How race matters in romance

Contra the incessant advertising for us men of color in the media, it appears that non-imaginary women still strongly prefer white men:

• Black men and women get the lowest response rates to their messages.
• Most men prefer Asian women (with the exception of Asian men).
• All women (except black women) are most drawn to white men.
• Asian women seem to most strongly favour advances from white men.
• Men are least likely to respond to ‘likes’ from black women.
• Men respond to women around three times more often than women reply to men's messages.

The only thing that seems very strange is this conclusion: "Men from all different races prefer a partner of another race over their own." But either the vast majority of all couples represent romantic disappointment or there is another factor here. The clue, I think, is here: "Researchers for the app looked at 2.4 million heterosexual interactions by users who are mostly aged 35 and over, to collect the statistics."

My thought is that by the time people hit 35, they tend to start looking further afield. I mean, there are no shortage of American men in the Game community who have sworn off American women as a result of having had to deal with them for decades. Also, at that age, those using online dating sites don't tend including the statistically significant minority of men and women who are already in relationships and have no need to look online for readily available companionship.

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