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[quote=Anonymous]The US is a multi-racial society where there's a wide range of physical phenotypes. However, for a very long time, we were almost exclusively bombarded with media images (movies, tv, fashion, music, etc...) of one particular phenotype to the exclusion of all others. This has only really changed in the past generation. For example, the first non-white supermodels are only in their 40s today. To say that this has had zero effect on American society is disingenuous. If the only images available of "beautiful people," like actors and models, looked a certain way, it wouldn't be surprising if many people internalized that as being the standard for attractiveness and it affects their dating choices.

That's why representation in the media is so important.

With that being said, there is absolutely an aspect of attraction that is innate. People can be attracted to certain physical  characteristics in a way that has nothing to do with social conditioning.

I don't see recognizing both factors as being contradictory. We can work on the problem of media representation and whatever effect it has had on dating in American society. At the same time, we still respect individual attraction.

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