One app, 60 men, 26 dates: my adventures in alt-right dating

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Article One app, 60 men, 26 dates: my adventures in alt-right dating

Article One app, 60 men, 26 dates: my adventures in alt-right dating

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Yesterday, 10:46 PM

#1

Cosmopolitan, February 27 2025

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/love-sex/relationships/a63915627/political-beliefs-dating-app-experiment/

Quote:‘America is more divided than ever — but how is it affecting our love lives? I spent a year dating conservative men to find out’

Quote:From May to November, I would match with a total of 60 men across a wide conservative spectrum — self-proclaimed MAGA bros, ‘European’ guys looking for their submissive ‘European’ dream girls, white supremacists, conspiracy theorists — although most identified in some way with the alt-right. I’d scour profiles in an effort to figure out where these men were coming from, why they seemed to oppose the things I’d previously spent a career fighting for: women’s rights, social justice, reproductive freedoms, LGBTQIA+ equality. I tried to imagine that maybe we weren’t so different, maybe there was some chaotic internet-age misunderstanding at play.

Engrossing article, these men are so creepy and gross. :puke:

:puke:

Props to her for daring to do this.

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Yesterday, 10:46 PM #1

Cosmopolitan, February 27 2025

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/love-sex/relationships/a63915627/political-beliefs-dating-app-experiment/

Quote:‘America is more divided than ever — but how is it affecting our love lives? I spent a year dating conservative men to find out’

Quote:From May to November, I would match with a total of 60 men across a wide conservative spectrum — self-proclaimed MAGA bros, ‘European’ guys looking for their submissive ‘European’ dream girls, white supremacists, conspiracy theorists — although most identified in some way with the alt-right. I’d scour profiles in an effort to figure out where these men were coming from, why they seemed to oppose the things I’d previously spent a career fighting for: women’s rights, social justice, reproductive freedoms, LGBTQIA+ equality. I tried to imagine that maybe we weren’t so different, maybe there was some chaotic internet-age misunderstanding at play.

Engrossing article, these men are so creepy and gross. :puke:

:puke:

Props to her for daring to do this.

Kozlik's regular member account. 🍀🐐

Berry

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11 hours ago

#2

Why you would torture yourself like this is beyond me 😂 Interesting read though!

Berry

11 hours ago #2

Why you would torture yourself like this is beyond me 😂 Interesting read though!

komorebi
“I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.” – Audre Lorde

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3 hours ago

#3

This was kind of fascinating, in a horrible way. She even went out with the guy who sent her death threats. I guess she really wanted to show she was making an effort? It worked, but also just seems kinda risky lol.

I have to admit, every time I read something regarding the "male loneliness epidemic," whether the piece itself is sympathetic or not, it only hardens my views. These men are lonely because they have bad personalities and don't have anything to offer a partner. That's what it boils down to.

This is like the first time in history an entire generation of women in a great number of countries have widespread economic freedom and the power of choice. Meanwhile, these guys' deal is literally "I want a domestic slave to bear my children and take care of my home, one that never argues with me and has no freedom." Is it really that surprising that more women are like "no thanks"? What a coincidence that, when women can choose, we choose not to be some douchebag's slave. Totally crazy.

And of course, this is why they have to remove our rights, and try to convince us that we really wanted it all along. If it's our "natural" place, why would an entire misogynistic movement need to be crafted to force us back into it? Shouldn't we just "naturally" gravitate to it? 🙄

komorebi

“I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.” – Audre Lorde

3 hours ago #3

This was kind of fascinating, in a horrible way. She even went out with the guy who sent her death threats. I guess she really wanted to show she was making an effort? It worked, but also just seems kinda risky lol.

I have to admit, every time I read something regarding the "male loneliness epidemic," whether the piece itself is sympathetic or not, it only hardens my views. These men are lonely because they have bad personalities and don't have anything to offer a partner. That's what it boils down to.

This is like the first time in history an entire generation of women in a great number of countries have widespread economic freedom and the power of choice. Meanwhile, these guys' deal is literally "I want a domestic slave to bear my children and take care of my home, one that never argues with me and has no freedom." Is it really that surprising that more women are like "no thanks"? What a coincidence that, when women can choose, we choose not to be some douchebag's slave. Totally crazy.

And of course, this is why they have to remove our rights, and try to convince us that we really wanted it all along. If it's our "natural" place, why would an entire misogynistic movement need to be crafted to force us back into it? Shouldn't we just "naturally" gravitate to it? 🙄

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