Why do men put themselves as female on dating apps?

[MikeTheBartender]

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Not talking about transgender. Talking about men, posing as men, on dating apps.

[Chazmatazz269]

There are a couple reasons that make sense to me. Swapping your profile gender allows you to look at “the competition” and see what others are doing to make themselves stand out, without taking the deliberately lousy advice of women who clearly don’t want to be with you. Ell oh ell! The other reason is that some men identify as women. I don’t see a problem with it except apps are afraid to offer filters for that. For fear of appearing intolerant or bigoted. Hopefully someday the transphobe-mania will die down and people will be allowed their natural preferences. It’s hard enough as a man to have preferences without getting labeled “misogynistic”.

[msc545]

On dating apps it makes no sense, but I guess they still get treated better than men do.

[Aubrey97]

I guess those people are just on the app to fantasize about it, because they obviously can't go meet anyone like that. They basically turn the app into some online roleplay, which surely there are easier ways to do. I guess it's not about the actual dating, just any connection with anyone they can get that makes them feel less lonely, even if it's completely fake?

[Anonymous]

Trying to scam people?