Physical attraction

While I have been attracted to many women of all races…and that’s just during this morning’s commute…I’ve been most attracted to Latinas (proportionally). It’s still a pretty white country, so on an absolute basis in my life, it’s probably white women. But relative to their population, definitely Latin women. I think it’s the low aggregate hip to waist ratio.

I tend to like dark guys, especially Puerto Ricans, but I’ll take whatever I can get :smiley:

The should be low median waist-to-hip ratio.

Male Islander! So sexy!

Hispanic woman here. I voted for white males because my first crushes in middle school were blond, blue-eyed boys, and I tend to be attracted to mostly white guys, including my soon-to-be-ex-husband. I have dated Hispanic guys, and would be open to dating men of other ethnicities. Currently I have a crush on a really cute Asian guy at work, but don’t want to act on it because a) he’s younger than me and b) the old saying “don’t shit where you eat.” :frowning:

Yeah…this always made me wonder, too. shrug I grew up here, and thus my standards of attractiveness stem from here. I am not sure where the yen (ha!) for Asian men came from though.

Collection of data is valuable because it may confirm or deny a hypothesis, even one that is “obvious” to you, in a manner that the absence of said data cannot.

Results thus far have indicated a definite preponderance of attraction towards Caucasians and a lack of preference for Blacks among SDMB’ers. Without having drawn any conclusions, this is a valid statistical fact.

But I think the more interesting result is in the comments. Some come across as a guarded statement of non-preference in order to avoid any modicum of perceived racism. Is it racist to be attracted to one race over another?

I find myself attracted most often to white men, but my SO is an Asian guy.

Generally, attraction for me is based on the individual.

I don’t like blond guys though.