Controversy Anthropologist Helen Fisher in What happens in the dating world can reflect larger currents within popular culture. For example, when the book The Rules appeared, it touched off media controversy about how men and women should relate to each other, with different positions taken by New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd and British writer Kira Cochrane of The Guardian.

Sara McCorquodale suggests that women meeting strangers on dates meet initially in busy public places, share details of upcoming dates with friends or family so they know where they’ll be and who they’ll be with, avoid revealing one’s surname or address, and conducting searches on them on the Internet prior to the date. Don’t leave drinks unattended; have an exit plan if things go badly; and ask a friend to call you on your cell phone an hour into the date to ask how it’s going. If you explain beautifully, a woman does not look to see whether you are handsome or not — but listens more, so you can win her heart.

Lmaoo the fact that y’all bringing race into this is a bit disturbing. Like this guy had a cut and the holes kept on stretching and he decided to kept themand now has a Guinness book record for it.

Originally Posted by ChessieMom I can’t speak for black women since I am not one but I suspect some view this less as being attracted to other races and more as a rejection of black women in general. And they find that personally objectionable. You are absolutely correct on that. I dont think all black women feel that way, but I do feel the overwhelming majority do.

Some of the most racist people have met in my life are black women. Maybe “racist” is a bad word because some of these women would have sex with a non-black guy if given the chance, but they just absolutely hate hate hate black guys who date non-black woomen and they hate even moreso the non-black women who date black guys. They say “What is SHE doing with him? I just dont get it.