How rating men on a 'sexist' app is making dating safer for women

Submitted by Mastodon on Tue, 2015-06-23 16:26

Article here. Excerpt:

'The free app has just launched in the UK, following success in the US (it had over 200,000 users after two months, and a 60 per cent retention rate).

Simply, it allows women to anonymously comment on the men they know and have dated. The app is designed exclusively for women so they can anonymously research any man they're interested in dating.

They can post photos of the men, write reviews and list the best and worst things about their character, style and sense of humour. You don't rate the men yourself (marks out of ten this is not), instead you take a multiple choice quiz and the app works out their score. The men are also assigned hashtags that reflect their best and worst qualities, such as #SweetToMom or #RudeToWaiters.

Gulp. Soon the straight, single men of the UK will be at the mercy of their old girlfriends.

But is this fair? Lulu has plenty of critics, who accuse it of shaming men. They argue it’s an example of reverse sexism and non-consensual objectification isn’t acceptable, whatever your gender. There has even been a lawsuit against it in Brazil.
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“Lulu is also about safety. When we date online, we don’t know who we’re meeting, and Lulu means men are held accountable in a way they haven’t been before,” she says.

I’m reminded of that immortal Margaret Atwood line: “Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.”
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She is passionate about making the world better for women, both in dating and as a woman in tech.

“We want more balance in the tech world and most of the dating apps are made by guys,” she explains. When every other aspect of our internet lives gets a digital rating, why not apply it to the men we meet?”'

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... if it's critical of women or gives men any kind of foretelling re women. That's sexist and libelous. However when women do it re men, it's an important safety-related app (as if bat-$hit dangerous women don't date, too) which is practically a necessity.

There, issue solved.

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Submitted by Matt on Wed, 2015-06-24 03:07

    "She is passionate about making the world better for women, both in dating and as a woman in tech."

OK... this is not really relevant, but I have always been curious about this phrase "women in tech."

WTF does that mean?

Do some women sit inside of a gas turbine creating hot air?

Do they sleep on graphics cards?

Do they eat lunch inside of a computer?

How exactly is a "woman in tech."

Men work. The women I respect work. Some WORK in TECHNOLOGY. They do not EXIST in TECH.

Only people who don't know shit about technology -- h@ving spent too many years in gender studies courses finding safe "spaces" -- are "IN TECH."

Merely by allowing this phrase to pass unchecked, we are tacitly accepting that "existence" justifies salary rather than "action."

With an apology to Descartes who said "I think, therefore I am," I present the new feminist philosophy of life: "I am, therefore I deserve."

"women in technology" -- I just don't understand what that means.

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Submitted by ThomasI on Wed, 2015-06-24 09:47

"...Oh my goodness, gracious!! what could possibly be causing the MGTOW movement???"

yea, i wonder what's causing that... (sarcasm)

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Submitted by ErikaLancastor on Wed, 2015-06-24 10:52

Women expect to be paid for hav-ing sex. Not directly, of course. They want a man to buy them dinner and baubles and so on before they'll put out. A male friend of mine has a 3-date rule: if she ain't putting out by date 3, he will spend no more money on her.

So what men need is an app telling them how much they'll have to spend to get a particular woman in bed. The info could also include what sex acts the women are willing to perform and how good they are at, say, oral sex. And, of course, a picture, so the guys can tell if the woman is worth the price it takes to get her into bed.

It will also men know about women who never put out no matter how much you spend on them. A lot of women today do that: they accept an offer of a date just so they can have a fine meal at a nice restaurant.

So there you have it. An app for men that will help them know when to fold 'em, know when to hold 'em, know when to walk away, and know when to run.

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Submitted by el cid on Wed, 2015-06-24 13:46

hey. in this case, i say turnabout is fair play.

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Submitted by ErikaLancastor on Thu, 2015-06-25 05:19