Says the person with the ponies
Honestly, I think there is a certain kind of not mild disgust for male gingers, atleast in my immediate surroundings, I've never really been the kind of person that people seemed to ''like'' even if they didn't know me.
Then again perhaps they/we seem creepy to other people because we're used to getting weird looks/other stuff that isn't direct hate but a sense of awkwardness and as thus end up being shy/introvert/self centered <Of course this doesn't have to account for all male gingers, just something I've been experiencing myself>
Oh right and we <the males> all more or less look the same, put my picture next to that guy and I'm sure you'll get alot of similarities
(Heck people call me Ron Weasley for crying out loud, even here on MMO-Champion in the post your picture thread)
PS: Isn't the reason Marvel made Thor blonde instead of a red head because blonde is/was more marketable?