
Dating in the Age of the Algorithm
Dating apps have transformed intimacy into a marketplace of frustration. They fuel gender conflict while ruthlessly extracting value from our most intimate desires.
Maria Wemrell is an associate professor in public health and senior lecturer at the Department of Social Work at Linnaeus University, Sweden. She conducts research on intimate partner violence, primarily against women and in Sweden.

Dating apps have transformed intimacy into a marketplace of frustration. They fuel gender conflict while ruthlessly extracting value from our most intimate desires.

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