Senior Project Advisor
Glenn Tsunokai
Document Type
Project
Publication Date
Spring 2024
Keywords
sexual orientation, online dating, interracial dating, desire children, race
Abstract
The present study examines how sexual orientation impacts willingness to interracially date; additionally, this study investigates if race conditions this relationship. Using data from Interracialdating.com, a pool of 2,215 respondents is collected. The data includes only those who are single and have no children currently but desire children. Logistic regression is utilized to analyze the odds of the respondent’s willingness to date either Asian or Black individuals. The findings indicate that a queer person is less willing than straight respondents to date both Asian and Black individuals when controlling for possible redundant variables. However, an interaction effect from the variable race is revealed because a queer person of color is more likely than their straight, white counterparts to be willing to date outside their race. The present results provide insight into how desiring children can impact one’s dating preferences, specifically regarding a non-straight individual wanting children. Furthermore, the results illuminate how intersectionality and being a queer person of color can impact dating choices.
Department
Sociology
Recommended Citation
Sabisch, Emily, "Colorful Relations: How Race Conditions the Relationship Between Sexual Orientation and Willingness to Interracially Date" (2024). WWU Honors College Senior Projects. 811.
https://cedar.wwu.edu/wwu_honors/811
Type
Text
Rights
Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author’s written permission.
Language
English
Format
application/pdf