They're weeding themselves out. It's best they do it now than waste your time or worse.

There is a reason why they are single.

I have seen a few post on here that bash women. Some guys on here swear they know so much about the opposit sex. Pretty much everything except how to get one to stick around.

Unfortunately it seems that having a rational mind doesn't mean men aren't also going to be misogynistic. I was a member of a very large (like 50k members) atheist Facebook group and got kicked out for pointing out some blatant misogyny. Well, not a great loss for me but still very disappointing.

Let misogynists spout their misogyny. It makes it easier for women to spot the ones to avoid.

I 100% agree - and have had only a few interactions like this here personally but have witnessed way too many. I agree with some of the comments here and on other threads that suggest that the internet has emboldened people (mostly men, it appears from my unscientific and anecdotal evidence) to hide behind their screens and let their inner incels out to play. This is so horribly damaging to all, but sadly, I am not surprised anymore.

Having said that - I have met more wonderful people here, and more wonderful gentlemen, who are here to have good conversations and community (dating aside). So - here's to the exceptional people out there!! Wonderful Men - we know who you are. Thank you.

As an over-65, this phenomenon is so common.....i Treasure the 3 or 4 guys who may not agree with me politically, for example, but refrain from putting me down as a "dumb woman"....one is so rabidly drumpy we avoid the subject altogether, but what attracted me deeply was his willingness to talk to me as if I were his equal.....so rare!

I am a dude and I totally agree. Trouble is most people on the internet will easily insult another because they don’t have to actually see them face to face.

Kindness kindness kindness ... I strive for this daily, I fail at it on occasion and I succeed at it often. If I were here to date I would be no different than you see me now. I think you give good food for thought, we should all pause and reflect on how we are being and how we can be better. I will make an effort to pause and breath before I respond and perhaps this will encourage others to do the same. If our intention is to be a community let’s be a community to be proud of.

I have found that social media seems to give a free pass to go beyond speaking your mind. Since basically we all are at least 2 degrees of separation with each other on a website, rants and disrespectful behavior are commonplace. I belong to a neighborhood page on FB and people that are my neighbors are horrible to each other. I also think that given situations and powers in the US this type of behavior has become normalized. I'm not condoning it by any means and I think we all need to step back and be respectful to each other.

This perhaps explains why they're single.

Male entitlement, sexism and misogyny have prompted me to block a few too. Luckily most of the men I've chatted to here have been lovely.

Honestly, I think confrontational people will pick fights regardless of gender.

I can understand why you would be offended by misogynistic comments, any attack rooted in sexism is a nonstarter as far as I'm concerned but isn't it also helpful to have those people self identify for you. No point in wasting the cost of a cup of coffee on a date with someone you wouldn't cross the street to say hello to, is there?
My wife and I don't agree on everything (thank goodness - how boring would that be) but our discourse is always respectful of each other, no matter what the topic. We would never seek to muzzle each others opinion as it defeats the whole purpose and undermines being in an open and trusting relationship.

There is much to be said for civility and acting like adults.

Most guys never grow up.

I just blocked m first man because of his ignorant response to this post. So glad to know how to do that now!

Can you give an example?

Many of these folks are not looking for dates or even friendship; they are looking for attention and judging from the many replies on this thread, they seem to be getting it. These are not men; these are four-year old boys masquerading as men. Too old and fat to tip over the TV or set fire to the cat, they come to sites like this safely to create as much outrage and havoc as they can. I guess it's better than being ignored.

Totally agree. Do you want a partner or milania?

After reading through the comments here, I noted a few particularly foul things (and the people who said them), and immediately added those folks to the block list.

I will never understand why some people (men or women) behave with such utter disdain for the rest of humanity.

I'm not sure whether it's because it's clear that I'm not here for dating, but I haven't come across anyone who's had the temerity to insult me based solely on my gender.
I've only had one person message me to blatantly seek a liaison. Though he didn't resort to insults when I turned him down. He was actually quite polite about it.
Sure, I've been insulted by those (male and female) who have taken umbrage to some of my positions (usually political), but no one has gone after me just because I'm a woman.
I truly hope that doesn't change. I think just about all the men I've interacted with here are pretty freakin' awesome individuals.

I follow your lead...putting down others ideas, regardless of how trivial says to me, that all ideas must meet some (unknown) expectation by the reader! It has been my experience that even the most illiterate person has something of value to offer!

let me place this here:
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This might explain why they're looking on a web site....

How do you block them?