Boy sober: Why women are ditching dating
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12 Nov 2024
Boy sober: Why women are ditching dating

Dating apps promised to revolutionise romance for singletons, but the pursuit of human connection through digital means has only led to disappointment for many users. With some daters now swearing off apps and even dating itself, how can tech evolve to meet the ‘boy sober’ moment?

Georgina Sturmer

Georgina Sturmer is a counsellor and psychotherapist in private practice. She helps people to become happier, more confident, and more resilient in their lives and relationships. She specialises in working with women. Sturmer has commented widely for the media on mental health topics, including The Times, The Telegraph, The Guardian, Newsweek, Cosmopolitan, Stylist, Marie Claire, Women's Health, The New York Times, Metro, and BBC Radio. Her expertise includes anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, pregnancy, fertility, miscarriage, postnatal depression, domestic abuse, trauma, and loss. She's a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.

Kamalyn Kaur

Kamalyn Kaur is counsellor and therapist who specialises in supporting those with high-functioning anxiety. She also works as a confidence coach for CEOs, senior leaders, entrepreneurs, celebrities, and public figures.

Lisa Portolan

Dr. Lisa Portolan is an author and academic from Sydney. She has written a PhD on dating apps and intimacy, which was published in 2024 and developed into the book Love, Intimacy, and Online Dating (Routledge, 2023).

Kat Romero

Kat Romero is a writer and journalist with over a decade's worth of experience in the industry at a national level. She's worked across multiple sectors within journalism, focusing on lifestyle, consumer trends, health, relationships, and parenting content.