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Say you have two very handsome guys, each with black hair, brown eyes, and olive skin. Thing is:
Guy 1 is Hispanic/Latino
Guy 2 is Indian (like Raj from Big Bang Theory)
Now Hispanics are seen as hot blooded lovers that women dream of. Indian men are seen as more academically oriented.
Will the two men receive different treatment from women if they go out at bars and such or will their race pretty much be irrelevant? Like will women instantly be turned off by guy 2 the second he tells them he is Indian?
We are also assuming they are both American by nationality and have the same accent.
Well, Raj from the Big Bang Theory is not a very handsome guy.... But I guess that's just a general reference in case people are too stupid to know what Indian is (?).
For me, it would not make a difference, given each had equally appealing facial features.
I doubt most women would be instantly turned off just by discovering a man she found attractive just 2 seconds ago is Indian. But there may be some cultural concerns, which I go into below.
This is why many American women will be drawn to Hispanic men more, generally speaking:
- They are more used to seeing Hispanic men in their daily lives & on TV. Only now are Indians making their way into mainstream American pop culture, and it seems there are a lot more Indian immigrants & American born ones in suburban areas now. But Hispanics have been familiar for decades longer. Their facial features & general look is less "new" and "foreign" to American women.
- They are more familiar with Hispanic culture, which in general shares more in common with American culture (and has even shaped it a bit; in the south west at least) than Indian culture.
- Many Americans identify as Christian of some kind still, even if just as a cultural/family tradition thing, and odds are that the Hispanic is Christian (or of that background, even if not practicing) and the Indian is not. Most Indians I meet are Hindu, Sikh or Muslim. They have a lot of practices, beliefs and holidays, etc, that are very foreign to most American women.
- There are a lot of ideas out there about how Indians date/find a marriage mate, and they generally amount to "arranged marriages" and "within their own ethnicity" and sometimes even "strictly in their own class/caste". Even if this is not fully accurate or not applicable to an American born/raised Indian, some may make these assumptions about them. They may worry about getting romantically involved with someone whose family may not accept them or where it cannot lead to something serious like marriage.
Why are these points significant? Because the average person is drawn to what is familiar to them. Even if it doesn't consciously register, they will find themselves more comfortable with something known over something unknown. The familiarity of the Hispanic is what will give him more of a draw. And even if assumptions about religion and dating, etc, are off, people may not bother to get past them, going for the better bet.
I'm not saying that's how it should be, but it's probably why you don't get the female attention you feel you should (assuming that's what this thread is really about :P).
I'm a bit confused by your question..If both guys look alike and are both attractive...I wouldn't care about nationality. I'd go for the one with the better personality and I LOVE Raj from BB.
Will the two men receive different treatment from women if they go out at bars and such or will their race pretty much be irrelevant? Like will women instantly be turned off by guy 2 the second he tells them he is Indian?
Which guy makes more money?
Which guy has a better job?
It depends. Is one a transplant vs one is 2nd gen? Is one hard core catholic and another agnostic?
Personally I would likely pick the Latino guy because every south Asian guy I was good friends with in college and my early 20s basically retreated into a mostly south Asian circle in my 30s. Those Indians I hung out with a lot 10 years ago I only see 1-2x a year.
But if it was a south Asian guy that didn't have a south Asian only circle it would not be an issue. Like I said I have Indian friends
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