What Culture Are You Attracted To?

[tbf]

Similar since it makes life so much easier. Fewer misunderstandings from misfires, whether expressed or unexpressed.

[Titania22]

Gaming culture

[Phoe]

am pretty reasonably equal opportunity, but nerds and geeks attract me more than any other culture.

 

But really any reasonable guy can attract me!

[Treasa]

Gaming culture

 

I used to be, until I dated one too many gamer guys, and there are some very unattractive traits that many seem to share.

[Chief Wiggum]

Good question/thread!

 

Quite similar to the OP, a girl gifted with an amazing body/looks that is a bit street, tends to be superseded by someone who dresses and acts classy/smart/intelligent. She exudes that aura of not being easy to get, and makes the pursuit of her more challenging/satisfying.

[Content]

Italian/Irish/Jewish

 

I feel more comfortable there then with wasp women but im open to anything

[Phoe]

Italian/Irish/Jewish

 

I feel more comfortable there then with wasp women but im open to anything

 

 

 

what are wasp women? I have never heard this term before.

[Content]

what are wasp women? I have never heard this term before.

 

its not just women a wasp=white/anglo saxon/protestant

 

Its probably a term used mostly in the northeast beause of the amount of non wasps here

[Emilia]

I lived in different parts of the world and travelled a lot for about 15 years but find the men close to home the tastiest For looks it's hard to beat South Africans, especially those of English/French origin. Yum! But for relationships it's the English boys for me. Country upbringing, reliable, stable middle class roots, sporty, outdoorsy, possibly some army experience, rugby loving. Yep, that's my type.

[KungFuJoe]

I've always loved Latinas. Not just because they are hot, but something about the way they think, how they act...they tend to be more aggressive, more crazy, partiers, etc...I LOVE that.

 

I love the fire and passion of Latin women...and I'll take the side of crazy that comes along with it.

[therhythm]

This is not about race. I think race and culture are two extremely different things that often get intertwined on here when they are entirely separate entities.

 

When I say culture, I mean lifestyle. I mean fashion sense, similar views, similar interests, etc.

 

Are you more attracted to the culture you're apart of, or do you feel more attracted to different ones? Does it rank higher than physical preference?

 

For example, I prefer curvy women. But if the choice was between a curvy woman who was of the ghetto hip hop culture (not that all hip hop is ghetto but I mean someone who is very much immersed in the street lifestyle and listens predominantly to club rap music) or a skinny hipster, I would rather date the skinny hipster.

 

No matter how much more awesome I thought the other girl's body was, I would relate to the hipster better and we'd have more in common.

 

There are times however, where their lifestyle is so opposite to mine that I can't help but be attracted to them. I believe opposites can attract short term, just not long term.

 

So, I do like to dip into other cultures every now and then to become more open minded and cultured myself, I just feel more comfortable when it's someone of the same culture as myself.

 

Where do you guys stand on this? Do you go by physical preference first and whoever fits that mold is the one you go after? Or does culture supercede all?

 

I don't think I am attached to any culture in particular... I like women in general... for me physical attraction is the first step into attraction... then personality and then emotional connection (I need the three of them for a relationship but only the first one for casual dating).... This can happen with women of any race, culture or ethnic.

 

 

Right now, though, I have my eye on sweetkiwi, so whatever her 'culture' is.

 

You have good taste

[pcplod]

The one that is intended to confound expectation. Seemples. If you are confused, disturbed, baffled, uncomprehending, uncertain, unsettled, uneasy,then I am happy. The further you are detached from your cosy and complacent stereotypes, the happier I am.

 

I think that pretty well covers it.

[T3h L337 d00d]

As far as style goes I'm into feminine, shy, loving girls.

[RedRobin]

For me it always trumps appearance. I'm an unusual person with a lot of opinions and attitudes that differ from the norm. While I tolerate a lot I don't like day to day from those around me, I try not to compromise in relationships, especially as I age. Don't see why I should. If I can't find someone that shares my idiosyncrasies there's really no point to the idea of a relationship; what can I share with them.

 

Mostly it's about what I call intelligence. I don't give a **** if you can wave a degree, but you better not watch talent show TV or soaps. I don't care if you can do brain surgery, but you better be able to tell me about the last book you read, and it better not be 50 ****ing shades of grey. I don't care if you make 10 or 100 thousand a year, or none, but you better not live to buy the latest phones and trends and a new car every 3 years. Etcetera. As long as certain fundamentals are there I'm interested, but the closer to my values a woman I meet is, the better. I've tried the other way. It doesn't work for me. I really don't like coming to despise everything my significant other stands for as I get to know them better. Puts a damper on things.

 

I'm not even kidding here; I once got a boner just from a woman I just met revealing unbidden she was a fan of a number of authors happening to be favourites of mine. That's probably a genuine diagnosable issue, but it demonstrates how important sharing things like that are to my sense of attraction. Some men turn erect at a perky pair of breasts. I do it over literary discussion.

 

I'm in :love::love:

[RedRobin]

I'm into the skiing-surfing-mountain biking-REI and thrift store-shopping-outdoorsy but still wears no colognecologne-body of a ballet boyquarterback-deliciously funny culture.

 

I almost 'liked' yours, then realized I LOVE the natural smell of my men.

 

oh, and yes, everyone knows I LOVE the body type of male dancers. Swimmers are a close second...

[will1988]

I am attracted to your average conservativly dressed quasi-preppy middle class girl. Anything too preppy and it seems superficial, anything more provactive and to me she seems trashy. I also like light-punk or gothic chicks. My fiance had bright pink hair and wore mostly black when i met her... but has since become what I first listed. So my types are, "average middle class girl", nerdy-geeky types (that are not hipsters), quasi-punk/ gothic, and quasi-country girls. Girls I will not date = full on red necks, overly sporty girls, ghetto, club-types, overly hipster, valley girl types (while I like blonde preppy girls... I like them to have something between their ears), guidetts, tom boys etc...

[will1988]

also, I couldn't date someone who was completely different than me and had a completely different ethnic-cultural up bringing. Meaning, no muslims or indians etc...

[aj22one]

also, I couldn't date someone who was completely different than me and had a completely different ethnic-cultural up bringing. Meaning, no muslims or indians etc...

 

haha, total opposite of me. I only date Muslims and Indians. At least till I got married (wife is Pakistani). haha

 

Course, my wife likes baseball as much as she loves bollywood, so there's some overlap haha.

[tbf]

Similar since it makes life so much easier. Fewer misunderstandings from misfires, whether expressed or unexpressed.

For clarity sakes, culture has nothing to do with ethnicity or race.

[undercover_lover]

I find that I am physically attracted to dark men.. or men with dark eyes and hair. I know that's vague but it's something I've always liked. Maybe it's the mysterious culture behind those eyes I adore. My man is Filam, Caucasian/Filipino. He was born and raised in the US but has a nice refreshing mixture of values and culture.

 

It seems that I'm attracted to hipster yet original, masculine-bodied although natural, health conscious only on the weekdays, home-body and social, young at heart but wise beyond years, intelligent yet light hearted, men who can play instruments but aren't in the band, dance like gentlemen but won't dance with anyone but me, make me laugh till my cheeks hurt but sensitive to feelings, who are not afraid to cook when I'm not in the kitchen, and explore new territories with an open mind.... :love::love:

[MissBee]

I don't see race and culture as different things. Western European culture is my favorite by a long shot, the shining light of the entire history of man. Not exactly a fan of a lot of it's current leftist trends though.

 

LMAO

 

American culture is a culture..yet Americans come in different races. Race and culture are completely different things.

 

Anyway:

 

Physical appeal can't supersede me being able to relate to you.

[TheBigQuestion]

Everyone except hipster girls, really. I can't stand that genteel poverty nonsense. No, you can't afford your outrageously inflated Brooklyn rent if you have to share your living space with 6 other people, you grew up in the suburbs and aren't fooling anyone, and most of you have artistic talent that one would charitably describe as mediocre. Oh, and give the stupid thigh tattoos a rest already.

 

I'd honestly take the all-American preppy chick instead. Even if they are rather cookie-cutter, they at least don't spend an inordinate amount of time trying to desperately be something that they are not.

 

As a Jersey native, I think Italian ladies are very attractive. Unfortunately, there are far too many Italians here who live up to the Jersey Shore stereotype, and for some reason they're really the only people from New Jersey that have that irritating, ignorant-sounding accent. I wouldn't touch those with a ten foot pole.

[lop98]

I've mostly dated outside of my culture. I'm not attracted to one specific culture at all even if I have my patterns (like dating too many Francophones)... I guess what appeals to me is the multicultural type, I like my men well-traveled, informed, in touch with the rest of the world and with genuine passion about cultures foreign to them, types like this are not so rare if you hang out in some areas of any city.

 

Too imprisoned in one culture is usually a dealbreaker for me, not immediately but it exhausts me in the long run, reason why I never dated much locals. Too much slang, religion, cultural bias, local stuff or strict traditions and I start getting anxious, I love it when someone's highly critical of the culture they grew up in, pride bores me... and that alone makes it difficult for me to feel attracted to certain people, because this is more frequent in some cultures than in others (some cultures put emphasis on self-criticism, others almost condemn it under the 'anti' label).

[TheGuard13]

Theatre girls. I like my women open-minded, talented and a little crazy.

 

Fangirls/female geeks are a close second.

[Emilia]

But for relationships it's the English boys for me. Country upbringing, reliable, stable middle class roots, sporty, outdoorsy, possibly some army experience, rugby loving. Yep, that's my type.

I take it back completely, life has just proved me wrong yet again