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Notice the diagonal of green in the "women rating men" table in OKCupid's data: http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/race-attraction-2009-2014/ http://blog.okcupid
by discardorama 11y ago
Notice the diagonal of green in the "women rating men" table in OKCupid's data: http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/race-attraction-2009-2014/ http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/race-attraction-2009-2014/ ? It says that women prefer a person of their own race too.
The writer seems to imply that online dating uniquely has this problem. On the contrary: IRL, it is very easy to act on your biases and not approach the Black woman at a bar; but no-one's there to quantize such interactions and count them and graph them.
- Eyas 11y ago> The writer seems to imply that online dating uniquely has this problem. On the contrary: IRL, ... Not sure why you draw this conclusion? The OKCupid blog (as well as the linked article) are both clear in that this data on an online dating platform simply documents/mirrors a societal trend (and inclinations) already existing. It is not a commentary on online dating or technologies, but the state of society and the role race continues to play.
- untog 11y ago> The writer seems to imply that online dating uniquely has this problem I don't think she says that at all. She just says that it highlights the issue.
- delinka 11y agoI also find it interesting that in the "Women rating men" table, the "White men" column doesn't even have a negative entry for the first three years...