One of the creators of Tinder seems confused about the concept of dating, and, oh, you know, complicated concepts like treating women (especially employees) with respect.
Justin Mateen, one of the founders of Tinder, is being sued for sexual harassment by Tinder’s former vice president of marketing Whitney Wolfe, after she broke up with him and he had a bit of a texting meltdown.
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Wolfe is also alleging that he called her a whore in front of Tinder employees and that she ended up losing her job over the whole thing.
Justin Mateen and Whitney WolfeSo, in case you were wondering, this is what it looks like when one of the bosses of Tinder gets dumped:
Tinder has suspended Mateen pending an investigation into his behaviour.
In the mean time, it’s good to know one of the creators of the world’s most popular dating app is not such a pro at dating…
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Nah. This story might have two sides to it, and it's not always the seemingly innocent part who's the victim. I have been on both sides. I know people can push buttons while maintaining a politically correct facade. I have done it myself. Others have done it to me. Often it is a power strategy to get the upper hand when the other part starts expressing emotions that are very understandable, considering everything. My point being, situations like these are seldom black and white.
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While it's not the poor woman's fault, I can't help but think if she stopped engaging with him via text, it wouldn't continue and he would have moved on.
In my experience (I've had this problem in the past on more than one occasion), the best course of action is to NOT engage in the conversation at all. Once you have been threatened, you respond (as she did) that "this is threatening behaviour, completely unwelcome and unacceptable and you need to stop. If you don't stop I will contact the police."
Once you've issued that warning back the harasser, you IGNORE the texts. Most of the time it dies away quickly because the perpetrator doesn't get a rise out of you. If it doesn't stop, then you take your text records to the police and file a harassment charge.
My close friend has come into contact with a few scary men, and it's really taken a lot of time for her to learn to be able to deal with them. She used to get into full text conversations arguing her case against these guys and pleading with them to stop but all it was doing was 'feeding' these men's need for attention. Since she learnt to say "STOP, this isn't funny anymore, if you keep harassing me, I'll go the police", she really hasn't had any problems since.
It is sad in our society that anyone has to deal with this, but by not engaging in the dialogue, you're effectively cutting the line of communication and expectations from the other party.