title: Internet Daters' Body Type Preferences: Race-Ethnic and Gender Differences.
abstract: Employing a United States sample of 5,810 Yahoo heterosexual internet dating profiles, this study finds race-ethnicity and gender influence body type preferences for dates, with men and whites significantly more likely than women and non-whites to have such preferences. White males are more likely than non-white men to prefer to date thin and toned women, while African-American and Latino men are significantly more likely than white men to prefer female dates with thick or large bodies. Compatible with previous research showing non-whites have greater body satisfaction and are less influenced by mainstream media than whites, our findings suggest Latinos and African Americans negotiate dominant white idealizations of thin female bodies with their own cultures' greater acceptance of larger body types.
authors: Department of Sociology, University of California, Irvine 3151 Social Science Plaza A, Irvine, CA 92697-5100 USA.
authors: Carol L
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authors: Glasser
authors: Belinda
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authors: Robnett
authors: Cynthia
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authors: Feliciano