Nature. Its natural for people to have preference for their own kind.
I never understood how can someone prefer a man or woman that isn't of your own people since you come from the same background and look similar to one another from a phenotype perspective.
You are born a certain way with certain preferences. However the environment you grew up in can heavily influence what you prefer. A lot of people grew up in communities where there was a gap in the amount of citizens of each race. This gap has been seen less often in communities which may contribute to the rise of interracial couples.
I’ve grown up around white men, so i only date whites men because i’m comfortable with them. i’m used to their culture and their family dynamics. and they can be fucking gorgeous. but then again so can any race
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This might sound weird, yet I think people are attracted to either what they find interesting, alluring or exotic or maybe what's very familiar to them.
I look mixed, I have curly hair, tan skin, green eyes and am slim-petite. I've seen guys who approach me dont look like me at all. Either they have sleek hair, are white, or very dark skin and muscular.
Well it's how you were brought up. I have dated and slept with women of all races, creeds, colors, culture, religions etc... Its been amazing! But my mom and dad were so open.
But I do get dating who you are comfortable with.
I just say stay open, positive and have fun. Create special moments and memories that are uncanny, fulfilling and unmatched.
There are societies that keep within their own race and families reinforce that often and then likewise it's natural to be attracted to your own race and have a natural pull towards your own race.
Don't get your panties in a twist, boys. What we define as "race" is far more than just phenotypes. Genetics shows us that our defined races rarely ever correlate with our distinction between the "races".
It's funny how you throw this long of a tantrum for nothing, lol. Because clearly you didn't understand the actual point of the article. You're bitching about things that aren't even the point. Oh, you funny "rationalists". :D
Nurture because people tend to date people who share their culture/beliefs. Those things tend to follow along racial lines thanks to the media driving racial divisions between groups so that we can't all have one culture.
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It depends on culture and country. In some Asian countries white people are seen very beautiful but in western being tan and having darker skin colour can be seen beautiful too. I dont know why but for me black people are rarely attractive to me. For me blond hair colour is really beautiful. Therefore scandinavian people are very beautiful to me. Maybe it is because I see rarely black people in my surroundings.
Nurture, new genetic material is needed to keep a population healthy, diverse, and void of birth defects so therefore it would be advantageous to the species.
Definitely more nature. There has been some research on womens racial preferences and the correlation to their cycle. During ovulation their ingroup-preference increased by quite a bit.
Throughout our recent evolutionary history, meeting different humans often entailed disease and war. Therefore, we have a natural inclination to prefer our own race.
Nurture. Factually you cannot say its nature because everyone is related in small percentages, to say racially you don't prefer someone is to say that you prefer don't prefer that someone else race wise.
I agree. If children (from different racial backgrounds) grow up together, there's no problem as far as the children are concerned, from what I've observed. But babies/young toddlers will often chose a white teddy bear/doll over a darker one, if offered a choice.
True! Kids are so pure... once we were at a restaurant that had a playground. So my brother went off and after a while we observed that he was playing with two other children, who were both from other countries. So 3 kids, 3 different languages, 2 different races. But they found a way to communicate and play with each other. It could teach some adults a lot...
I think both. In my case, nurture definitely plays a part. As someone who grew up in Latin America, I tend to prefer latinos with a similar cultural background.
Society can have an impact but a very small one, the objects of attraction are always determined at a subconscious level, be it a particular kind of race, behaviour or even being a different or same sex
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Nature. Its natural for people to have preference for their own kind.
I never understood how can someone prefer a man or woman that isn't of your own people since you come from the same background and look similar to one another from a phenotype perspective.
You are born a certain way with certain preferences. However the environment you grew up in can heavily influence what you prefer. A lot of people grew up in communities where there was a gap in the amount of citizens of each race. This gap has been seen less often in communities which may contribute to the rise of interracial couples.
I’ve grown up around white men, so i only date whites men because i’m comfortable with them. i’m used to their culture and their family dynamics. and they can be fucking gorgeous. but then again so can any race
This might sound weird, yet I think people are attracted to either what they find interesting, alluring or exotic or maybe what's very familiar to them.
I look mixed, I have curly hair, tan skin, green eyes and am slim-petite. I've seen guys who approach me dont look like me at all. Either they have sleek hair, are white, or very dark skin and muscular.
Pretty sure its imbedded into us at birth and what we grew up around seeing, we have a natural pull more towards because its familiar.
So nature
The famous blue eye/brown eye experiment showed you could train any kid to be racist towards blue eye kids in a few minutes.
Nurture
Well it's how you were brought up. I have dated and slept with women of all races, creeds, colors, culture, religions etc... Its been amazing! But my mom and dad were so open.
But I do get dating who you are comfortable with.
I just say stay open, positive and have fun. Create special moments and memories that are uncanny, fulfilling and unmatched.
You learn so much by being diversified.
Yessssssss!
Both.
There are societies that keep within their own race and families reinforce that often and then likewise it's natural to be attracted to your own race and have a natural pull towards your own race.
Nurture, since what we define as "race" is not a naturally occuring thing.
What do you mean? Are you making the continuum fallacy?
Wait what?
Don't get your panties in a twist, boys. What we define as "race" is far more than just phenotypes. Genetics shows us that our defined races rarely ever correlate with our distinction between the "races".
Lol what? That's not true.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1180234/
@ForbesMagazine Thanks, this basically confirms what I meant. Which leads me to believe that you must mean something else by "race".
To avoid further confusion, this article explains what I'm talking about: www.nationalgeographic.com/.../
It's funny how you throw this long of a tantrum for nothing, lol. Because clearly you didn't understand the actual point of the article. You're bitching about things that aren't even the point. Oh, you funny "rationalists". :D
Nurture because people tend to date people who share their culture/beliefs. Those things tend to follow along racial lines thanks to the media driving racial divisions between groups so that we can't all have one culture.
It depends on culture and country. In some Asian countries white people are seen very beautiful but in western being tan and having darker skin colour can be seen beautiful too.
I dont know why but for me black people are rarely attractive to me. For me blond hair colour is really beautiful. Therefore scandinavian people are very beautiful to me. Maybe it is because I see rarely black people in my surroundings.
I grew up in a culture where there were a lot of white/Caucasian and some Asian. I ended up with a Caucasian guy because there were so many.
Nurture, new genetic material is needed to keep a population healthy, diverse, and void of birth defects so therefore it would be advantageous to the species.
Definitely more nature. There has been some research on womens racial preferences and the correlation to their cycle. During ovulation their ingroup-preference increased by quite a bit.
people in nature preference other races. But nurturing environment may change this natural preference
Throughout our recent evolutionary history, meeting different humans often entailed disease and war. Therefore, we have a natural inclination to prefer our own race.
This is a weak one however.
Nurture. Factually you cannot say its nature because everyone is related in small percentages, to say racially you don't prefer someone is to say that you prefer don't prefer that someone else race wise.
Racial preferences are nature. Racism and racial hate are nurture.
I agree. If children (from different racial backgrounds) grow up together, there's no problem as far as the children are concerned, from what I've observed. But babies/young toddlers will often chose a white teddy bear/doll over a darker one, if offered a choice.
True! Kids are so pure... once we were at a restaurant that had a playground. So my brother went off and after a while we observed that he was playing with two other children, who were both from other countries. So 3 kids, 3 different languages, 2 different races. But they found a way to communicate and play with each other. It could teach some adults a lot...
At that time my brother was ~3yo
I think both. In my case, nurture definitely plays a part. As someone who grew up in Latin America, I tend to prefer latinos with a similar cultural background.
Society can have an impact but a very small one, the objects of attraction are always determined at a subconscious level, be it a particular kind of race, behaviour or even being a different or same sex