I think my partner fetishizes my race

This is going to be a super weird post but I feel so uncomfortable and have no idea what to do or if what I feel is correct. I’ve been with my partner for a couple years and we have a 3 week old baby together and just recently I’ve noticed the red flags of stuff he has been saying. The first couple of months we started dating he seemed pretty normal, we are different races and from different cultures so it took us awhile to be understanding of each other and even now it can be difficult with certain view points. He always used to say questionable things but I just brushed them off, he told me he always wanted to date a woman from my race/culture and talks down on the women from his race. Talking about the color of my vagina and nipples and how much better it is, or the color of my skin is so nice to him. Before we got together all the women she followed were women who specifically looked a certain way and were from my culture/race. I just feel really uncomfortable, as I saw a post he liked talking about women from my culture and how their vaginas look like and how much better it is. This whole situation is so weird and he can’t understand why I’m so mad about the post he liked. But I just feel like he’s fetishizing me and maybe is just with me because I complete his fantasy and not because of my personality or who I am. This is weird right? Like it’s not just me who thinks this, I feel bad for not noticing the red flags earlier but now I just feel disgusted and don’t know how to approach this.
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You'll probably need to voice your concerns and talk about it.

May I ask what the two races are?

This is definitely weird and would make me uncomfortable too. I would keep talking to him about it. Try to get him to open up more. When it started for him, what he thinks about it, etc. Is he capable of thinking about it from a different perspective? Can he see how difficult it might be for you? You don’t say if your baby is a girl or boy, but I think that should be taken into concern. Not that he might do something horrible, but the way he speaks around the baby. Is therapy an option for you, him, or together?

@Danni I am curious to know as well. Do tell, so we can get more prospective.

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