Why do people get shamed for their preferences?

A guy likes skinny girls, he's a faggot
A girl likes fit guys or tall guys, she's shallow
A guy likes girls with lighter skin, he's racist
A girl likes black dudes, she likes big dick
A girl likes Asian dudes, she likes weak men
What are some preferences you guys get shamed for?
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Most Helpful Guys

  • Well, to be honest, it all depends on the preferences. I think there’s something within human beings, an internal radar, that signals an alert or emergency when we come across someone who has such demanding preferences or perhaps requirements. We understand preferences that are reasonable but our radar alerts us to people who have such high demands that they are probably people who we do not want to associate ourselves with nor have our friends or family associate themselves with them as well. For example, something about wanting a woman who is kind, compassionate, loving, and physically decent seems reasonable to most I’d venture to guess. Now, requiring a woman who is at least 5’10”, blonde haired, blue eyes, four master’s degrees, top model, and can suck you off like the world’s best vacuum seems off. Perhaps it’s because we ourselves do not meet these standards or it’s something else. I personally think it’s both. Do we really want our children to befriend people who are so superficial and shallow and aren’t open to other potentially great people just because of something (s) they cannot change? Well, no, I don’t think so. We all are attracted to what we are attracted to, but perhaps if we have such a tunnel vision to our ideal preferences, we don’t realize that these preferences are really not that important in the grand scheme of things. I’m not saying it’s illegal to have whatever preferences you want, do as you wish. I just feel like having stringent or non-waiverable preferences makes people feel like objects and no one wants to be viewed as an object.

  • Insecure people want to think they are highly valued just for the effortless accomplishment of being themselves. So, when someone comes along and contradicts that by not preferring them, they get hostile because they worked very hard to convince themselves of their own value (again, without any effort spent on objectively increasing their value), and you're ruining their illusion by rejecting them.

Most Helpful Girls

  • Wouldn’t necessarily say I’ve been shamed for it but some find it strange that I like guys that know how to solve the Rubik’s cube

  • people are stupid & always want to seem superior in some way. It’s a weird flex. Do what you want.

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  • There are always going to be people who get bent out of shape when they find out they've been excluded by someone's preferences - even if they had no real interest in that person to begin with. It's really just a jealousy and insecurity that causes the person to try to shame the other person in an effort to make themselves feel better. It's weak and transparent and I usually feel sorry for the person doing the shaming, as it says a lot about their own insecurities.

    My opinion is: like you who you like. Doesn't make a lot of difference to me.

  • It happened only on G@G and all comments came from pink users.
    I said I like older girls - someone told me I was being "ageist" (really...).
    I said I like big breasts and it's a plus my fiancée is pretty "stacked" - I got told I'm an assh*le because I "hate small breasted girls", and when I pointed out I had a short relationship with a woman who had small breasts, the user blocked me.
    I said I prefer outgoing and extroverted women - I got told I'm an assh*le who only looks at b*tches and shames "nice girls".

    • You definitely get targeted a lot lol, i think guys have it worse when stating their preferences sometimes

    • I guess it is. Sometimes I suspect is the same user with different accounts...

    • A personal troll, i can see that. Had one b4 making a new account

  • There are always losers who enjoy getting a rise out of other people. Mostly it's sour grapes. They can't attract a partner, so they criticize the choice of people who have partners. They are trying to convince themselves that they are somehow superior, even though they are sad and lonely.

  • I have another one: A guy likes dominant, assertive women, he's a "beta male".

    Heard it once, hard to take someone seriously when they start using terms like that though...

    • I forgot about that one... alpha-beta thing is shit

    • I certainly agree.

  • People bitch and moan about anything. People like what they like, who cares.

  • Not having a type gets people really mad for some reason. Like, we'll just be talking about our types and stuff and I'm the only one going "Oh yeah, I like that" about almost every single trait.
    I also get a lot of criticisms about me being a bull for a bunch of cuckold couples.
    Also for actually liking mature women as well as girls my age.
    And for my girlfriend being a cuck who wants me to have sex with as many other women as possible and send her video recordings of it.
    Oh oh and for having a bunch of FWBs over the age of 38, that gets people mad for reason too.

    It's all personal preference, I don't get why people get shamed for it either. I guess they think that their preferences are more correct or superior or something.

  • People inevitably try to find fault with anything for any reason or a multitude of reasons.

  • Because those that do the shaming are uncomfortable with their own preferences. I like 'em skinny. Don't agree? Too bad.

  • I get shamed for liking white dudes

  • She is too young for u
    She doesn't look good near you
    Some stuff like this
    But who says it most of the time - other girls

  • If I (42) went out with an 18 year old I might be shamed for it too. I'm a virgin and for that I've been called a faggot. You have to leave stupid people alone with their silly ideas and hope that they keep those ideas to themselves.

  • I get criticized for liking overly skinny girls (like 16-18bmi)

    • I don't measure BMI when picking girls I like

    • Me neither but I've asked in the past out of curiosity and that's usually the number.

  • Yeah you can't win.

  • Having a heart and caring about people who are persecuted.

  • Sometimes my preference for small tits.

  • non, really.

  • You also forgot:

    A guy finds beauty in most races and body types. He's a man-whore.

    das me.

    I just don't know what is SO wrong in ADMIRING ANOTHER HUMAN BEING. *sigh* Its sucks man.

    • I don't think I've been called a man-whore because of that tbh, but people are always weirded out by it, for some reason.

  • Because Society Teaches People To...

  • It's ok to have preferences, but, to turn down someone, based on how they look, is wrong