"I know of some women who think that Mexican men are superior to American men because Mexican men are much more passionate, warmer, chivalrous and more likely to treat a woman like a lady (for example, opening doors for them, etc.). In comparison, American men are cold, boring, and selfish."
I'll take a shot at this one since I think its a slightly incorrect stereotype.
The term is 'latin' men not just 'Mexican' men.
I am the whitest dark blonde latino you'll ever meet but when it comes to social rules your friends are right for the most part. We do tend to be a lot more attentive/warm/chivalrous than the average American male but that's relative to your point of view.
To begin, gender roles and behaviour social rules apply heavily in latin cultures whereas in American culture the woman has become a man with tits (not to offend but this is a literal quote Ive heard from many latinos living in the US and I agree that for the most part this is true).
Hence, an American woman on the receiving end of the smallest socially expected gesture in latin culture (aka the opening of the door for a lady) to her seems like a big act of chivalry. To a latin woman, it is a friendly gesture that is not demanded of the guy but it does show her that he wasn't taught manners by his family... but thats about it.
An American man on the other hand, raised in a culture where woman=man .. there's no need nor social rule to open the door ... the door will be opened by whoever gets to the door first.
And.. well i'll get me head chewed off for saying this but... its one thing to get verbally grilled by an american girl and a whole different thing to be on the receiving end of a latina's emotional outburst. The 2nd one hurts in many different levels.. and places
on the asian female thing... I'll just say that the one reason why I consider asian girls more attractive than white girls is because they are raised to be feminine (not submissive). Even 2nd or 3rd generation asian american girls are markedly more feminine than their white counterparts so its not just a physical thing its mainly how they act. To date I've only met 3 girls in my life that weren't asian that struck me as being extremely attractive mainly because of their personality. One was american, second was french and the third was irish.
Hi. I have to disagree about the chivalry. The latinos get praised for that because lurking under the surface is the fact you guys get credit for being excellent lovers (mostly true from what my latina platonic gfs tell me) so there is a little bit of the "tag-along" effect of chivalry+latino=hot sex, desire=welcome.
The deal is, that white men have been told by libbers that opening doors is unwelcome, and a lot of white women have bought in to this, seeing all white men who open doors as needy whiny nice guys.
So the only way a white male can win today is to be the "anti" chivalry, a bad boy, not needy, on the lookout to "bust" a girl's chops over nothing, a tad bit arrogant, etc. NO way to win.