The Effects of Race and Attractiveness on Dating Preferences
by Jennifer Lauture
This article investigates how important attractiveness is in the process of selecting someone to date and whether or not race affects the attractivenss of a person. Lauture says that men were more likely to find white women more attractive than black or asian women. In the beginning of the article, she discusses that people think that using race when choosing friends is morally wrong, but they find using race as a criteria for dating is natural and is more okay than in other situations. Lauture describes that men often compare women to women of other races in a similar position. For example, a successful black woman would be compared to a white woman in the same position. She follows this up by saying everyone has been socialized by their peers, families, etc. to have opinions about how race should function in intimate dating relationships. Another main point of this article is discussing the standard of beauty and stereotypes that each race is connected with in the minds of men. Lauture uses the example that black women and asian women are considered hypersexual and often consider themselves to be unattractive to men, while white women are thought of to be pure and beautiful. Ultimately, her findings conclude that race plays a role in choosing mates or partners in dating, and it often is very relevant in determining how their relationship will play out.
-A. Merchant
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