A Warning for Men on Dating Apps

It is very unusual for me to post anything on this site that doesn’t have to do with testosterone replacement therapy, or at the very least steroids, working out, diet or health. But I find myself shocked that something is going on behind mens’ backs that essentially takes away their rights to privacy, to know their accuser, to know what they’re accused of, and to be able to respond or defend themselves.

Millions of women around the world, probably tens-of-thousands or more in your own city, are members of groups like “Are We Dating the Same Guy”. These AWDTSG groups were supposedly created to keep women safe from dangerous men, but what’s happened instead is an unregulated, unsupervised free-for-all of doxing, harassing, shaming and defaming men who have done little or nothing wrong. Imagine your worst ex-girlfriend having the power to tell your current and future dates, your neighbors, your coworkers or your boss anything she wants to say about you, and there is nothing you can do to reply or defend yourself. In fact, you may never even find out she did it.

I learned about are we dating the same guy here and here. Then I took the pledge to leave dating apps here. I’m usually supportive of women’s safety and gender equality, but this has gone way over the line.

Imagine this fellow’s state of mind when he found out this had been published in front of fifty-thousand women in Dallas / Fort Worth. Imagine knowing that women at your work most likely read this. People in your extended family. Friends’ wives. Future matches…

A guy’s name and photo appeared above the following comments. At no point did he put any woman in danger…