I don't find very dark, black women attractive and I really don't like very pale, freckled red heads.

So what?  

I am a little concerned you are hot for sis though, but that is between you and the doc.

If someone looks like me there's no way I'm gonna find them attractive!  

to be attracted to someone as far from you genetically as possible  This would lead you to make choices producing generally healthier off spring.  
(I m not sure what happens when you are like me and very attracted to almost all types of members of the opposite sex.)
In experiments in smell, men and women found body smells different from theirs to be sexier than those closer to theirs.
Who knows what appeals and why in the end. Who cares? It just is.

Someone who looks like me is certainly not attractive, and I don't find anyone who looks like any of my sisters attractive!
I do have a very narrow view of what I consider attractive to me but it has more to do with body type. I can find "my type" in white, black, latina, and asian.

I have very particular tastes which are, in the general scheme of things, very limiting. Note I am not talking about work here, but in the partners I choose in real life.  

With men and race I am more apt to choose the races that have a more positive outlook on women. So I rarely am attracted to races that historically and ethnically treat women badly. However, the women of those races I do not have an issue with.

Body type, super athletic and muscled in both men and women. I prefer tall to short and am not remotely attracted to obese and old or hairy

Everyone has their Preference....

Especially in this biz, that's why it's called hobbying... I in "real time" world also prefer the ken doll look alike! Am I a racist, absolutely not... It's what the heart/Hormones wants that matters!!  Most of my ATFs and regulars are Caucasian men. What matters is what you are attracted.  

Happy Hunting!!!

You're fairly young. Late 20s? Early 30s? It is entirely possible that I'm wrong on this but my theory is that the younger a guy is the more conservative and traditional taste in woman he has. It also has to do with the environment and culture he had around him while growing up.

Here's my whole life evolution has developed in full circle:

In HS and college I fantasized about the most obvious and most traditional. The one that I consider on the top of the totem pole: white women with blond hair. It's a no-brainer. It also helped that I was raised in LA area near Hollywood the capital of the entertainment industry. And Playboy!

After college I left LA for a job somewhere else. On the job I was smitten by a co-worker who happened to be brown-skinned Hispanic. Suddenly I developed a crave for Latina especially brown-skinned type. I was fascinated and attracted by their fiery and passionate attitude.

Then I discovered the hobby. Unfortunately there just weren't that many attractive Latinas. So I tried the AMP and AAMP scenes. Now I found myself changing course again. Now I found tiny slim submissive Asians irresistible.

Fast forward some more years and now I'm fully engulfed with the hobby. I've done them all. From the legal prostitution of Nevada to AMPs/AAMPs to Escort also throwing in some Street Action in between.

As fate would have it I met one Ebony streetwalker who I found incredible chemistry with. She blew me away (pun intended) with everything: personality, service including pricing. It was then that I discovered that my taste have hardened to most importantly of all: a slim toned athletic body. The kind of body that many Ebonies have but few Whites, Hispanics and Asians can compare with.  

So that's where I stand now: body more than anything except it just so happens that by law of nature the type of body possessed by more ebonies than other race.  

Hm maybe it just reflects my inner desire: a craving to be young, slim, fit... the way I used to be when younger. Being with this kind of women made me feel young and rejuvenate all over again

Hey you like what you like nothing wrong with that...

As far as what attracts me...hmm an honest man. I was taught at an early age never to look at the psychical maybe because I was always a chubby kid but I was always attracted to a man's personality. Looks never meant anything to me as I never thought my looks would get me anywhere, always strived on being an amazing person, having a personality that would make people think, "wow that girl honestly cares". I strive on personality and some men have a personality that just captivates you.  

It's no surprise I have a huge crush on 2 men on the boards... they could look like ogres and I know they will still be sexy to me. It's personality what they say and what they don't and to me that is the key. As far ethnicity, before becoming a provider I was prejudiced against a certain race (I won't disclose which) and after I joined the hobby and met these people more frequently I felt stupid, that particular ethnicity happens to be the best one as far as caring, delicacy, the way they treat you and the amount of education you could gain from talking them.

I am white but I prefer Asian and latina women, tho I've been with many women of all different ethnicities. I never really questioned why I was attracted to women outside of my race. Just being attracted to women in general is enough to keep me guessing as to why we like what we like!

When I was a young child I was surrounded by 'brown' kids. Most of whom were Cuban, some were other variations of Mexican or central/south American. A Few black. And, one, my best friend (brown kid, SE Asian, Indian) was my total bestie. His name was Raj.  I thought he was sooooo beautiful. I was 6 yrs old and madly in love.  

I heard people around me talking about niggers so often that, one day,  I asked my mother if Raj was a nigger. Hell, I had no idea. I had no clue what  *n* meant. I think my mothers'  heart may have stopped for a second, in a panic, figuring out how to answer this question.  

I learned the racism thing because the adults in my life told me who the 'bad people' were. And, they were the brown ones. Or, at least, not the white ones.  

hard wired? bullshit.

I think it may depend on one's outlook or world view.

For some people, the familiar, the cozy, the known, is what brings them comfort. A grounding of sorts.

I tend to be more open, I like variety, and new experiences.

Either way, we are attracted to whatever and whomever brings us to our happy place, and leaves us with a good feeling.

OK. South Pacific was not about the same thing as the WSJ article is talking about, but it's a good message anyway.  

But I have other studies about facial recognition ability being developed during a child's formative years. And the general perception of attractiveness (golden ratio). But there are also "other factors" that go beyond the visual (hormones; pheromones).  

All I know is, "There ain't nothin' like a dame."

I have more thoughts on the topic but no time to post right now.

I'm currently moonlighting as campus security.

I'm partial to short petite brunettes preferably with curves and a bubble butt white, latina, asian it really dosen't matter.

Thanks Hands Solo more Asian, Black and latin woman for me. Lol

They are also some of the best lovers too!
Also white woman I have no problem with either.
I would never limit myself when it comes to race but do prefer woman of color.

Way back in the late 70s and early 80s, when I first started going to strip bars, I noticed the following and still see it today.  
Most people seemed to be just the opposite of what you said. They don't want to be with lookalikes of their sisters or cousins. They are used to the people they grew up around, and they find different races exotic, and they are attracted to exotic. Hawaii has a lot of different races, and the majority of the residents are actually made up of a mixture of the different races. Usually, caucasian, Asian and Polynesian mixes. A lot of the "locals" are "hapa" or mixed races. Anyway, what I would observe in the strip clubs, and even out in "civvy" land is that the "locals" and Asian guys would go for the white gals, the white guys would go for the local hapa gals, and the black guys would go for the Asian gals. Was this 100 % true? Of course not, but it definitely seemed like a majority. Like I said it is not scientific but it is an observation I have noticed for many years and it seems to make sense.

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bad eyesight.

(ba-doom)

But seriously folks.....

I don't have any problem being attracted to gals of any race or size - I love them all, and for that I am grateful to my upbringing which taught me to judge people by their character.  In fact, what mostly attracts me first, at least to the gals I've met on TER, (The vast majority of gals I've met in the last ten years.) is the way they handle themselves on the boards.  I like witty and charming gals.  If we meet and the chemistry is there, then it's gangbusters.

As for my own looks, this song pretty much sums it up for me:

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No need to apologize for your narrow mindedness. I have seen numerous women from every ethnic group and here are my "scientific" conclusions: all pussies look, feel and taste pretty much the same; a hard dick has no eyes, just nerve endings; and at the exact moment that I am popping, she is the most gorgeous woman in the world and I love her:-p

It’s the feeling that you have to feel a certain way or that you have to police every single thought that leads to the various backlashes against cultural and racial sensitivity. I’m all for cultural and racial sensitivity and I don’t want to see that happen.

The time to feel bad is when preference becomes a judgment. “I’m not attracted to x ladies and I don’t understand how anybody else is, either.” That kind of thing. “I’m not attracted to x ladies and I can prove scientifically that they’re unattractive,” which some idiot who dared to call himself a scientist actually tried to do a few years ago.

I do think there is some hard wiring involved in attraction, but there’s a lot of socialization, too. If you grew up in Renaissance Italy, there’s a chance you’d see skinny, blond, pale, Caucasian women as sickly as opposed to ethereal, willowy, elegant, hot, or however you see them.

I find the "sickly" women beautiful and I find the dark, genuinely black women beautiful, too. My ideal is women with brown skin, black hair, and brown eyes maybe because they look like me or maybe because those are the women I grew up with and they’re the first women I fell in love with. Or maybe because that look really, really works. Probably all three

i dont' like russian women.

but not because i am not attracted to them.  au contraire, i luvs me some blonde gorgeous caucasians, and russians are literally from the caucus mountains (some of them at least).

what puts me off is an irrational fear that every russian girl is one cousin removed from the russian mob.

i'm afraid if i piss one off i'll find myself gutted in an alley somewhere by their cousin ivan.

odd but true, i avoid baltic/eastern european/russian women in the hobby for this reason.

is this prejudice?  not sure, as it's not coming from the lizard brain, but rather from (irrational and wrong) reasoning.

after all, you could say the same about latinas and gangs, but i luvs me some caliente chicas.

go figure.