Comments on: race preferences http://virginiavitzthum.com/ilylm/2007/04/27/race-preferences/ Adventures in Online Dating Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:06:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: virginia http://virginiavitzthum.com/ilylm/2007/04/27/race-preferences/comment-page-1/#comment-597 virginia Mon, 30 Apr 2007 18:02:41 +0000 http://virginiavitzthum.com/ilylm/2007/04/27/race-preferences/#comment-597 Black dwarf? White dwarf? Samoan dwarf? I hear ya about this money/race market worth of a human being seeming bizarre and unfamiliar. The women I know are looking for someone solvent, health insurance would be nice, but not a meal ticket. Very wise theory about speed-dating shoving one (quickly) to the known. And good point about adventurousness not necessarily being benign or loving. Better example than the Duke lacrosse guys is how soldiers fighting in foreign lands also "conquer" the local women, if not by raping them, then by buying them. Black dwarf? White dwarf? Samoan dwarf?

I hear ya about this money/race market worth of a human being seeming bizarre and unfamiliar. The women I know are looking for someone solvent, health insurance would be nice, but not a meal ticket.

Very wise theory about speed-dating shoving one (quickly) to the known.
And good point about adventurousness not necessarily being benign or loving. Better example than the Duke lacrosse guys is how soldiers fighting in foreign lands also “conquer” the local women, if not by raping them, then by buying them.

]]> By: kmcleod http://virginiavitzthum.com/ilylm/2007/04/27/race-preferences/comment-page-1/#comment-596 kmcleod Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:13:03 +0000 http://virginiavitzthum.com/ilylm/2007/04/27/race-preferences/#comment-596 I’m not sure that being adventurous doesn’t make you racist. Didn’t the Duke lacrosse students specifically ask for black strippers? After reading this article’s “race/income” research, I predict that China growth will create a bullish market for buying low, unless a Friday opener of a Denzel or Chow Yun Fat film triggers a stock drop for black women. This in no way resembles my reality. I now discriminate by age, by not engaging women too young for me (the fastest growing demographic!). I think that the speed date format doesn’t allow for deeper assessments, so the shorthand of same-race assessments (more familiar, less to learn) may be easier for women under that time pressure. Virginia, I have to tell you that I’m convinced that this post of yours caused me to dream last night about being in bed with a dwarf. I’m not sure that being adventurous doesn’t make you racist. Didn’t the Duke lacrosse students specifically ask for black strippers?
After reading this article’s “race/income” research, I predict that China growth will create a bullish market for buying low, unless a Friday opener of a Denzel or Chow Yun Fat film triggers a stock drop for black women. This in no way resembles my reality.
I now discriminate by age, by not engaging women too young for me (the fastest growing demographic!).
I think that the speed date format doesn’t allow for deeper assessments, so the shorthand of same-race assessments (more familiar, less to learn) may be easier for women under that time pressure.
Virginia, I have to tell you that I’m convinced that this post of yours caused me to dream last night about being in bed with a dwarf.

]]> By: Anne http://virginiavitzthum.com/ilylm/2007/04/27/race-preferences/comment-page-1/#comment-595 Anne Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:04:16 +0000 http://virginiavitzthum.com/ilylm/2007/04/27/race-preferences/#comment-595 Maybe men are trained from the cradle in the smorgasborg model. How many men have you heard say "I love all women?" (I've heard lots.) The one-to-many idea isn't such a taboo for them. But if it's a one-to-one model, you better stick with the known? I'm just talking out my ass. I'm no PhD in this sociology stuff Maybe men are trained from the cradle in the smorgasborg model. How many men have you heard say “I love all women?” (I’ve heard lots.) The one-to-many idea isn’t such a taboo for them.

But if it’s a one-to-one model, you better stick with the known?

I’m just talking out my ass. I’m no PhD in this sociology stuff

]]> By: virginia http://virginiavitzthum.com/ilylm/2007/04/27/race-preferences/comment-page-1/#comment-594 virginia Sun, 29 Apr 2007 14:36:17 +0000 http://virginiavitzthum.com/ilylm/2007/04/27/race-preferences/#comment-594 Of course, how lame of me to make a binary of either you screwed them or you saw it in porn. You do or you watch. Becoming friends with someone of another race (and maybe pining for them) also transforms them into potential lovers. Any contact does. So the question remains, why are men so much more adventurous about this sort of thing despite their tendency to have a narrower physical "type"? Of course, how lame of me to make a binary of either you screwed them or you saw it in porn. You do or you watch. Becoming friends with someone of another race (and maybe pining for them) also transforms them into potential lovers. Any contact does.

So the question remains, why are men so much more adventurous about this sort of thing despite their tendency to have a narrower physical “type”?

]]> By: Anne http://virginiavitzthum.com/ilylm/2007/04/27/race-preferences/comment-page-1/#comment-593 Anne Sat, 28 Apr 2007 23:29:37 +0000 http://virginiavitzthum.com/ilylm/2007/04/27/race-preferences/#comment-593 I don't think (from personal experience) you have to sleep with a guy to open up your sexual radar screen. I've had unrequited crushes that did the same job quite well. I don’t think (from personal experience) you have to sleep with a guy to open up your sexual radar screen. I’ve had unrequited crushes that did the same job quite well.

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