Dr. Ciara Kelly

But it's harder for them, I think, than somebody goes out into the world and performs as an individual.

Yeah, absolutely.

That has an individual role outside of that.

I think that is quite tricky for a lot of women.

I would, okay, I've never been on a dating app, but I, it's just, it's an age demographic.

They didn't exist when I was young and by the time they came along, I wasn't arsed.

But anyway, so, but I've talked to lots of my colleagues and indeed, I have young adult kids.

And and I've taught and I've young adult sons as well.

So it's not just, you know, people kind of go girls hate dating apps.

They don't like dating apps.

And they said it's very transactional.

That's exactly the word transactional.

That's exactly the word that they've used.

It's very transactional.

You're chatting to people, but you know that they're chatting to loads of other people.

It's sort of.

You know the way they say about people who are really charismatic and stuff, they make you feel like you're the most special person in the room.

Dating apps make you feel like you're the least special person in the room.

That's what my understanding of them is.

Do you know what I mean?