Genuinely curious, I feel as though America seems to care much more about race in the context of dating than any other country I’ve been in. This is something that was pointed out to me by U/Black_Griffin1.

As someone who grew up in Switzerland, a very white country, this question never really arose before. For those of you who live in America, the country I’m currently living in now, why do you think this is the case? Especially given how much more ethnically diverse it is.

From my understanding, dating has become very politicized. Like most things studies have been conducted, again pointed out to me by the aforementioned user, which show that there are racial bias in attraction. This isn’t all that surprising, but I’m genuinely curious if it’s universal. Moreover, in countries like America wear white men are stereotyped as conservative and women are stereotyped as liberal why such an attraction would even exist? I understand that not everyone goes into dating looking for a soulmate or a long-term relationship, but it seems to me that if men are seen as sexist and or misogynistic, but they would be so fundamentally different from the qualities that women want that would undermine any possible attraction.