Then again, the demographics of my clients are probably a bit skewed towards upper-middle class white people.Money quote: The researchers found that most women speed daters said yes (meaning they’d like to see a man again after the four-minute speed date) less often to men of another race than they did to men of their own race.Sociologists Celeste Curington, Ken-Hou Lin and Jennifer Lundquist said: “The preference of white and Asian men for white-Asian women may reflect the influence of longstanding cultural representations of multiracial women as unique and sexually exotic. Born in Newcastle, he has an English degree from Queen Mary, London and after working for the NHS, trained as a journalist with the Press Association.Passionate about music, journalism and Newcastle United.There’s no reason couples like that should stand out—except for the fact that they are so rare. of dating, “but there's just no compelling evidence that those preferences [matter] once people actually meet face-to-face.” Experiments run by OKCupid, a dating site that matches singles by asking them which qualities they care about in a partner, the idea of “assortative mating”: the hypothesis that people generally date and marry partners who are like them in terms of social class, educational background, race, personality, and, of course, attractiveness.Seeing it can set off an uncharitable search for an explanation. There is an exception, however, to this seeming rule that people always date equally attractive people: The longer two people know each other before they start dating, the more likely it is that a 3 will date a 6, or a 7 will marry a 10.

Ethnic origin is mixed race I would like to say hi to everyone that views my profile. Do acquaintances overlook physical appearance because they know each other’s personality and unique attributes?Is dating less of a “competitive market” when it’s among friends rather than at a bar or a house party?If this statistic is any indication of the online dating community in general, then it means everyone's getting a little more passionately progressive.Preference was measured by how often and in what order men and women responded to messages they received from other users.