Are Datg Apps Makg Gay Men Miserable? | Psychology Today

Contents:

• ARE DATG APPS MAKG GAY MEN MISERABLE?
• REVIEWSOCIAL PSYCHOLOGIL ASPECTS OF GAY INTY VELOPMENT
• AGE DIFFERENC GAY COUPL
• ARE GAY DATG APPS INPATIBLE WH FDG LOVE?
• THE PLAY’S THE THG NEW BOOK ‘GAYS ON BROADWAY
• GAY, OLR, AND DATG
• SEXUAL ORIENTATN INTY DEVELOPMENT MILTON AMONG LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND QUEER PEOPLE: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS

ARE DATG APPS MAKG GAY MEN MISERABLE?

A new study of gay men’s e of datg apps rais qutns about whether the technology tend to make our (love) liv easier may be gettg the way of happs. 1 The rearchers were terted better unrstandg the nflictg rearch to date that pots to both the posive and negative nsequenc of g gay datg apps, such as Grdr. Consequently, rearchers have begun examg how an dividual’s specific goals and reasons for g gay datg apps may play a ccial role termg whether the e of gay datg apps has posive or negative nsequenc for their overall wellbeg.

Participants pleted an onle qutnnaire which they answered qutns about their sense of belongg wh the LGBT muny, their self-teem, lonels, life satisfactn, and their overall equency and tensy of g var gay datg apps. For example, they were asked how often they logged to gay datg apps and their primary motivatn for dog so, om which they uld select the followg optns: to make new iends, to meet people to have sex wh, to fd someone to date, to kill time, or to nnect wh the gay muny.

REVIEWSOCIAL PSYCHOLOGIL ASPECTS OF GAY INTY VELOPMENT

When lookg at all the participants the sample together, the equency wh which men logged onto the gay datg apps was associated wh greater lonels, rced life satisfactn, and a rced sense of nnectn to the LGBT muny.

However, given the varied reasons for g gay datg apps, the rearchers wanted to see if the associatns were the same for dividuals who wanted to e the apps primarily to fd sexual partners pared to those g the apps for other reasons.

AGE DIFFERENC GAY COUPL

Men the study reportg that they e gay datg apps primarily to fd sexual partners reported higher levels of self-teem and life satisfactn, as well as lower levels of lonels when pared to men who dited their primary e for gay datg apps was any of the other reasons unrelated to seekg a sexual partner (e. Th, the qutn of whether g gay datg apps has negative or posive associatns wh the well-beg of their ers really appears to pend on the ers’ goals and motivatns for g the apps the first place.

On the other hand, men seekg relatnships, iendships, or muny may not be bt served through such apps and therefore may experience tratn upon g gay datg apps, which may ntribute to rced well-beg. There’s nothg wrong wh the gay datg apps so far as they provi the service that they are most often ed for: nnectg dividuals lookg for sexual enunters. However, this study also pots to a need for more apps to enter the market targeted at gay men who are seekg other typ of relatnships, cludg iendships, long term romantic partners, and muny buildg.

ARE GAY DATG APPS INPATIBLE WH FDG LOVE?

Buildg apps and platforms specifilly for this purpose may create a more balanced experience for gay and bisexual men seekg different typ of relatnships. 1 The study did not e terms like gay/straight/bisexual, but rather asked men about their attractns and clud male participants who were eher sexually attracted to men only (90.

It is argued that, orr to velop an effective theory of gay inty velopment, empiril rearch should foc upon the levels of analysis, acknowledgg that there is a dynamic terplay between them; the multiplicy of inty self (nsistg of sometim petg elements); and the motiv that unrp the nstctn, management and protectn of inty (prcipally self-teem, self-efficy, ntuy, posive distctivens and belonggns). KeywordsGay intyInty velopmentComg outStage-based molsInty procs theoryData availabilyNo data was ed for the rearch scribed the by (0)© 2022 The Author(s). Many quiri I have received over and over aga through the years beg somethg like this: “I've always liked olr men, but many gay iends close to my age are cril of me and spic of my motiv.

THE PLAY’S THE THG NEW BOOK ‘GAYS ON BROADWAY

Var labels have been ascribed to tergeneratnal upl, whether straight, gay or bisexual: tergeneratnal, age-gap, age-discrepant, or, more often than not, “May-December” relatnships.

GAY, OLR, AND DATG

Inially, I was unnvced the relatnships were ser, but that was bee I held stereotypil views: an olr gay man who was lookg for a trophy-mate and has the money to take re of his boy toy and a younger man who was lookg for a sugar daddy. Based on the number of tim this qutn drops to my mailbox, the reasons for the age-discrepant attractns nsum a great al of bandwidth the thoughts of a lot of young gay and bisexual men. Was pletg his doctoral dissertatn, “May-December: Navigatg Life as an Intergeneratnal Gay Couple, ” he thoroughly rearched what proved to be the limed available lerature on tergeneratnal upl.

SEXUAL ORIENTATN INTY DEVELOPMENT MILTON AMONG LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND QUEER PEOPLE: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS

Recent years have seen a proliferatn of webs and smartphone apps signed to help gay men pursue their sexual liberatn a digal age.

But when apps are signed to provi immediate sexual gratifitn, are they pable of servg the needs of gay men seekg love and long-term relatnships? A recent study out of France by Christian Lippe explored the nversatnal differenc between ers of Grdr and Tr (wh the former terg to gay men, while the latter is a datg applitn ed by LGBTQ+ and heterosexual dividuals). By examg the nversatnal texts of participants who agreed to share their app chat history as well as through -person terviews, Lippe noted that gay men tend to scribe a sense of “llective prsure” to nform to the subculture’s foc on hookg up through apps like Grdr.

Cumulatively, Lippe’s rearch illtrat that gay men who e apps might strategilly lim the amount of romantic nnotatn nversatns onle to ensure that the arranged meet-up remas strictly sexual nature. If gay men th perceive the social norm on datg apps to be towards sual enunters, what is this likely to nvey to men searchg for love?