Poll: Are you more attracted to women/men of your own ethnicity than those outside it?

[WorldofHarvis]

While I am attracted to people of different ethnicities, I can't deny I'm more attracted by people of my own ethnicity.

This ^

There are girls who are good looking who don't fall under the umbrella of whitey who are good looking but gimme a curly haired brunet anyday.

I'm just saying

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

I'd say both. Sadly Redhead Asians are extra rare ;V

They do exist, though -- and I'm talking natural red hair, not a dye job. But yes, exceedingly rare.

 

[Fieldy409_v1legacy]

Yeah. It seems like im more easily attracted to 'plain' white women. But a beautiful woman is beautiful no matter what the colour of her skin, and it can make her 'exotic'

 

[Fluffythepoo]

Attractive people are attractive, though french women seem to be more consistently attractive than their competitors, but thats any ethnicity; people raised in that culture always seem to know just how to flaunt their goods

 

[MHR]

I'm Caucasian and I Love me some good ol' fashioned pancake butt

Just like momma used to make

Also Asians... could also be their pancake butt, but I see far more Caucasian than Asian around so most of my attraction ends up going that way.

 

[Mobius Evalon]

I'm a native American/generic European mutt and at the top of my list of most attractive women are Latinas and Mediterranean girls, most specifically Italians. I'm a fan of the more caramel colored African women as well.

To shorten a lengthy list, basically the only women I don't find physically attractive are the super dark/ashy African women.

 

[Viirin]

I'm your average American, a mutt of just about everything. What am I most attracted to? Black women. Never had much interest in anything else unless personality alters that. But OP said 'physically', so.. the three most obvious things I like are: the woman be at least a few inches shorter than me, the shorter the better, and I'm 5'8". I also like the biggest butt I can find, but not if the girl is big too. I'm the kind of guy who likes A in the front and D in the back.

My ancestry is French, Italian, Portugese, German, Irish, Scottish and Brazilian, and the ethnicities within are African (ancient, not within 10 generations at the least), Caucasian, and Hispanic. Figured it might be a good idea to say all that so people know what I am and attracted to.

The complexion I really like is a good darkness, not dark as midnight, but dark. Dark like.. Naomi Campbell or darker. Though, I do like looking at women of other races too, like a white girl with freckles just below her eyes on her cheekbones, or Indian women (not Native) because I really like the darkness of their skin around their eyes. The most beautiful woman I've ever seen, and everyone else who knew her agreed on her beauty, was from Tonga.

Summarized though, I'd say I'm mostly attracted to women that aren't my own race, because I think of my race as rather vanilla, and I don't want to be bored, so I want to find someone who looks interesting. Any of that helpful to OP?

 

[Zhukov]

I don't think so.

I'm about as white as it gets, but I've seen plenty of Asian, Indian, Middle Eastern, Mediterranean and Pacific islander women who attracted the hell out of me.

 

[FamoFunk]

I only find Caucasian and Asian Men attractive.

I've yet to come across someone else from another ethnic I find attractive, doesn't mean I never will. And it's far from racist.

 

[5mj7R7yf4Dwr3gdZyyu9PeGNwYjlNrjzuh3iTXQG]

My girlfriends have all been American, but they have run a pretty broad gammut as to their ethnic origins, from African American to Chinese who immigrated by way of Hawaii. Most would be one kind or another of white[footnote]European or Caucasian, though the latter is about as applicable as Hispanic is to most South- and Meso-Americans. I coincidentally have ancestry from the Russian Steppes, but that's an exception to the rule.[/footnote], though it would be hard to say whether that's because of a specific preference or because that's the local demography.

My experience has been that much of what we call race kinda runs together. Light-skinned blacks and mulattoes can be lighter than the darker whites, and genetic traits will often crawl all over the map. In this age of billions of people, we really run more of a continuous spectrum, than something that can be easily partitioned into a handful of categories.[footnote]An additional interesting note are people who can change race over time by changing how others perceive them. One of my exes is a Puerto Rico-descended American, with Arawak heritage and, as a child, had a dark tone befitting the rainforests of South America. As a full adult, she's paler than most European descendants, and is regarded as white by most. Additionally, she has an olive complexion that is befitting the North Mediterranean coasts, which is odd since she has no known ancestry there. The state officially regards her as Hispanic Surname though that may be a homonym (the way that Chinese and Irish share Dunn).[/footnote]

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[SinisterGehe]

I think being asexual doesn't close out the fact that you can be attracted to someone, it is just different kind of interest and a different kind of relationship. ...Just saying...
I am not sexually attracted to any person, or thing tbh... But still I prefer having a close relationship with someone that is the same ethnicity than I am, I just feel closer to them... (Note to those who can not see the difference between Sexual attraction and relationship, they can be separated things, they do not need to go hands on. I can have amotional based relationship with basically anyone I care, but there is no sexual tension between us, I just look for companionship...)

I am not saying I don't like people of other ethnicity, I do. But I have never gotten close to them in the same way than I have with other people like me, ethnic Finns.

 

[SidingWithTheEnemy]

I like boobs, young, healthy, big boobies. Huge Boobies are fine too.
It helps if they have a nice face attached to them and more importantly a decent character inside.
Their pigmentation doesn't really matter as long as I can find them without a torch or an entire search squad. That should answer your question.

Spoiler: Almost totally unrealated, I additionally found out two countries where I am finally interested in watching the news

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[Tourette]

I'm a white man and I think Beyonce is the hottest women alive. That is my preference of course but the fact that she is a black woman makes no difference to me as women of all races are beautifull. Salma Heyak is also a long time favourite of mine and she is a Latino woman, makes no difference. Gong Li is another favourite and is Chinese and yet again, colour makes no difference.
To be honest, I don't really notice the ethnicity at first, just their beauty and think 'wow, she's hot'.

 

[deadxero]

Really doesn't matter. Although there is something alluring and exotic about some ethnicities which might give them a bit of an advantage on the attraction scale.

 

[DSQ]

Well i'm mixed race so if i was only into other mixed race people my choices would be very slim even if we are the fastest growing group in the UK.

 

[theartknife]

it had been an ambition of mine to sample all the varied and wonderful fruits of womanhood. I got through a couple of ethnicities other than my own, then fell deeply in love with one of the whitest women i've ever met..... go figure.

So yeah, to the original question, i have no preference at all. Beautiful women are beautiful women, regardless of colour/size/shape.

Now! has anyone else noticed that Japanese women seem to be either really hot or kind of hanging?...... kinda like goth chicks

 

[Antitonic]

I think being asexual doesn't close out the fact that you can be attracted to someone, it is just different kind of interest and a different kind of relationship. ...Just saying...

I guess it depends on what type of asexual you are. "Attracted" usually implies a sexual component, and although that's not the definition of the word, it's the context in which it gets the most usage. You wouldn't necessarily say you were attracted to your friends, but you could and mean it 100% non-sexually.

 

[trollnystan]

I've been attracted to men of my own ethnicity (Swedish/Irish), but the majority of men I've been attracted to have been outside my own. Black, Middle Eastern, Hispanic.

Although I do love a nice pair of blue or green eyes...

EDIT: ^Preferably paired with dark hair. Yum.