Exploring motivations, impact, and coping mechanisms of post-dating on female dating app users

Title

Exploring motivations, impact, and coping mechanisms of post-dating on female dating app users

Creator

Shantharaju S.; Aishwarya B.

Description

Online dating apps are a popular platform for forming new connections. Generally, a virtual acquaintance intensifies between the users, eventually converting it into an offline relationship. Despite the anonymity of users being a prime motivation to initiate a conversation, it does pose challenges, including mental health issues and sexual abuse. There are increasing reports of privacy violations, extortions, cyberstalking, and sexual assaults connected with dating apps. While people in a relationship decide to set boundaries to avoid each other, both users go through an uncomfortable phase. Unless both parties mutually share the responsibility, the relationship issues are not sorted out without going through an abusive phase. One person's separation anxiety might become a physical manifestation, including virtual and physical assaults. The current study relies on focus group discussions to understand postdating app manifestations and its impact on female dating app users. The study involves respondents mostly exposed to online dating. 2023, IGI Global. All rights reserved.

Source

Cyberfeminism and Gender Violence in Social Media, pp. 369-384.

Date

2023-01-01

Publisher

IGI Global

Coverage

Shantharaju S., CHRIST University (Deemed), India; Aishwarya B., CHRIST University (Deemed), India

Rights

Restricted Access

Relation

ISBN: 978-166848895-9; 1668488930; 978-166848893-5

Format

Online

Language

English

Type

Book chapter

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-8893-5.ch026

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