Themainobjectiveofthepresentstudywastoexamineself-presentationsontheNordiconlineLGBTQdatingscene.Thetworesearchquestionsguidingthestudywere:
Personalityiscloselylinkedtointerestsandviceversa.Withtheexceptionofsexualinterests,nonotablegender-differencesininterestsarefound.Somemembersreactwithhumortothepositivepersonalitytrend,presentingthemselvesinstylessimilartothismaninhismid-thirties:
Ihavepoorbalance,seldomshowerandambothabadwinnerandabadlooser.Leftist,feminist,vego.Fuckthecistem,nocakefortheupper-class,etc./womaninherthirties.
Chatorsexwithyounger,same-age,oldergirls/womenorguys/men(feminine,girlie,dominant,active)/womaninherthirties.
Lookingforaguywhowantstofuckmytightass/maninhisforties.
Demandsofdiscretiongohandinhandwiththeabove-mentionedwishforanonymity.
Inthissecondsubtheme,lustispresentedalongaslidingscaleofsubmissionanddomination.Womenpresentingdominantorsubmissivedesiresarearareoccurrencecomparedtomen.Below,oneofthefewfemaleaccountsaboutdesiringdomination:
Somemeninheterosexualmarriagesorrelationshipsseemtohavemetadegreeofdisagreeabilityfromothermembers,orpredictedthatthiscouldhappen.Belowadefensivestatementbyamarriedman:
Formen,longingsforlovesomewhatdrownsamongthemoresexualizedprofiles,henceloosingvisibility.Somemenreactwithdisappointmenttowhattheyperceiveasagenerallackofemphasisonlove:
Whateverhappenedtoloveandthedesiretohaveabeautiful,sharedandfaithfullifetogetherwiththepersonyouwouldgotogreatlengthsfor!/maninhismid-thirties.
Womenrepeatedlyusetheirself-presentationstoattempttoprotectthemselvesfromunwantedsexualharassmentbymenonthesite:
Inthissubthemeitbecomesevidentthatwomenontheselectedsitehaveexperiencedsexualharassmentfrommen,oftenmultipletimes:
Hey!Homosexualguy,17yearsold.NOOLDMEN!
Inlimitedinstanceswomenfocusonageinguardingtheirboundaries.Belowawomandisplaysherdismayinpeopleofunwantedagegroups(andmen)contactingher:
Notinterestedinmenoranyoneyoungerthan30orolderthan50.Pleaserespectthis.NOWOMENUNDER30OROVER50.Isthatsohardtograsp/womaninherlate-thirties.
Thefactthatmencontinuallycontactwomenonthesiteissocommonplacethatasignificantfractionofthewomenguardtheirboundarieswithoutrightanger:
Thedatasetsgeneratedforthisstudyareavailableonrequesttothecorrespondingauthor.
EMcameupwiththeideaforthestudyandcompletedit.
Theauthordeclaresthattheresearchwasconductedintheabsenceofanycommercialorfinancialrelationshipsthatcouldbeconstruedasapotentialconflictofinterest.
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Keywords:sexuality,gender,onlinedating,self-presentation,Sweden,LGBTQ,minorities
Citation:MillerEL(2019)Mind,BodyandBoundaries:Self-PresentationontheNordicLGBTQOnlineDatingScene.Front.Psychol.10:2770.doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02770
Received:01July2019;Accepted:25November2019;Published:10December2019.
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