Angela
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Julia,
I think that generalizations are always just that, generalizations. They are not always true. People are individuals, and their preferences, like everything else about them, may be influenced by multiple factors.
Perhaps some people are only attracted to the visually familiar. Others may be more attracted to their opposites. Some may be very influenced by the media in their particular country. Others may be attracted to the general "persona" of individuals in certain parts of Europe, or their reputation romantically, and that may translate into a preference for a certain "look".
Then there's also the case that early personal experiences can sort of "imprint" you in one way or another. If someone associates "availability" with a certain group or look, that's also a factor. Perhaps still others have been raised with a racist point of view, and can only see beauty in members of their own race or "ethnic" group.
Personally, I have dark brown hair and brown eyes and the only men that have ever really attracted me were Mediterranean looking. But that is just me, and is probably more a function of "persona" than strictly looks.(although my father was fair haired when young, and green-eyed)
BTW, what I think of as sex tourism is a whole different thing. That is exploitation of people who are economically disadvantaged more than anything else.e.g. Thailand, or the exploitation of eastern European women in the west.
I think that generalizations are always just that, generalizations. They are not always true. People are individuals, and their preferences, like everything else about them, may be influenced by multiple factors.
Perhaps some people are only attracted to the visually familiar. Others may be more attracted to their opposites. Some may be very influenced by the media in their particular country. Others may be attracted to the general "persona" of individuals in certain parts of Europe, or their reputation romantically, and that may translate into a preference for a certain "look".
Then there's also the case that early personal experiences can sort of "imprint" you in one way or another. If someone associates "availability" with a certain group or look, that's also a factor. Perhaps still others have been raised with a racist point of view, and can only see beauty in members of their own race or "ethnic" group.
Personally, I have dark brown hair and brown eyes and the only men that have ever really attracted me were Mediterranean looking. But that is just me, and is probably more a function of "persona" than strictly looks.(although my father was fair haired when young, and green-eyed)
BTW, what I think of as sex tourism is a whole different thing. That is exploitation of people who are economically disadvantaged more than anything else.e.g. Thailand, or the exploitation of eastern European women in the west.