical and unemotional.
3. Employed in traditionally male-dominated fields that involve solving a mystery/crime and physical danger.
4. Socially or emotionally either inept or just not as savvy as their male cohorts
5. All wear pantsuits and surprisingly unrealistic outfits considering their jobs involve a lot of dirt and blood and bodyparts.
6. Not one of them has hair longer than shoulder-length.
7. All of them have had some tragedy or traumatic event that led them to their chosen field.
8. None of them are good at, or have much experience in, dating.
9. All of them work with a male counterpart who bucks the system/establishment.
10. All of them are by-the-book while their male counterpart is smart alecky and bends the rules a bit (but never too much).
10. All of them have some attraction to their male counterpart and struggle with the dilemma of remaining friends or jeopardizing their friendship and work relationship by moving to something more.

I'm beginning to think it is unique to a redhead. I don't see combinations of men with any other hair type that have this personality. Is this true? Or am I just hyper-attuned because I am surrounded by redheads in my family? Another mystery yet to be solved.