There are many measures that people who use online dating can use to ensure their safety. In a survey conducted from June to October 2002, 740 women who were 18 or older and had put an online personal ad were surveyed about their experience. The survey concentrates on three main types of safety measures regarding online dating such as online screening, email negotiation, and face-to-face survey. Many women used online screening methods to figure out if the man that they were interacting with was safe to meet face-to-face. Some respondents said that they used background checks to determine whether or not the man that they were talking online with was who they claimed to be. The women who used that method would obtain personal information about
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Many women would ask questions and check the answers to determine how reliable their potential partner was. The women would ask the man questions and then subsequently, in a few days' time ask those questions again to determine if the person that they were talking to was consistent or lying about themselves. One respondent said, "Through e-mail/chat/phone calls we had discovered we had a lot in common, and I would have him revisit subjects to make sure there were no discrepancies in what I had been told in previous conversations." Another notable strategy was instinct and gut feeling. Many women commented that their online screening process concentrated on women's intuition and gut feeling. They placed a lot of emphasis on using their feelings and intuition to figure out if a man was safe to interact with in person. One woman said, "He gave off a very honest and 'normal' vibe, and I felt like I knew him already." While, another woman said, "I just went with my gut feelings I guess and numerous conversations on e-mail with him...probably not the smartest thing I have done." In addition, a lot of the respondents asked the men they were interacting with to send a picture. They emphasized how important it was to see the person that they were talking to before meeting in …show more content…
Some other popular method was by analyzing immensely though the way they talked on a variety of modes such as e-mail, phone, and chat. Many of the women believe that they could learn a lot by how a man was talking through e-mail, phone, and chat. They said it was important for them to have conservations using a variety of means because they believed that they could learn a lot from their potential partners based on how they spoke and sounded. Not all that, many of the respondents also used safety measures when meeting their potential partners in person. They would meet in a public, nonseclued place in which they were already familiar with during the daytime. In addition, the women commented how it was important to have their own means of transportation during the first meeting. Other notable measures were that some made a safe call, which is they actually made a phone call to their friend to inform them before and after the meeting that they were safe. Some other things that some women did was bring a friend, carry a cell phone, and carry mace or pepper spray. Only 8% of the 512 respondents claimed that “they felt unsafe with the last man they had met face to face from their online personal ad” (Padgett, P.M.
Many women would ask questions and check the answers to determine how reliable their potential partner was. The women would ask the man questions and then subsequently, in a few days' time ask those questions again to determine if the person that they were talking to was consistent or lying about themselves. One respondent said, "Through e-mail/chat/phone calls we had discovered we had a lot in common, and I would have him revisit subjects to make sure there were no discrepancies in what I had been told in previous conversations." Another notable strategy was instinct and gut feeling. Many women commented that their online screening process concentrated on women's intuition and gut feeling. They placed a lot of emphasis on using their feelings and intuition to figure out if a man was safe to interact with in person. One woman said, "He gave off a very honest and 'normal' vibe, and I felt like I knew him already." While, another woman said, "I just went with my gut feelings I guess and numerous conversations on e-mail with him...probably not the smartest thing I have done." In addition, a lot of the respondents asked the men they were interacting with to send a picture. They emphasized how important it was to see the person that they were talking to before meeting in …show more content…
Some other popular method was by analyzing immensely though the way they talked on a variety of modes such as e-mail, phone, and chat. Many of the women believe that they could learn a lot by how a man was talking through e-mail, phone, and chat. They said it was important for them to have conservations using a variety of means because they believed that they could learn a lot from their potential partners based on how they spoke and sounded. Not all that, many of the respondents also used safety measures when meeting their potential partners in person. They would meet in a public, nonseclued place in which they were already familiar with during the daytime. In addition, the women commented how it was important to have their own means of transportation during the first meeting. Other notable measures were that some made a safe call, which is they actually made a phone call to their friend to inform them before and after the meeting that they were safe. Some other things that some women did was bring a friend, carry a cell phone, and carry mace or pepper spray. Only 8% of the 512 respondents claimed that “they felt unsafe with the last man they had met face to face from their online personal ad” (Padgett, P.M.