I agree that some of the women are beautiful. It's so funny though, because all the indian guys/middle eastern guys I know would hit on me over the women that look like that.... and I DO NOT look like that. I guess they just don't find their women hot anymore when they come to America. I guess they want to get themselves some of that white stuff.
There's a lot of cultural complexities at work there, but from what I've observed in my own family and the network of facefuckingly wealthy Persian/Levantine people that my grandfather somehow snaked himself into (we're Lebanese Christian), the general attitude is often that classic "anglo women, easy lay" predator style. Which has nothing to do with you personally, it's just part of this fucked up palacial privilege culture they're often coming from--and if they're here speaking to you in flawless English and in pursuit of some grad degree, it's likely to be the case.
Usually, the dudes I know from that superrich background are ultimately in search of their American born/raised holy grail who isn't just verbally fluent in Arabic, but also fully literate (which are two totally different skillsets).
Not like they're ever so hott for me, but it'd be a real fucking hard sell getting me to date any dude raised in the Middle East, Israelis included (and in particular, haha). It's not any sort of self-hate thing, but even the vaguest streak of traditional Arabic gender garbage and I'm hitting the ground running. I'd gladly remodel myself into June Cleaver than deal with that shit.
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