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Title: Guy Poses As Woman On Tinder And Gets Some Pretty Shocking Responses From Men
Post by: Kelly_1979 on March 24, 2016, 03:05:21 PM
Guy Poses As Woman On Tinder And Gets Some Pretty Shocking Responses From Men

Hellou/By  Alfie Powell   3/24/16

http://www.hellou.co.uk/2016/03/guy-poses-as-woman-on-tinder-and-gets-some-pretty-shocking-responses-from-men-85346/

"...Just to see what the poor women of apps, such as Tinder, have to put up with, Comedian Sy Thomas, decided to masquerade as a woman to fool a load of men and see what kind of pick-up lines they would throw at him......"

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I saw this on hellou.co.uk
Title: Re: Guy Poses As Woman On Tinder And Gets Some Pretty Shocking Responses From Men
Post by: suzifrommd on March 24, 2016, 04:59:23 PM
I was kind of disappointed with this story. I thought it would be socially relevant. Instead it was sort of humorous. I didn't find any of the responses shocking, though some of them were admittedly funny.
Title: Re: Guy Poses As Woman On Tinder And Gets Some Pretty Shocking Responses From Men
Post by: Ms Grace on March 24, 2016, 05:26:08 PM
That Harry Potter line was quite amusing.

But yeah, I wonder what else he was expecting? This is exactly the kind of stuff from men on dating sites that I've seen women writing about for years now.
Title: Re: Guy Poses As Woman On Tinder And Gets Some Pretty Shocking Responses From Men
Post by: Arch on March 24, 2016, 07:29:05 PM
If he wants to know what kinds of skanky pick-up lines women have to put up with, he can ask practically any woman...
Title: Re: Guy Poses As Woman On Tinder And Gets Some Pretty Shocking Responses From Men
Post by: suzifrommd on March 25, 2016, 05:23:17 AM
Quote from: Ms Grace on March 24, 2016, 05:26:08 PM
That Harry Potter line was quite amusing.

But yeah, I wonder what else he was expecting? This is exactly the kind of stuff from men on dating sites that I've seen women writing about for years now.

Actually, the stuff posted here was a whole lot more clever that the stuff I see IRL.
Title: Re: Guy Poses As Woman On Tinder And Gets Some Pretty Shocking Responses From Men
Post by: Peep on March 31, 2016, 08:08:00 AM
It seems like there are a lot of cis guys that think they need to prove things that women have been talking about for years - "It's true! A man proved it was true! You thought all those ladies were exaggerating!"
Title: Re: Guy Poses As Woman On Tinder And Gets Some Pretty Shocking Responses From Men
Post by: steyraug96 on March 31, 2016, 04:21:40 PM
Quote from: Peep on March 31, 2016, 08:08:00 AM
It seems like there are a lot of cis guys that think they need to prove things that women have been talking about for years - "It's true! A man proved it was true! You thought all those ladies were exaggerating!"

Yeah, it IS kind of funny & pedantic...
More effective, I think, was "Self Made Man" by Norah Vincent, and the aftermath - after pretending to be a man for several months, I think it was, she had to go to a mental hospital for a while to recover.

In parallel, many males choose a female character in video games, hoping for a split-second advantage (also not news.)  :-)

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