I came across a post that talked about this app. It’s an app designed in the name of “female empowerment” by letting women endorse other guys they deem to be good to their other single friends.
And the guys on the app? They’re immediately told to be on their “best behaviour” and if they do so, they’ll earn rewards and points. This bit I find very condescending and not to mention misandric as it doesn’t mention any toxic behaviour that women do. It also gives off the vibes of the “Toronto Unhinged list” or “Are we dating the same guy.” list as well.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hulah You can check it out yourselves here.
Dating is already hard enough for men out there, and this app will only make it needlessly harder. I wouldn’t be surprised if this app attracts only the feminist types as they’re the ones screeching about safety (Note: due to the expectation of men to initiate most things in dating and sometimes resorting to toxic methods to do so, I can understand women’s need to be safe in these interactions especially if a man can’t handle rejection, but I think the scale of safety is being inflated when you have apps or list like these.)
What are your thoughts on it? Do you think this app is a great idea to keep women safe or is it just another discriminatory practice against men and males?
I think the greatest impact of this will be as another chapter in the culture war of memes in the gender war. Meaning the few guys who sign up will be castigated as self hating, zero dignity male feminists who can’t string a sentence together without apologizing for the sins of their gender and the women would be characterized as man hating women who lament the fact they can’t flip a switch and become a lesbian.
Even with the advent of apps like bumble that forced women to initiate first via matches, I don’t think it achieved much in changing the wider cultural expectation that men should approach and initiate romantic interest first.