Unsafe dating

Originally posted on http://sexandtherecession.co.uk

Since the recession hit we’ve all had to curb our spending and something that seems to have become a thing of the past is dating, most probably due to the amount of money it costs to actually attend said dates. Due to this as I mentioned in my last blog, hook ups on mobile phone apps seem to have become increasingly popular.

But with the internet and mobile phone apps increasing in popularity due to their accessibility, it leaves us with the question; has the recession and in turn it’s savior, the internet, made dating unsafe?

It appears that dating companies have latched on to the fact that people can’t afford to go out as much these days, which narrows their chances of finding dates and then sex. So now we are constantly bombarded on a daily basis by advertisements offering us free subscriptions and free trials in order for us to sign up to the latest internet dating fads such as Match.com and plentyoffish.

These websites fill the gap and offer us dating at our fingertips, which could lead to a relationship and plenty of sex, or even just a one-night stand. But in this climate, with sex lives feeling the pinch, who’s complaining?

Well it appears that many people are complaining due to spate of news features over the last few years on the perils of internet dating, which have seen people killed in the worst case scenario.

But is this simply the case now, that because of the recession and our apparent lack in contact with other people due to it, are we becoming more careless?

Just think about it we don’t know these people we’ve met, our friends most likely haven’t so they can’t warn us about them and do they really look like their picture? We believe these people because we have no other choice as without these portals to dating and sex we probably wouldn’t get any due to the constraints on our wallets at the moment.

It appears that in the gay world online dating is a place to find dates or sex and it can be a very dangerous place, especially with some of the people you come across on them.

In my next piece I will be taking a closer look at Gaydar, the popular online dating website for gay men, to see just what this website entails and just how safe it is.