Forced Empowerment and the Paradox of Mobile Dating Apps

New women-focused mobile dating apps purport to empower women by having them “make the first move” and disrupt traditional male-dominated dating norms. Drawing on feminist approaches and technological affordances, we examine how heterosexual cisgender women and men experience this “empowerment” and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sabrina Sobieraj, Lee Humphreys
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2021-12-01
Series:Social Media + Society
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051211068130