Do men and Women experience dating sites differently? How does someone’s profile affect their experience? These and other burning questions answered in the linked study.

This article ticks all my boxes:

  • a social science experiment,
  • insights about our hidden biases,
  • salacious details, and most importantly,
  • very well written!

My favorite line:

…when it comes to receiving unsolicited messages based on gender and photos alone, women wipe the floor with men, and very attractive women sandblast the floor with the fellas.


Is online dating a different experience for men than it is for women? To find out, I conducted a 4-month experiment in the US and UK using 10 dummy dating profiles. Here’s what happened…