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Louise Roberts: Dating apps and feminism are creating a toxic minefield for men

The trickle down effect of overzealous consent courses, a misandrist narrative increasingly fed to little girls and young men being punished for their apparent male privilege means we are well and truly circling the drain. Gender equality at all costs has driven a spike in clinical swipe and dump dating apps. And so what does that mean for love, intimacy and true companionship in life?

Addi- tionally, the relationship of adherence to feminist ideology and the sharing of dating expenses to reports of offensive male sexual aggres- sion on dates is.

Since its launch in , Tinder has become one of the most widely used mobile dating applications apps globally Lapowsky, Fifty million people are estimated to use Tinder across countries and the app is particularly popular among young people Yi, Tinder is touted as quick and easy to use, providing a fun and entertaining form of communication, as well as an obligation-free platform to meet new people Newall, Tinder is often portrayed as a risky app that heterosexual women should treat with caution or avoid completely De Peak, , rather than focusing on the actions of the men who perpetrated such acts or fostering a broader discussion about the high rates of violence against women.

But such risks and acts of violence reside in the offline world and are facilitated by gendered power relations that abound in a patriarchal social and cultural context Gavey, In this paper, we begin to address this gap by examining the experiences of a small group of young heterosexual women in NZ who use Tinder. We then explicate what Tinder is and how it works, followed by discussing research on technologically mediated intimacies Farvid, a before presenting the project details and our analysis.

The male sexual drive discourse posits that men are driven by a biological necessity to procure and engage in heterosex, and once aroused, must experience sexual release via coitus and orgasm.