# Race and Sexual Attraction Poll **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 21, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-and-sexual-attraction-poll/632195 "2012-08-21T19:01:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-and-sexual-attraction-poll/632195/41 "2012-08-22T01:55:42Z")
I’m a caucasian woman. I tend to be attracted to white guys, more specifically, ones with light eyes. Really, I do think it’s the light eyes that are the key, since the hottest black and Latino men that I’ve ever crushed on had them too. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-and-sexual-attraction-poll/632195/42 "2012-08-22T01:56:47Z")
I chose other - I’m Caucasian and regularly see men of all different races who melt my butter. I’m a touch boy-crazy though. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-and-sexual-attraction-poll/632195/43 "2012-08-22T02:06:21Z")
White male, late 40s. While I have been attracted to a few women outside my race, _most_ of the ones I have been really attracted to have been white. ---
**Author:** ![Blackberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-and-sexual-attraction-poll/632195/44 "2012-08-22T02:09:53Z")
> [@Yarster](#): > > I’m a Caucasian male…but damn, I’ve always been all about hot Latina women. In fact, I’m married to one. Even the porn I watch is Latina (or at least all brunettes). The whole blonde haired/blue eyed Nordic ideal that every other Caucasian seems to prefer around here is lost on me. Coincidentally, my best friend is Mexican, and he’s married to a blonde-haired, blue-eyed woman. The funny thing is when we go out together, which we do at least once a week, everyone assumes his wife is mine and vice versa. Ha, yes, I used to get that too, when a black girl friend was dating a white guy. And even when a bigger friend of mine was dating a little skinny guy and I was dating a bigger guy. PS - Everyone sure is using the term “Caucasian” a lot in this thread. Weirdos. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-and-sexual-attraction-poll/632195/45 "2012-08-22T02:11:20Z")
Caucasian male here, equally attracted to all ethnic groups that I can easily think of. There are hotties in any nation 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-and-sexual-attraction-poll/632195/46 "2012-08-22T02:33:53Z")
> [@Diamonds02](#): > > Zoe Saldana? I would tap that ass, even when she’s blue with a tale. Same with Lara in Tomb Raider and that hot chick in Resident Evil 5. oh sure.. the actresses? That’s fine by me. No complaints there. But the tail? I don’t know. What is Lara of Tomb Raider? I always thought she was a normal (albeit beautiful) woman. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-and-sexual-attraction-poll/632195/47 "2012-08-22T02:39:35Z")
I’m female and, while I’m most attracted to those body shapes more frequent in my area of origin, other variables which are often considered first when dividing ethnicity (such as color) are nowhere near as important. I like burly dudes and small nervous ones in any kind of coloring (sorry, tall and thin ones, but it’s not like there’s no market for you guys!). Each of those body shapes is considered to indicate majority ancestry from a given group, although of course we know everybody in Spain is a mongrel pretty much by definition. ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-and-sexual-attraction-poll/632195/48 "2012-08-22T02:41:55Z")
> [@Diamonds02](#): > > OMG! > > After all these years, I had no idea that you were black! Whenever I used to see your username I would think of Ms. Doubtfire, now I will think of Madea. Actually that’s fairly accurate. (J/K MOL) ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-and-sexual-attraction-poll/632195/49 "2012-08-22T02:49:39Z")
> [@Diamonds02](#): > > After all these years, I had no idea that you were black! Whenever I used to see your username I would think of Ms. Doubtfire, now I will think of Madea. Black Hispanic, our **MOL**. And in a 0-10 hotness scale she’s about 12 points higher than your negative-value mental images of her :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-and-sexual-attraction-poll/632195/50 "2012-08-22T02:59:06Z")
Hard to say. At various times I’ve been attracted to gents of all tints, types and ethnic backgrounds. I find olive skin and dark curly hair very attractive, but also like dark, dark skin and no hair, or green eyes in a white face surrounded by an unruly hedge of red hair. If I was forced to narrow the list to only one, I’d say probably Eastern European Semitic-looking is nearly always going to turn my head - dark curly hair, strong features, brown or green eyes, lots of body hair. Of course, I married someone who is a type I am almost never attracted to, but he was an exception. ---
**Author:** ![Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curiosity_Kills_Her)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-and-sexual-attraction-poll/632195/51 "2012-08-22T03:47:26Z")
My life right now is not at all diverse so I’m usually attracted to men my own race (white) - with a caveat. Looks are not what attracts me to someone; for me it is almost entirely mental. I have had relationships with black, mexican and white men. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-and-sexual-attraction-poll/632195/52 "2012-08-22T03:59:36Z")
I’m multiracial and, as far as I know, no one except my siblings have the exact same racial makeup I do, so I chose the last option in the poll. I don’t know if I have a racial preference any more, or if I ever really had one. As far as my preference of skin complexion is concerned, the closest I can describe it is what Indians call ‘wheatish’, which is very similar to mine, so I tended to date Hispanic, Middle-Eastern, and Indian girls more than any other race, although I have, on rare occasion, dated black girls and white girls. My Panamanian princess, who I’ve been married to for over 20 years, is Latina but, oddly enough, has a somewhat darker complexion than I would have considered ideal in my past. Funny how things turn out. 🙂 > [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](#): > > In fact, I know that I’m most attracted to Latina and Brazilian women. Yeah, well saying you’re attracted to Brazilian women is like saying you’re attracted to breathing, innit? It’s kind of a given for any hetero male with a pulse. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-and-sexual-attraction-poll/632195/53 "2012-08-22T05:39:18Z")
I mostly attracted to Asians and to a lesser extent whites. ---
**Author:** ![gatorslap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gatorslap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gatorslap)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-and-sexual-attraction-poll/632195/54 "2012-08-22T06:39:32Z")
Gay white male here. I’m equally attracted to white, latino, and south asian guys, and less attracted to black and (east) asian men, though not by a huge margin. I voted the last option, though it could be argued that I should’ve voted the first. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-and-sexual-attraction-poll/632195/55 "2012-08-22T06:46:00Z")
> [@Diamonds02](#): > > Zoe Saldana? I would tap that ass, even when she’s blue with a tale. Zoe Saldana? [Hot](http://images.tvrage.com/people_galleries/12/34376/72156.jpg) Zoe Kravitz? [Hot](http://images.askmen.com/photos/zoe-kravitz/17591.jpg) Zoe Washburne? [Hot](http://www.cosplayisland.co.uk/files/costumes/3641/56356/CI_56356_1326458124.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-and-sexual-attraction-poll/632195/56 "2012-08-22T07:13:52Z")
H. sapiens heterosexual male here. I find H. sapiens women attractive, some more than others. And I’ll race some other person if by doing so I have a higher probability of meeting and talking with one or more attractive H. sapiens women. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-and-sexual-attraction-poll/632195/57 "2012-08-22T11:34:21Z")
I am a white male. Mutt of European ancestry though the biggest part is Italian. But I get my green eyes from somewhere else. When I meet individual women I can and do find things attractive in all different types. I can’t say that there are any that are an automatic turn off. But in general I am attracted to white women. Pale redheads and blondes the most. A few freckles don’t hurt. Short petite redheads with freckles…hmmm what were we talking about again? ---
**Author:** ![Rala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@Rala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rala)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-and-sexual-attraction-poll/632195/58 "2012-08-22T11:40:03Z")
I’m a white woman, and I’m most attracted to Asian and Latino/a people. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-and-sexual-attraction-poll/632195/59 "2012-08-22T11:41:07Z")
Hell you want strange I don’t think I’ve ever been attracted intensely to a natural blonde, neither asian women really. White male here. ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-and-sexual-attraction-poll/632195/60 "2012-08-22T16:02:35Z")
Mostly white hetero male here. I’m most attracted to women with dark hair, dark eyes and golden-to-brown skin. My current GF is SE Asian, as have several before her. I’ve also dated Puerto Rican, Venezuelan, Mexican, Peruvian and other Latina women and tow from Africa. Other girlfriends have been redheads and European brunettes. I’d have to say I’m least attracted to blondes. You could sum up what I find attractive as “exotic is erotic”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-and-sexual-attraction-poll/632195.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-and-sexual-attraction-poll/632195.md?page=4)