As someone who has slathered his entire teenage body in the noxious, flammable funk of Lynx Africa, I know that men will believe literally anything when it comes to making themselves attractive to women. We’ll be seduced by crass adverts, call ourselves feminists, get calf implants; we’ll drive around in penis substitutes and feign an interest in Jack Kerouac or Anaïs Nin. I love men, I often date men, and I am a man myself. But we’re a well and truly shifty bunch sometimes, it may shock you to learn.
I’m a self-professed dating-app lover, yet for the past few years I’ve noticed a palpable trend in the online dating world. More and more profiles express a hope that a potential partner has done (or is in) therapy. At the same time, there are more profiles declaring that they’ve had (or are accessing) therapy. Many express themselves in quite stark terms (“I won’t date anyone who hasn’t had therapy”), but dating apps are a place for candid honesty, after all. It’s part of what makes them so great.
