A small sociological experiment
Both men and women have problems finding their perfect mate however the problems differ. Men struggle to find a women to give them an ounce of attention while women have to weed out the droves of candidates.
The experiment
I created a little social experiment using the popular Myspace site. I set up a phony profile under the guise of a female. I stole a couple of pictures from the Internet and copy and pasted some bullshit profile information to create this phony identity. At first it was an experiment to drive people to my blog but it has morphed into something more.
The results
Since creating the account I have obtained close to 30 “friends” and received approximately 100 email messages. I have not written to a single person or responded to any email received. I made this “character” bisexual to see how many women would approach me. I would say so far that it’s been 95% male which is to be expected.
Most of the messages that I’ve received are fairly typical. Mostly just stuff like “I think you’re cute” etc, etc. What struck me though was some of the more left field stuff. I had a few guys straight up ask for sex. I’ve written to a few people on Myspace under my own profile and sometimes I don’t even think my emails get read because of all the crap that must come into their mailboxes. In just over a week I have received 100 messages without me saying a word.
Conclusion
I really feel sorry for the women that have to endure this crap. Yeah it’s nice to have the attention but it must get monotonous at some point. Although I feel sorry for the women, I believe it’s the men that really suffer. Men like myself who aren’t and have a lot to offer who may get rejected early on because of stereotypes already instilled in their minds from previous wooing attempts. I will run this experiment a bit longer and then re-tool the idea from the other perspective and create an account with what I believe to be an extremely attractive male using a profile geared towards attracting women and see what I get.
6 Responses to “A small sociological experiment”
I admit, I’m not pretty though I am slender…I hate walking down the street and guys honk their horns and/or whistle while driving past. So all those comments you receive(d) I can totally understand. You very rarely see girls honking their horns or whistling just seeing a guy walk down the street…. I would like to see how the experiment goes using a guy!!
Hi Seth,
I can’t imagine why you’re doing this, but it must be a lot fo fun for a lot of people for you to draw so many responses.
Innertesting experiment. Of course, you realise many males do the same things - post false IDs - for attention and vicarious entertainment, and many females use incorrect data and pics…
How bloody cool is that?! Love the “experiment”.
Hey I am writing a book about blogging and journal writing and would LOVE Your comments for the book … if you are interested in doing the survey please either email me or visit my site! Would love to have you on board!
Very funny. Often thought about “experiments” like that myself…
You wanna talk about stereotypes? Go ahead and post pics of a larger, but pretty-faced woman on there and see what happens.
It works the same in reverse - and no, my MS profile isn’t up there to garner attention from men, so I’m quite relieved that my random received sex requests are few and far between.
However you say that men like the ones you’re talking about make the guys that have something to bring to a real relationship look bad, but what’s forgotten all too often is that not every woman who has something to bring to a real relationship is a size 2 and bisexual.
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