Dating and race

mr_fegelien wrote: »

Would you date someone of another race? I kind of get the feeling that Ireland is less race obsessed than places like the US or even some parts of Southern Europe.

If Rob Heffernan, as a race walker, can marry a 400m runner, we can all date someone from another race

Once their good looking I wouldn't care what colour or race they are.

Harmonics wrote: »

It seems in the media the black guy/white girl couple is constantly pushed...

Now, when you say "media"...

Love and lust know no boundaries.

*Except family

Have a thing for Japanese ladies myself. But that probably spurs from my love of Japan in general. Do like me the ladies of Scandinavian descent though, they just seem "pure" or something. Angelic faces!

Was with a Brazilian girl once, and as i'm milk bottle white, the tone variance was very obvious and kinda stood out. Still pink on the inside, so all good there. But I didn't find the same attraction. As someone said above, maybe it's because we're not 'used' to seeing the darker skin as much as other countries, so we relate more to the whiter skinned types, Asian, Scandinavian, Eastern Euro look.

And to be honest, a lot of the darker skinned ladies have a certain, shall we say, shape, think Beyonce and her assets. I'll be honest, I probably wouldn't reach with my hands, let alone any other appendage.

White European for me, but I love the Irish sense of humour.

So white Irish men are my preference. That makes me sound very insular, but we like what we like.

Harmonics wrote: »

It seems in the media the black guy/white girl couple is constantly pushed but in reality the only interracial couples I see with any regularity are white guy/asian girl.

Why do the media ALWAYS push the black guy white girl ? why never the black girl white guy ???



ISn't that progressive ?

Or is a white man having sex with a black girl seen as somehow racist, like he's dominating her ??

Mind the Luas wrote: »

Yes it is definitely being pushed in an attempt to normalise it.

It's not an attempt to 'normalise' it.

Companies are afraid of being thrashed on social media if they don't have as many kinds of diverse groups represented in their ads. They are afraid of the backlash and negative publicity associated with it.

Race wouldn't bother me but culture would.

Obviously you'd have the initial attraction at the start of the hook up, but long term I'd be wary of cultural clashes.

Obviously more so as I'm female. If we got married would his expectations suddenly change, if we'd kids how they were reared, would religion suddenly become important.

jaxxx wrote: »

Excellent point actually. Not that I actually ever want kids, but no way in hell if I did would I have them reared to believe in a giant spaghetti monster in the sky, regardless of the prophet.

Being religious isn't an issue itself, it's the extremes of religion that are problematic. Especially if coupled with a culture that sees women as property with no rights, merely there to be used at will.