website survey: Would You Date Outside Your Race? Difference Between Men & Women

http://shine.yahoo.com/love-sex/wou...ace-difference-between-men-women-2403498.html

article about speeddate.com survey says there is a difference among genders in regards to IR. as women get older they are least likely to date IR where when men get older they are more open to date IR.

for those who have been slamming older WW for dating IR due to limited numbers or whatever reasons you assume is unraveling. as a matter of fact its on the flip according to the article/survey. keep in mind the survey is not scientific but its better than assuming.

cnn also points out the disparities in IR among men and women
http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/16/us/interracial-marriage/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

your opinions?

 

The problem with a study like this is that the people they are saying who are less likely to date outside of their race when they are older also come from a time period of post civil rights. They still remember a period of major racial tension. Can't lie I am a little surprised though. You'd think once you get to a certain age you just focus more on who can make you happy not race.

 

well stated. you would think they would have matured

 

I accept the survey's results, but I still question the statistics.

Just not my experience. Sure the are a segment of WW to whom Black men are an anathema, but many WW still break it down to physical/emotional chemistry and your employment and educational background.

They may not actively pursue a Black partner, but they aren't constitutionally opposed to the idea of being in a relationship with a BM.

 

It may not come down to "not being mature" or having a problem with a person of another race, but just what you are accustomed to. If you dated and married within your own race when you were younger, chances are, most of your friends and acquaintances are the same race. Now, you're older and divorced or widowed - you fall back on what you know and do so unconsciously. That's what I did when I went online. And I was surprised to find just as many, if not more, guys outside as within my race contacting me. And that's when it dawned on me - I don't HAVE to stay within the parameters that were expected of me when I was younger.

 

like a light bulb turned on....there are other flavors out there other than vanilla