Women on dating sites have unrealistic standards of beauty for men

Again, us guys are looked on as slabs of meat by the ladies. When, oh when, will be respected for our MINDS and not out BODIES?

Stay strong, me brothers!

Personally I think it's that sometimes men look scary in their dating pictures, which is intimidating. I'd guess that men don't get scared of women though. That probably accounts for the difference

You have no idea.

Speak for yourself.

::kicks sand in Timothy's face::

As someone "in the trenches" of online dating, my thoughts on this topic remain classified. Move along.

Oof! Suit you sir! When I get my free book from Charles Atlas, you'll be sorry! (scampers off)

Great, now I've got a chart to tell me I'm probably considered a placeholder, dateable until something better comes along. Thanks, article. Dick.

Something I'll point out that should be obvious - being a woman on a dating site is the kind of thing that will make anyone angry, cynical and picky picky picky. Men on those sites are generally disgusting pigs who only want one of a short list of things. A lot of them don't speak more than a handful of words of english, just enough to demand you show your cunt on webcam. Women join those sites to date, or find casual partners, or make friends. Men join those sites to make a nuisance of themselves.

I'm a long time user of OkCupid, I met my boyfriend on there (one of a decent size group of men I managed to find who wanted to fuck me who were also able to string together a few sentences and didn't look like one or more of their parents was a farm animal) and that's where we return to find women for casual encounters. But it's an absolute shithole, and even though it's written all over my profile that I'm not looking for men, I get a lot of completely TMI messages.

And all this time, I thought those sitcoms where an attractive woman is married to a fat, balding man projected how it really is in the world. How mistaken.

I just think it's because men will screw anything.

I used OKC, and a couple other sites, and every single word you said about men applies to the women too. Assholes, perverts, pigs, and pricks run just as easily on both sides of the fence.

Bisexual. These days, exclusively seeking women. Not saying they're all perfect and polite and friendly, but they are no where near as bad as the guys.

I'm on Plenty of Fish, and I've noticed that gentlemen tend to speak in all caps, and they all seem to have this requisite *holding up shirt to expose flat chiseled abs*. It seems that they sort of want to be viewed as slabs of meat....

I'm not ugly but I would never use one of these sites. Maybe if I lived in a more populous city, sure.

Yeah, but are you seeking bisexual or homosexual women exclusively? It seems to me that you and BillyG might be sampling from different pools (assuming he's looking for women seeking men). Could be that the women committed to dating guys exclusively on the site are less appealing across the board than lesbian or bi women.

The abs deal is a douchebaggy dudebro thing. Guys do this at the gym all the time, even the flexing in the mirror and making faces. I'll never, ever, ever understand it.

I joined one as a laugh, didn't take it all that seriously and ending up meeting my (now) wife on match.com.

So, it does work sometimes.

Congrats on that Ken! I meet my wife on Myspace, only reason I sent her a message was due to the fact she is beautiful and enjoyed Ghostbusters. Funny thing, I have a friend that likes to meet men off of J Date, the kicker is she's not Jewish.

My wife had no picture on her profile and the only reason I mailed her was she listed Point Break as one of her favorate films.

So I figured she had to at least be interesting.

That's awesome man

I met my guy on Match.com, too. I always tell him he was the best $80 I ever spent. A sort of similar story as your wife, Ken - he saw my picture, thought I was cute, and started reading my profile to try and find something in common to break the ice with. He'd had bad luck on there before, and wanted to find some kind of common ground, and not just send some random email. He saw that the most recent book I'd read was "Wonderful Tonight", Pattie Boyd's book about her marriage to George Harrison and Eric Clapton, and it turns out he's pretty much the world's biggest Beatles' fan. He said he knew only a fellow Beatles fan would have read that book - there was his icebreaker - so he emailed me to ask how I liked it. A year and a half later, here we are!

However, it's not all roses on those dating sites, no. The night before I heard from my guy for the first time, I was on the phone with one asshole who informed me that I was too fat to date. "So he had that goin' for him, which was nice." But even given that, I find it to be a fairly good way to meet someone - I mean, the occasional asshole aside, you're at least able to sort out people who you have things in common with.

OK, any women who are into listening to Chrome? Anyone? Um....

Is that your character's favorite band?

I don't even know what I am, it's no wonder I can't find a woman!