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This doesn’t stand up to even the most basic analysis. Just look at attractiveness ratings between sexes and races[1]. White men are consistently rated as the

This doesn’t stand up to even the most basic analysis. Just look at attractiveness ratings between sexes and races[1]. White men are consistently rated as the most attractive, with black women faring least well. Genuine question: why are the people who subscribe to this world view predominantly white men? [1] https://theblog.okcupid.com/race-and-attraction-2009-2014-107dcbb4f060 https://theblog.okcupid.com/race-and-attraction-2009-2014-10...

faissaloo 7y ago
A relationship is alot more than being conventionally attractive, many men simply don't even know where to begin when it comes to looking for a relationship or have serious self-confidence issues.
buboard 7y ago
> Genuine question: why are the people who subscribe to this world view predominantly white men? I would assume asians and indians would subscribe to it even more
jnwatson 7y ago
Just because white men are racially preferred does not necessarily contradict the conclusion that it is more winner-take-all than it has ever been. White males are still the plurality in the US dating market. If just the top 20% of those get dates, that leaves millions of US men lonely. At the same time, the Tinder and the OkCupid markets are slightly different (but overlapping) markets; the less strictly hookup-oriented women on OkCupid might accept a wider range.
RangerScience 7y ago
> Genuine question: why are the people who subscribe to this world view predominantly white men? Going theory: If you are constantly told "you are the most attractive category" and yet your personal experience is of not being attractive, you will wonder why that is. If you have underlying assumptions about the attractiveness of certain qualities (wealth, success, etc), and yet having them is not felt to impact your personal dating experience, you will wonder why that is. If you are told that your demographic category means that you _should_ be successful simply by virtue of being in that category, and yet you feel you are not, you will wonder why that is. After that, I think, simple https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/DB6wbyrMugYMK5o6a/correspondence-bias https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/DB6wbyrMugYMK5o6a/correspond...
username90 7y ago
That doesn't compare over sexes, you see each category adds up to 0% so it is just relative advantage/disadvantage. So it says omen rate white men higher than other men but doesn't say anything at all about how they rate average men compared to how men rate average women.

faissaloo 7y ago

A relationship is alot more than being conventionally attractive, many men simply don't even know where to begin when it comes to looking for a relationship or have serious self-confidence issues.

buboard 7y ago

> Genuine question: why are the people who subscribe to this world view predominantly white men? I would assume asians and indians would subscribe to it even more

jnwatson 7y ago

Just because white men are racially preferred does not necessarily contradict the conclusion that it is more winner-take-all than it has ever been. White males are still the plurality in the US dating market. If just the top 20% of those get dates, that leaves millions of US men lonely. At the same time, the Tinder and the OkCupid markets are slightly different (but overlapping) markets; the less strictly hookup-oriented women on OkCupid might accept a wider range.

RangerScience 7y ago

> Genuine question: why are the people who subscribe to this world view predominantly white men? Going theory: If you are constantly told "you are the most attractive category" and yet your personal experience is of not being attractive, you will wonder why that is. If you have underlying assumptions about the attractiveness of certain qualities (wealth, success, etc), and yet having them is not felt to impact your personal dating experience, you will wonder why that is. If you are told that your demographic category means that you _should_ be successful simply by virtue of being in that category, and yet you feel you are not, you will wonder why that is. After that, I think, simple https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/DB6wbyrMugYMK5o6a/correspondence-bias https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/DB6wbyrMugYMK5o6a/correspond...

username90 7y ago

That doesn't compare over sexes, you see each category adds up to 0% so it is just relative advantage/disadvantage. So it says omen rate white men higher than other men but doesn't say anything at all about how they rate average men compared to how men rate average women.