UK guys more open to Muslim girls?

[Anonymous]

Just came back to the US from London and I weirdly found that guys were way more open to flirting with Hijabi girls. I was hit on numerous times and people (mostly guys) were super friendly towards me - approaching me for conversation, offering directions when I clearly wasn't lost, smiling a lot, free coffee from baristas etc. That's not really the case at home in the US. I wasn't bothered by it; quite the contrary. I'm just sorta curious as to whether that's the norm in the UK (or if being ultra-friendly is a thing there) or if I'll experience the same sort of thing when I move to a major city (Philly) next year.

Sorry if I come off as vain or something. Just geniunely curious.

[ThePragmaticRomantic]

Okay. Consider something:
Most of Europe views the UK as cold and stand-offish. Even some of the former collonies do (like Australia)... but we seem actively more welcoming than Americans... :p

To be honest most people in the UK really dont care about race or religion. You'll get some stick (hostility) in certain areas where there are race issues (like Bradford where immigration has taken a historically white christian area and put them in a significant minority in only a couple of generations), but metropolitan city areas (where races mingle so freely it doesn't matter), and rural areas (where there are essentially so few minorities they just get seen as a person not a member of a sub-culture) will generally be perfectly welcoming.
Even more so if you have an identifiable foreign accent. Tourists are great fun to play with. Sent a group of chinese tourists home from a local museum believing that there was a local legend of a giant man eating phantom chicken whick stalks around outside the castle grounds at night.

[Asker]

Yeah, I was surprised that the British stereotype didn't hold up in my time there. People were incredibly friendly and open to conversation, which was definitely something I wasn't expecting. I haven't experienced much (or really any) hostility in the US; I just kinda wanted to be more approachable to guys. I'm a fairly open and liberal Muslim despite my hijab (which isn't extensive really, I wear normal clothing and just cover most of my hair) and wouldn't be opposed to dating. I suppose I was hoping that I'd have a similar experience when I move to Philadelphia for grad school next year.

Ha, nice tourist trick there.

[Aden19]

Im from london UK. And in general people here are less racist and accept variety. But what you have to remember is that where nice because there are plenty of Muslims in the UK.
My Sister here gets the same treatment from white people in particular because she wears the niqab and people over here overcompensate because they think you were oppressed and forced to wear the hijab which is bullshit. They also dont want to appear islamaphobic so kill you with kindness.
In America there more against muslims for the most part. But one thing you need to know about London and UK in general is that where very unsociable and cold people. You got lucky where u were because most cities here dont talk to strangers it's actually a nuisance for people to talk to others. But I think your surprised more by the fact that there not judgmental in comparison to some Americans.

[Anonymous]

lots of guys are.

[dogbert444]

I agree with @G-Daz. It's the same where I live in the south east. Muslim girls are the same to us as any other girl. We are so laid-back, and multicultural, that we just don't see any differences.

My home county is Yorkshire, too. Not quite so laid-back, but very friendly!!

[G-Daz]

Not generally. You'd have more success in the parts of the UK that are lacking any experience with many Muslims. For example go to Luton and most guys would want to touch a muslim girl. But go to Yorkshire where there is substantially less and you'll find guys more open to it

[G-Daz]

Wouldn't want to touch*

[HipHop-Kid-UK]

Yeah a lot of us aren't very bothered I think, as in we didn't really eat up to much of what the media throws at us. I terms of girls, it helps a lot of hijabi look amazing, im regularly in awe, that's my opinion anyway

[Anonymous]

"Life as a woman is so hard and unfair" (she says while sipping a free coffee)

Yeah, shut the fuck up, no one cares.

[Anonymous]

Im in the UK, and let me tell you LONDON is the most Diverse city in the world. So it makes sense