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Thread: Why aren't Arab men as fetishized as Latin men?

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    Default Why aren't Arab men as fetishized as Latin men?

    Both come from Mediterranean cultures, both have that swarthier look that women tend to be into, yet Arab men continue to be seen as disgusting and nasty while Southern European men are seen as sexy and exotic. What gives?

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    (1) Southern Europeans and Arabs on the whole don't look alike anyway. (2) The sexual repression and patriarchy inherent to most interpretations of Islam would put off most Western (and probably also African and Asian) women, regardless of how putatively handsome or not its practitioners were.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tooting Carmen View Post
    (1) Southern Europeans and Arabs on the whole don't look alike anyway. (2) The sexual repression and patriarchy inherent to most interpretations of Islam would put off most Western (and probably also African and Asian) women, regardless of how putatively handsome or not its practitioners were.
    Most Muslims in the West aren't like that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Azbuzz View Post
    Most Muslims in the West aren't like that.
    No but quite a lot are though. In fact, I'd even go so far as to say that many British and French Muslims are more conservative than are most Turkish Muslims - I saw fewer women wearing hijab in Istanbul than I do in many British and French cities.

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    Because the stereotypes people have about arabs in general aren't playing in favor of arab men

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    Quote Originally Posted by Swarthy_Syndicate View Post
    Both come from Mediterranean cultures, both have that swarthier look that women tend to be into, yet Arab men continue to be seen as disgusting and nasty while Southern European men are seen as sexy and exotic. What gives?
    Not really. Some are attractive, some are not. I'm pretty sure on Ok Cupid's study, Middle east men was 2nd after white but on another study they were 2nd last. Middle eastern women were overwhelmingly prefered on Cut's YouTube video that used multiple studies. So really it depends. Also Middle eastern includes Turks and Persians who are probably the best looking MeNAs and not only Arabs so take those studies with a grain of salt.

    I'd say the reason for this is not looks (all Arabs depending on region look quite different)but rather racism and Islamophobia.
    Also ignorance as some Americans consider places like Iran, Pakistan as Arab as well. Due to my name, and the way look, everyone assumes I am Muslim from the MENAP region. I'm not even Muslim lmao.

    I had one girl(who used to be my friend) tell me "you look really good. Just a shame you are a Muslim" or something like that. That deep rooted racism is very prevalent in the West.

    My law teacher back in high school was discussing the pig killing Canadian case. Then she asked the class who eats pork and I raised my hand. She was surprised and she said "I thought you were Muslim", so I said no and she replied "thank God".

    Very disgusting. This racism impacts all aspects of life including attraction and the way people treat you.

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    Having said all this, I was surprised to read British Census stats which showed that 40% or so of married Arab men in the UK (the percentage for Arab women is lower) marry out, which is way higher than for South Asians here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tooting Carmen View Post
    Having said all this, I was surprised to read British Census stats which showed that 40% or so of married Arab men in the UK (the percentage for Arab women is lower) marry out, which is way higher than for South Asians here.
    Well, a vast majority of those marriages will be with South Asian Muslims I'm pretty sure lol.

    Also there are way more South Asians than Arabs, so they have more option to marry among their ethnicity.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Azbuzz View Post
    Well, a vast majority of those marriages will be with South Asian Muslims I'm pretty sure lol.

    Also there are way more South Asians than Arabs, so they have more option to marry among their ethnicity.
    Actually, Indians here marry out at a marginally higher rate than Pakistanis and Bangladeshis do. Your second sentence is on the ball though.

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