I've notice something strange when it comes to modern dating and the process of choosing a significant other. Here's what I've observed.
A: Love knows no boundaries* (mainly talking about same-sex coupes and interracial couples).
B: Okay, well what about when a person says he is attracted to a certain ethnicity, say Hispanics over an Asian?
A: That's their preference.
B: Okay, well how about a person who wants to keep their ethnicity/culture intact and only wants to date within their own race?
A: That's approaching racism.
B: Can't it be preference?
A: No, because what I'm talking about is sexual and romantic attraction. A utilitarianism approach is racism. The heart wants what it wants.
B: Okay, what if I say a girl won't date a guy shorter than she is, say all the guys under 5'8 are basically out of luck.
A: Another preference.
B: Wouldn't it be a very shallow preference and borderline petty? If people are encourage to date outside their own ethnicity and culture, when can't women be encouraged to re-analyze their preferences?
A: You're committing sexism. Your utilitarian approach is discrimination.
B: What ethnicity preference and height preference is also discrimination.
A: I wouldn't say that. It's a preference. It's not systemic.
B: Okay, let's move away from dating preferences. How about ACT/SAT scores? You need a certain test score and GPA to not automatically be rejected by certain schools and programs. Why isn't there a whole movement about this? This would be considered systemic discrimination.
A: In some ways that's different as well. But see here - underprivileged kids, those who are/were historically marginalized and oppressed, should not subjected to such measurements. It's unfair.
So I guess not everyone and each scenario is not created equal.
* It has come to a point where the social sciences, and even "science", has encouraged straights to dabble in bisexuality aka sodomy.
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