Why we fall for them

Submitted by Lina (United Kingdom), Sep 8, 2017 at 16:16

This is a good question, and one that's surprisingly easy to answer...

First of all, Muslim men have a tendency to be more aggressive in their approach of women. There's no shyness or beating around the bush. As a rule European men (other than Mediterraneans) do not approach or even compliment women. The ones that do are perceived as "creepy" or undesirable, due, most likely, to their closeness to home, as well as their lack of pronounced masculinity. MANY women have a biological desire to submit to a man, to feel feminine and looked after - it just turns us on, it's as simple as that. We want cute names, poems, jealousy, the whole shabang. None of which our local men seem to want to provide.

Then there's looks and the forbidden fruit aspect which require no further explanation.

And lastly... there's the notion that MENA men are less fussy than westerners about who they go out with/marry. On the surface this appears to be true - that they're unconcerned about age, weight, looks. As opposed to our own shallow men. This is not ACTUALLY true! In fact, these MENA fellas are probably a lot pickier than European men, as the requirements are generally a young, attractive virgin from a good family. Which is definitely not the norm in our own countries lol. So... if a man seeks unconcerned about these things he's most likely overlooking them for personal gain.

So all in all I wouldn't say that it's a case of women going after these men specifically because they're Muslim. But rather a lot of the women on here start off very open-minded and unconcerned with a man's race or religion. The men also present themselves as "modern" or secular... and it all goes from there. Some women convert out of "love" or lack of boundaries. A woman with strong boundaries is not so easily swayed or converted....

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