Poll: Dating inside or outside your Ethnicity/Race?
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Eh, if pressed I'm probably a bit more attracted to white women, but it's not really going to affect my choices. I mean, it's very unlikely that I'm going to be presented with a white woman and a black woman, who are both identical in every respect apart from race.
I mean, I DO tend to prefer women outside my ethnicity, but I wouldn't say that it's a conscious effort, really.
Actually, scratch that, I have a serious preference for Arab/Mediterranean women compared to your standard "white" woman. No point in lying to myself. Even Scottish/Irish women are generally far more attractive to me than your strictly-"average" white woman, ignoring the fact that I'm about 1/4 combined Irish and Scottish. Or maybe it's the foreign factor that makes anything that isn't average-American way more appealing to me...
Actually, scratch that, I have a serious preference for Arab/Mediterranean women compared to your standard "white" woman. No point in lying to myself. Even Scottish/Irish women are generally far more attractive to me than your strictly-"average" white woman, ignoring the fact that I'm about 1/4 combined Irish and Scottish. Or maybe it's the foreign factor that makes anything that isn't average-American way more appealing to me...
Speaking in general terms, I like both? I guess?
One potential complication would be any cultural issues that come along, but in all honesty, I'm uncomfortable with a fair bit of cultural issues from my particular ethnic group, so again, it ends up working either way.
One potential complication would be any cultural issues that come along, but in all honesty, I'm uncomfortable with a fair bit of cultural issues from my particular ethnic group, so again, it ends up working either way.
Actually I am happy now. My petty argumentative side has been placated...disgruntledgamer said:
Non sarcastic answer incoming:
For the most part I find white girls the most attractive. Nothing against girls of other skin color, it's just what I like
In a nutshell, I?m a heterosexual black male who would be willing to date an attractive girl of any race except his own, due to complete lack of sexual attraction to them and unwillingness to conform to racial stereotypes.
At the risk of sounding racist here, white women seem to have more variety, in terms of hair colour, hairstyles, appearance, etc. I?ve rarely found a black women attractive; it could be because of my insecurities about my own race, that they may remind me of some of my family members, that they don?t fit the influential media?s ideal of beauty, or I just happen to not like their features. Asian women are fine, although some Oriental women tend to look a bit plain. And, to me, Latino/Hispanic women basically look like white women, just maybe a bit tanned/bronze.
But even aside from that, just going by probability, I?ll likely end up with a white woman because they?re the worldwide majority.
At the risk of sounding racist here, white women seem to have more variety, in terms of hair colour, hairstyles, appearance, etc. I?ve rarely found a black women attractive; it could be because of my insecurities about my own race, that they may remind me of some of my family members, that they don?t fit the influential media?s ideal of beauty, or I just happen to not like their features. Asian women are fine, although some Oriental women tend to look a bit plain. And, to me, Latino/Hispanic women basically look like white women, just maybe a bit tanned/bronze.
But even aside from that, just going by probability, I?ll likely end up with a white woman because they?re the worldwide majority.
Well, firstly, your poll makes absolutely no sense.disgruntledgamer said:
From a sociological or biological perspective there is absolutely no such thing as race or ethnicity. The genetic differences between, say, a black male living in Nigeria and myself are less then, purely for example, me and a random Scottish gent or an Indian bloke. Ya see, Race/Ethnicity are sociological constructs. And if you ignore their existence (Which is one answer to racism according to certain schools of thought) they will disappear.
So... I am dating a human. So someone of the same race!
They are also white, which I guess fits in with your poll. Yet I still contest that the poll itself is flawed and the question makes no sense whatsoever. Whilst still making perfect sense and everybody understanding exactly what you mean.
Academia is FUN.
I cannot vote, since ethnicity or race or whatever really doesn't matter to me.
Most likely because I'm a lonely and cynical bastard.
Most likely because I'm a lonely and cynical bastard.
I wish you had included a middle ground option so I could choose that. I am not very partial towards a particular ethnicity. I will gladly be with anyone who would take me so long as I they don't repulse me in looks or behavior, and sharing interests would also be quite useful deciding factor as I tend to become more attracted towards those who share my interests even if I didn't find them particularly attractive before. Although I would go for any ethnicity, I would have to say that I am a lot less likely to date in my ethnicity, being a Black American as most other Black Americans I meet tend to be the annoying kind of person that the media portrays them as, which is sad. That's not to say that I never meet other Black Americans who don't fall into that stereotyping, but in my experience, they tend to be fairly rare, so although I don't have a problem with dating Black Americans, I am significantly less likely to date them just because I rarely meet any that I like.
Gosh that was an interesting think I just had to have.
I only ever dated in my ethnicity, if you can call it that (though my girlfriend is from another country.. but I guess the ethicity is "white european" or something? Caucasian? I actually don't know). Now. I never actually thought about this. But based on the social economic background I have, where I grew up etc... I tend not to meet that ethnically diverse people.
In 13 years of school education and now almost 4 years of university, I met...
*a dozen people from either the large swap of arabia or turkey (2 female)
*one chinese girl
*one black kid in grade school
and that's it. I SEE lots of different ethnicities (I was born in Berlin, Germany, go figure) but I never actually meet them, just cross them on the street..
So I only dated inside my ethnicity. Not by any conscious preference, but default.
That IS food for thought, so thanks, OP.
Though only hypothetically, because i'm very much in love.
I only ever dated in my ethnicity, if you can call it that (though my girlfriend is from another country.. but I guess the ethicity is "white european" or something? Caucasian? I actually don't know). Now. I never actually thought about this. But based on the social economic background I have, where I grew up etc... I tend not to meet that ethnically diverse people.
In 13 years of school education and now almost 4 years of university, I met...
*a dozen people from either the large swap of arabia or turkey (2 female)
*one chinese girl
*one black kid in grade school
and that's it. I SEE lots of different ethnicities (I was born in Berlin, Germany, go figure) but I never actually meet them, just cross them on the street..
So I only dated inside my ethnicity. Not by any conscious preference, but default.
That IS food for thought, so thanks, OP.
Though only hypothetically, because i'm very much in love.
That's fair enough.Esotera said:
I'd say I'm usually more likely to find a white woman attractive. That isn't to say I've never found black or asian women attractive, I'm just talking probability.
As such, gun to my head, ask me to imagine my future wife, she's white in the mental image. But if it so happens that the girl I decide to pop the question to isn't white, then fair enough.
Also, I think there's a little more variety to white women. Genetically speaking, black or asian women tend to have darker hair colours, whereas white women have the whole blonde/redhead thing too.
Although I usually prefer brunettes over blondes, but still.
Point is, I'm not going to turn to my ethnically diverse girl of x amount of years and say 'fuck off, I'm not marrying a [insert relevant racial slur here]!'
Self gratifying pendanticism cloaked as pseudo-intellectualism is funMr F. said:
(I don't mean that in a mean way, but come on. 'Just ignore them?')
OT: Honestly, I've found women from all the races attractive at one time or another and I wouldn't have a problem having a relationship with any of them
A beautiful woman is beautiful woman, regardless of skin colour.