Yesterday, Psychology Today posted a blog on its site entitled “Why are Black Women Less Physically Attractive Than Other Women?” Written by evolutionary psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa and based on his research, he came to the “objective” conclusion that “black women are significantly less physically attractive than women of other races.” Not surprisingly (unless you spend your days burning crosses in a white hood or work as editors of Psychology Today), the piece was met with immediate outrage and was taken down less than a day later (though you can read it in its entirety here).
Now, I want all the beautiful Black ladies reading this (and I know there are a lot of you) to know that I too am outraged by this article; especially as an Asian American male because we share many similarities when it comes to this issue of “physical attractiveness,” which I’ll expand on in a moment. But first, a quick overview of Kanazawa’s study.
Kanazawa throws around a lot of fancy-sounding terms like “factor analysis” to describe how he got his results. I don’t know what any of that means but it sounds all scientific and official so I’m sure it’s bullshit, but I’ll let others more knowledgeable than me attack him on that. All I know is that through whatever methods, he has reached the conclusion that Black women are “significantly” less attractive than everyone else in existence. But he takes it further and points out that Black women are also delusional and think of themselves as all that when they’re not:
“It is very interesting to note that, even though black women are objectively less physically attractive than other women, black women…subjectively consider themselves to be far more physically attractive than others.”
Then, being the diligent scientist that he is, Kanazawa continues to examine why Black women are so unattractive. Could it be the “fact” that they are “heavier” weight-wise than other women? No, he doesn’t think this is it. Could it have something to do with the “race difference in intelligence”? Again, the answer would be no though if anyone knows what that term even means, I’d like an explanation. Could it be because Blacks have higher “mutation loads”? Again, I have no idea what the fuck that is unless it’s some zombie fetish porn term, but again, another no. It’s…well, I think it’s much better if I let the good doctor tell it in his own words:
“The only thing I can think of that might potentially explain the lower average level of physical attractiveness among black women is testosterone. Africans on average have higher levels of testosterone than other races, and testosterone, being an androgen (male hormone), affects the physical attractiveness of men and women differently. Men with higher levels of testosterone have more masculine features and are therefore more physically attractive. In contrast, women with higher levels of testosterone also have more masculine features and are therefore less physically attractive. The race differences in the level of testosterone can therefore potentially explain why black women are less physically attractive than women of other races, while (net of intelligence) black men are more physically attractive than men of other races.”
Yup, Black women are less attractive than other women because they’re too fucking manly! Of course, there’s no proof offered for this, but hey, it’s gotta be true ‘cause it’s in Psychology Today. Heil, Psychology Today!
But Kanazawa’s “conclusion” helps make a point I’ve always felt was true—that Asian American men and African American women have a lot in common in this regard. We’re both often cast as the unattractive group while our gender counterparts are hyper-sexualized and therefore made to be more desirable to white folks (Asian women as the exotic geishas and Black men as the virile studs with big dicks). I’ve heard plenty of talk from Black women about how their men are selling out for some white pussy that sounds eerily similar to how some Asian guys talk about how our women do the same for white dick. So it’s a little troubling that this study comes from a fellow Asian dude (who obviously has yet to succumb to some Jungle Fever).
As for me? Because I’m so disturbed by this article, I feel I must do my part to correct the wrong that Kanazawa, a fellow Asian man, has inflicted on the world. Last Friday, I blogged about how because the world is coming to an end on Saturday, I will be spending the last days of our existence having sex with as many women as possible. Now, I think there’s something wrong with my phone and email because I haven’t heard from any of the women I’ve asked to participate in my plan, but regardless, I vow to also make a special effort to make sweet love to all the sexy Nubian princesses (a.k.a. Black chicks) to remind them how beautiful they really are.
Yup, for the rest of this week, I will make a concerted effort to get more Black ass than the toilets in the women’s restroom of the Apollo Theater. In fact, I already feel a severe case of Jungle Fever coming on and I’m about to lose control and I think I like it. Or to paraphrase my man Shaft: It will be my duty to please that chocolate booty. Because clearly, Black women are too unattractive to get any play otherwise, right? I mean just look at her:







I gotta run Philip, else I would have a longer reply. But thank you for presenting this on YOMYOMF. I happen to be black. One, I grew up in The O.C. There’s not as many of us, but I’ve had the pleasure and I’m proud that I’ve always loved black women. And for the record, every race and culture, regardless of gender, has beauty within it. I’ve had a chance to come across just about everyone. And lastly, my Mother, is a beautiful woman. And a beautiful black woman at that.
As far as Asian men, it’s ridiculous, how people continually think Asian men are less attractive. I’ve ran with an Asian crew since kindergarten and to this day. Guess what ? They all got ass and girlfriends before me! hahahhaha From women of all persuasions ! hahah And I’ll leave you with this, Sung Kang out prettied all the men in FAST FIVE ! ahahah
Once again, thanks for bringing this study to our attention on your website. And thanks for the outrage; so am I. People can be so stupid. Thanks for having our back
Have a great day Philip ! And all the best on your quest for that Black Ass ! It is your duty !
E
P.S. My sister is not as open minded…But my niece tells me things she doesn’t share with her Mother. My niece, who is black, Loves Asian Men ! So, I told her, Go For It!
P.P.S. I love science. I subscribe to Scientific-American. But I concur; and I agree with you. That was some scientific bullshit ! SMH
I don’t know about attractiveness, but I’ve always known since I was a teen that it seems that black women are more masculine-like and Asian men are less masculine-like. I’m a Black American woman and when I was a teen I was quite careful when I would exercise because I didn’t want to have muscles and look less feminine, you know, boyish.
P.S. There’s nothing less attracting about an Asian man. In fact, Takeshi Kaneshiro defines sexiness. Yes, I’ll admit, I LOVE Asian men.
Whatever. More lies men tell. Breast implants, tanning, butt implants, eyelid surgery, botox lip injections for that “fuller lip”….these are all things mostly non-black women do to make themselves more attractive.
Hey Phil, I get what you’re saying but maybe pick women other than Halle Berry (half black/half white) and Zoe Saldana (Dominican/Puerto Rican). I know, I know. Sorry.
LOLZ. This is a wow! I’m a Black woman and I appreciate your outrage on our behalf Phillip! This is just ignorance and I’m actually not offended. I just find it funny. And I too have noticed that Black women and Asian men seem to be in the same boat. As one Asian young man said in a Youtube video on a similar subject, “we might as well make something happen.” lol.
Great post and I will share it!
And if we are so unattractive why is it that people of other races spend so much time trying look like us? Butt implants? Lip injections? Fake tans? Come on now! This must be a joke. So…maybe I’m a little offended.
Although considered “black” by loose social definitions, the pictures of the black women you have posted are actually of mixed origin.
I think when people say Asian men are less masculine. They’re always talking about the outer appearance, whether it be true or not. A lot of people always seem to forget the inner.
Sorry, to use the inside, e.g., I’ve seen and I know plenty of Asian men that are tough as HELL on the inside. And you can see it in there eyes, demeanor and inner spirit, where there’s nothing unmasculine about them.
Asian men are seen as less masculine because America has a very distorted sense of masculinity. It’s considered masculine to be a little beastly, not take care of your appearance. If you do more than shower or comb your hair, you are a metrosexual, ie. gay. I find the American masculine ideal less appealing than the Asian one. You don’t have to be a beast to be a man.
But I must say that if a woman looks more masculine and she does not have more testosterone than average, it is probably due to acting more aggressive, which unleashes more testosterone. This can give some women a more “hard” appearance that is more masculine. American society encourages women, ALL women, to be more masculine to get ahead in the workplace. The feminine is considered weak and the masculine is set as the standard for all people. It can also have something to do with a hard life. Women in the lower classes tend to be more masculine as they struggle to survive unlike women of the upper classes. Being very aggressive is a survival skill.
I believe in the context of ‘post-colonial’ media propaganda both “jungle fever” refers to BM and “yellow fever” refers to AF, so we haven’t gotten very far in terms of haolewood defined sexuality.
Best thing is to watch foreign movies.
More troubling than Kanazawa’s “scientific study” are mainstream perceptions of beauty. posting pics of Halle & Beyonce is like posting pics of Kristin Kreuk or Maggie Q. Pics of real women please!
As an African American woman I find this study troubling but also find some of the comments here about what constitutes “blackness” troubling as well. I thought we had moved beyond the days of “you’re not black enough.” Yes, Halle Berry and Zoe Saldana are “mixed” but then so are most African Americans who share some blood that might be Native American, Hispanic or even white (thanks to the legacy of our slaveholding forefathers who didn’t see a problem with raping what was their property). In fact, unless you’re a recent immigrant from Africa, it’s highly unlikely you’re “pure” black to begin with. Those women mentioned above consider themselves Black and so do I and most of the community (same with our President whose mother is white–does that make him not Black enough now).
And yes those women are beautiful but that doesn’t make them any less “real” either. So let’s stop with this thread before I see a comment about how Halle or Zoe are beautiful because they’re not really Black or that someone like Maggie Q isn’t really Asian ’cause she’s mixed. We’re past that now, people. Join the 21st Century.
And thanks to YOMYOMF for creating a dialogue like this!
Well, I think what people are referring to is phenotype, not black identity. Yes, those mixed women are black in the social sense in AMERICA, but I think people are saying that they are not good examples of black beauty because they have mixed features. I wouldn’t call Maggie Q ‘Asian’, maybe mixed Asian. Her beauty is Asian AND white. I think it’s ridiculous to spread the “one drop” rule to all non-white races. The “one drop” rule just needs to go.
it’s the 21st century, but the fact articles like that were even published means people haven’t progressed much, doesn’t it?
in reality “black enough” makes no sense whatsoever, as do “African-Americans” even consider “North Africans” as part of their US paradigm?
and that numbnut didn’t post where his sample population came from, since he’s based in the UK.
wow. this thing actually got PUBLISHED?? I am in a doctoral program in clinical psychology and i have seen articles taken down in flames that were way WAY more scientifically solid than this.
even the very first sentence is suspect – “there are marked race differences in physical attractiveness among women, but not among men.” what is he basing this on, if anything other than his own opinion? there are marked race differences in physical attractiveness among MEN as well.
Does he actually entertain the possibility of a “race difference in intelligence”? I hope he clearly goes on to debunk this because who seriously believes in this that isn’t a eugenics freak from world war 2?
“objective” attraction is based on a number of things, such as symmetry, ease of perceptual processing and “averageness”, none of which have any strong correlates with race in and of itself.
Someone earlier brought up the question of sample population. Yes, I too would like to know more about his sample population, and also about the population of the women who were rated for attractiveness. It seems these women were “Add Health respondents” which is neither a truly representative sample of the overall population of women, nor does it seem that there was any randomized sampling going on. was this even peer-reviewed? this just blows my mind that it managed to get published. wow.
Just did a quick google search on Psychology Today and found out its actually a magazine geared towards non-psychologists instead of an actual peer-reviewed scientific journal. this explains alot.
satoshi’s article was rooted in dubious science. either way, i’m an asian (filipino) man married to a southern black woman. and if i wasn’t married; if he doesn’t like them, more for me.
Thank You Phil!
I wish some of you would stop complaining about whose pics Phil chose to post. I’m medium to dark, my sis is light, & my extended family comes in very light to dark. Most African Americans are not 100% African, or descended from just one African ethnic group. Halley, Beyonce’, and Zoe are as Black as most of us, so please stop quibbling, and just appreciate Phil posting any pics.
racialious has a good breakdown of the debunking:
http://www.racialicious.com/2011/05/17/how-to-debunk-pseudo-science-articles-about-race-in-five-easy-steps/
Oh…and don’t forget the love scene above from FlashForward, with Gabrielle Union (whose medium-dark) & John Cho.
this foolishness doesn’t even need time and effort to debunk.
eff whatchu heard, though. i would beat india arie’s panties into submission.
Thank you for this great piece of content. Best Regards
Funny how it takes a black president for white folks to start diffrentiating between black and bi-racial. The one drop rule was a-ok for you up until then. Not to mention how all those gorgeous black actresses magically became bi-racial when they won an Oscar or 2008 hit, whichever one came first. If this doesn’t prove race is a social construct I dont know what does. I wish you guys would stop grabbing every chance you can get to separate achievement and beauty from blackness…
@Court – most of us here are probably asian, but point taken. don’t forget tiger though, who everyone always thinks of as black but is in fact 1/4 black, 1/4 white and 1/2 asian (there’s asian-ness on both sides of his family tree).
Wow this guy got rejected by too many black women or what?
I’ve dated black and brown women and all I can say is beauty comes in all colors…so don’t be ‘ignant” and if you don’t like something, keep it moving…No need to make a fucking article about not being able to get some of that brown sugar..lols
Much love. Peace.
-Yellow fellow
Okay, this started out well until you went into an outright objectification of black women. That’s alright but if you’rw going to do so, at least try to admit other hues of black women into ur appreciation list and not just the stereotypical light-skinned girls.
If anything, women with dark-skin are worse off and thought to be more “manly” than Beyonce and Halle who are celebrated by all hues of men as attractive!
Also, fucking a woman does not mean you find her beautiful!
@ Gogo, the Tiger Woods example is a good one. Especially since he was waving three multi-ethnic flag before it was en vogue to do so, and he was still considered a black golfer.
I mentioned white people because they set the rules that we all follow and create the frame through which the rest of view the world.
This is a great blog by the way.
@MsSheeba – so you are more angry about the fact that he didn’t objectify MORE women? haha, okay.
as a note, in case you are new to this blog, philip’s articles are almost always tongue-in-cheek and his creepy lasciviousness is meant to be funny….i think….
This post is lacking in the Williams sisters.
@court: your sterotyping whites is as sad. It’s classic reverse racism at it’s finest. It’s ok for all races to see whites there a racist lens of hate. A white person who isn’t politicly correct though???evil and racist!! Cracks me up to be honest. You need to evaluate how you look at the world, because all your doing is continuing to spread racism not defeat it. Best of luck to you on your personal journey!
If your bored do some research on the never brought up subject of Muslims coming to Europe and making slave of europian families, kids and all. I’m sure you’ll find this hidden piece of history enlightening.
@ G wowwwwwwwwww
Good ole bait and switch huh? Cracks me UP to hear a person who is devoid of color, therefore unqualified to do ANYTHING but LISTEN and RESPECT the words that come out a black persons mouth when it comes to OUR experience! The very fact that you act like what we say, and how we feel about racism is subject to your approval is exactly what we talking about. Entitlement, your attempting to take us to task on something u have no platform on. Your complete insensitivity to a very real issue in this world is the problem. Its offensive. Now all of a
sudden y’all wanna scream reverse racism?! Funny, exactly how have minorities
collectively suppressed you? that’s what racism is ,the haves supress the have nots . They stacked the deck and will do anything to maintain the status quo. When someone attempts to argue against the obvious it’s transparent! How the he’ll can we fix a problem if when we bring it up u act like it don’t exist? And you want to make the burden of proof be on the people who are victimized! When there is clear and present danger by a group of people with a history of doing it? But u have no tolerance for such things do u….how priviledged of u…..So if u are not part of the solution u r part of the problem, agreed.?
“He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it”
Martin Luther King, jr
r part of the problem right?
What are the mathematical reasons for saying black women are less beautiful? Is is because they do not satisfy the golden ratio? Draw a rectangle, and then a line making a smaller rectangle. The rectangles satisfy the golden ration of the rectangles are similar. What is similar? Same shape, different size. Question: is this article rational? Are the viewer comments rational? See the new book, “Rational Thinking, Government Policies, Science, and Living”. Rational thinking starts with clearly stated principles, continues with logical deductions, and then examines empirical evidence to possibly modify the principles. It seems to me that neither the article nor the comments are rationa..
This is why ya’ll need to stop saying that we are all African’s. There is nothing like the beauty of a black woman. White people are NEANDERTHALS. They are not even from this planet. Just think about it. They are so obsessed with outer space. Just about every movie they make deals with space. This is their way of trying to phone home. Planet X is waiting for them…
How could Psychology Today or any behavioral educator think that their standard of beauty is universal? Somebody spent too much for their education because they did not get it. You would be surprised at how many millions of people find our American standard of beauty falls miles short of their expectations. This Psychology Today article is an act of inappropriate conduct and very bad manners. Somebody needs to return to school and get it this time. Madison Avenue does not rule the facts of history nor an understanding of biology. I am disappointed and I too want to hear that Psychology Today apologizes to all women. To demean one is to demean us all. – Veronica German – USA
Good stuff Veronica G., Nyla and all of the rest of you. Nice deconstructing the absolute insanity of this “research” (end quotes).
Especially like the comment that white people are Neanderthals who are from outta space. LMAO But not for the reasons you think.
Let’s be kind to each other.
So if he used pictures of Alek Wek and Naomi Campbell that would make it better?! I agree we need to stop this who is or isn’t ‘black enough’ bulls**t! Beyonce is JUST AS MUCH a black woman as you and frankly the whining comes off as jealousy. I for one LOVE Asian men especially John Cho,Rick and Karl Yune[yummy!],Rain,Daniel Henny,Daniel Dae Kim,Chow Yun Fat,and my future husband Russell Wong. But the thing that pisses me off is that I feel I would get judged if I approach an Asian man so no thank you. I don’t need someone else tearing me down to pump up their ego.
Funny how all the pictures you posted are of black women who have strongly caucasian features, only with darker skin. Lol.
Thank you for your article…I like your style. This to me sounds like another divisive attempt to keep people of color in a submissive position and away from one another…because like you said if psychology today wrote it; it must be true right? WRONG…we all know that the above mentioned cosmetic surgeries ie butt implants, lip injections, etc…aren’t because you feel good about your looks…Also to the people who were talking about mixed origin…Black is Black…Dominican or Cuban, etc are Nationalites…A few years ago it was determined that the human families DNA all came from a black woman soooo…ummm that would mean that all people are from the same gene pool right? About the Asian man…Bruce Lee was/is fine as hell to me and I wanted to have all his babies but I was only 10 when it died. My bottom line is that this is some ridicously superficial racist bs…in the famous words of Forrest Gump…Pretty is as Pretty does.
I enjoyed this. I think most people in general are uneducated on race and why It was created. Race was created only to create divisions amongst people of color and oppress the african slaves. The women posted are examples of black women you see everyday light to dark. Many black people have european features because european men raped the world. No one knows exactly what their race is including white people. My boyfriend is korean and I am a black women of mixed origin with brown skin. I am black because my skin is not white. We have all been oppressed by the white man ancestors, and in order to change that we must fight together black, brown, yellow, red people. And stop institutional racism. It starts with us. It race wars, each ethnic group compares who is closer to european features, we can never be white no matter who we marry. The media and internet plays a part in the destruction of the black image and sets a standard. Blacks at the bottom where no one wants to be and whites at the top. All the rest of the mixed peoples or people of colors fit themselves above the lowest standard. being a person of color especially black is hard because this country was built on racism the very genocide of the native americans. Do fall prey to this study insert positive messages. We are part of one race the human race.
To P.W.’s comment
It’s not whether Halle Berry and whoever else with mixed origins are black enough but the fact that black women who don’t, ahem, share “Caucasian” features, i.e. narrow pointy nose, straight hair, and skin complexion that passes the brown paper bag test. And this includes those who are of mixed origins. Those are the ones who aren’t considered “beautiful” and, safe to say, look down upon. Think Alek Wek.
Other than that, I agree what you’re saying on your first comment and I also like to add that you have a lot of Native Americans, Hispanics (it’s funny we classify this as a race to itself and not just a melting pot of people from all over the world who speak Spanish and are culturally Spanish–like America, only Anglo), Asians, and Caucasians with African ancestry, just as what you said about Blacks with diverse origins.
Why did you use light-skinned half-white women as examples of ‘attractive’ blacks?
I do agree that those lightskin beauties are beautiful!! And yes in the United States of America and to Europeans they are considered black!! However in other countries or cultures they may not be considered black. When Satoshi wrote the article he may not have been talking about African American women- because most of us are not fully black we are mixed. He could be talking about real black people like from Africa, Melanisians (from the pacific islands and asia), aborinigies (australia). Black doesnt necessarily mean African American. So it would of been nice to see some dark black women as beautiful, because I have a feeling that is what Satoshi was getting at! I am very glad to see someone wrote a very beautiful article about black beauty though!!! Also, Asian men are hot!!
Yeah! What Amber Berg said. All the way.
I as a black woman have been hit on by more asian men who look like the man above than any other race except black men in my life! Maybe he’s obsessed, in love, enamored with us and had to make a study to get our attention! Why the hell is this news i wish black women would just laugh at this nonsense and keep it pushin! Why do racists waste their life devoting all their time and energy to what they hate in life. I don’t like dogs let me make a i hate dog group, do a study on who hates dogs, publicize it for the world to see, then go out and kick every damn dog i see so i can die happy!
Hey. Good article. Great article, in fact. I am a black woman and even though everyone is getting on you about who you posted as examples, i think they should just calm the fuck down. you probably just posted the first three people you thought of and didnt spend like five freaking hours trying to come up with women who were “black enough” (whatever that garbage is) to post instead. many people often mistake me for some sort of hispanic or islander, but that doesnt make me any less black. obviously the point of the article was to say that black women are beautiful and any lame psuedo-doctor claiming them not to be is a retard. so thank you.
Once you gone black!…all else is Wack!
My props out to my shorty Iman!
white women r haters
This is silly. I’m black and I’m constantly hit on by men of every race, with the majority of them being white(Jewish, Italian, Israeli or Scandinavian type) or Latino. And when I was in San Francisco I was constantly hit on by Asian guys! It was the first time being around Asians (I grew up on Long Island, mostly whites, hardly any Asians), so it was surprising to me.
I don’t care what this guy says, when it boils down to it, we are individuals with individual lives and individual experiences. I hardly think someone who sees me from afar is looking at me and think “she’s black so she must be ugly” (when they can clearly see that I’m not) and then decide to not talk to me.
You know what’s funny though, Asian women always assume that I’m mixed because I’m pretty. In college I was always asked to join Asian sororities and an Asian women stopped me in the grocery store the other day and asked me what I was mixed with? Boy, the surprised look on her face when I insisted that I wasn’t mixed *Sigh* There are attractive black women who AREN’T mixed, but people don’t get that….
Satoshi Kanazawa is a piece of shit. I find attractive women attractive regardless of her race. Micaela reis is half black and very attractive and feminine. I feel what needs to happen is that the developed countries like the U.S. (even though we’re broke) needs to redefine what makes a person beautiful besides the blue eyes, blonde hair, etc. If the developed countries would allow and embrace all different races as beautiful, many 3rd world countries like India would not have to feel like they need to use products (and some products are harmful) to make themselves equal to what is classified as deemed beautiful.
When I heard about this article I was sadden by it. Still, I’m very happy that you wrote this article against the negative messages of how black women are the lowest in everything. I meet a young Japanese man when I was working in the tourist industry. His English was very good and, I was surprised that he would even think of me in a sexual way.
I’m also a sucker for men with long locks. His hair was in long black braids past his shoulders. We both were a bit shy and then he pulled out his hotel key card from his back pocket. I didn’t go with him but wanted to. One night stands are very dangerous but, I was flattered. I’m not a traditional looking black woman. I’m very petite and was made fun of because I was so small. I sometimes get a lot of stares from men of other races. People would ask me if I’m from North Africa but, I’m a Black American. Finally, I guess like any man when those lights go out the last thing on his mind is the race of the woman he is with.
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I am Asian man and I do applaud Kanazawa for having the courage to scientifically analyze a phenomenon that men worldwide have noted which is that women of dark African heritage as a group tend to be the least attractive. The few attractive so called black women are a mix. Pure negeroid features on a female are not attractive to most men; apparently including many black men. The same can probably be said about the general physical attractiveness of Asian men. After all, given a choice, Asian women in the West tend to date outside the race and marry in the community mostly for security.
Mikko…why would you even post on here? That might be your opinion. But what goes around comes around. For every hurt feeling that came with that comment…yours is coming.
I think when people say Asian men are less masculine. They’re always talking about the outer appearance, whether it be true or not. A lot of people always seem to forget the inner.
Sorry, to use the inside, e.g., I’ve seen and I know plenty of Asian men that are tough as HELL on the inside. And you can see it in there eyes, demeanor and inner spirit, where there’s nothing unmasculine about them.
That’s a misconstrued argument conducted by unsettled genetic determinists. Masculinity is not viewed as the same through all different groups. Masculinity can be either/both morphological(physical; not just the body but bone development in the face) or behavioral. I think people get confused about hyper-masculinity of black people, but they do exhibit more masculinity in body size, athleticism, and behavior, however, pure Africans are varied(either due to evolution or colonialism in Africa & America), but many sub-saharan Africans have a round face(even more than pure Asians in my opinion), which is softer like a babies(of course Asians have this too, but they have more wrinkles and protruding bone that I’ve noticed). Some whites claim we have a more baby-face look, without looking at blacks, who have shorter jaws closer to their ears(we tend to have angular ones), and they say it’s due to less bone development(testosterone is contributed through different areas for different races, which is why blacks have less hair in the nether regions), which the average female possess more than males. These are just non-universal trivial traits though, rather than universal ones like mental and physical capacities which we all have the ability to reach the same level.
Forgot to quote the right post, but the misquoted one talks about the same issues. And believe me, I’d prefer to be a sociologist, non-essentialist, existentialist, etc, and believe their side more than the evolutionary psychologist, sociobiologist, human biodiversity scientist, genetic determinist, but unfortunately, due to people not educating themselves and seeing their work in popular mainstream media, they tend to fall into their traps of justifying hierarchical racial differences. Many leftists seemingly contradict themselves that they would put themselves just barely left of center in the political world, and in society at large and how they interact with them.
And while I disagree with Kanazawa that black women think they’re all that, how come when it comes to predictable interracial relationships, when we have a choice to be with black women, that we get the short end of the stick of not getting a “submissive” woman that black and white men get on average for their relationships, or that black women are easy(or don’t like to portray themselves to be). That’s kind of a gip, that also says that Asian men aren’t as horny, when I object to that completely if you knew my habits.
people, let’s spend more time loving ourselves more and all of the division will disappear. You cant get love from the outside whether the society looks at you as pretty or ugly. Take it from a fifty year old…dont waste your precious life….work on self love as your only mission.
maybe you need to check out black women from africa coz all the women you put up there are of mixed descent
Re the fact that these women have other “races” in them: Uh, what are African-Americans (blacks)? I mean, most of the women I grew up with were, technically, “mixed,” in some way. Some have dark skin but straight hair, some are medium brown with hazel eyes, some look more Latina than African. So??!! I mean, in today’s society, this IS what “black” is. Rock on Halle, Zoe and Beyonce! AND rock on browner (looking) sister such as Kerry Washington, Gabrielle Union, too!! African blood makes for beautiful women, when the woman is uplifted and celebrated for her beauty and not put down. (For the record: I think other races are beautiful, too!)