Tinder Myths Debunked: Online Dating Revisited
Channel: Prof. Sam Vaknin
Date: 2021-03-18

Women choose "beta" males on Tinder when they date or have casual sex, not "chads". They want to remain empowered singles. "Alpha" males on Tinder are Dark Triad personalities (narcissists and psychopaths), interested in hookups. People use dating apps almost exclusively for entertainment, to boost to self-esteem, and to find an intimate romantic partner. When it comes to real-life face-to-face dating or to finding sex, the apps are a total failure.

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MEDIA ARTICLES

Modern young women prefer LESS intelligent loser beta males for long-term relationships and increasingly also for casual sex. ALPHA MALES are losing out!

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/evolution/9295131/Why-women-prefer-weaker-men.html

https://nypost.com/2018/08/22/men-can-be-too-smart-to-date/

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/bjop.12342

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/the_myth_of_the_alpha_male

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/the-myth-of-the-alpha-male-a7724971.html