Quote: (06-02-2012 02:51 AM)Rurik Wrote:
Let's put it this way, the average white american male, is at his lowest attractive value in America/Canada. You hop on a plain to damn near anywhere else, you are exotic. Latin America, Asia, most parts of europe.
True. This is truer still if you're a minority, which may give them even more incentive to broaden their horizons. I'll explain.
If you're white here, your opinion in the eyes of white, asian, and hispanic women is decent, but unremarkable. Go to the sources overseas (Europe, Asia, or Latin America) and you'll generally be seen in a far better light. The same is true of black women (white men can do quite well in many parts of Africa, assuming they're willing to go).
If you're black here, you basically just start off at an even lower level. As an average black guy, your opinion in the eyes of white, asian, and hispanic American women will, on average, be even lower than that of the average white guy here.
Within the USA as a black male, the only group with whom you'll be at less of a disadvantage on average will be black women. Of course, then you'll be dealing with a 50+% obesity rate, and a whole host of other ailments that come with the black American female populace (not the least of which is the fact that
they really do not like or respect black men very much).
This is a big part of the reason so many average black men in the USA end up with fatties-there aren't many options. Obese black women outnumber their male counterparts (51% vs. 37%), and because black men are generally not considered high value by other groups of women here, getting a fit white/asian/hispanic woman is left to the very small number of them who have some measure of money/status/pedigree or absurdly good game. The other 95% settle for low hanging and often overweight fruit-they can't do much better, so they make do and content themselves.
Asian males in the USA are in sort of a similar position. Like black men, they often have to put up with their own women talking them down a lot:
You'll also generally not be held in quite as high esteem by white, hispanic, black, or even Asian women as whites will be. People will have a tendency to perceive you as a beta male from the get go, which necessitates a steeper hill to climb when gaming.
Overall, just about every kind of average American guy can benefit from travel game. If you're an average black or asian american, you might very well have even more incentive to get on a plane. There could be a bit more to gain for you.
This is ironic, since these groups are among the least likely to partake in travel-game-hopefully that changes in due time.