# @smeharbinger on Instagram - **Type:** Image - **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CqT83WcpoBe - **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/22490397-smeharbinger-instagram - **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/205c8d1540.jpg - **Posted:** 2023-03-28T00:01:26.000+00:00 - **Account Owner:** The Harbinger (@SMEHarbinger) — https://gondola.cc/SMEHarbinger ## Caption Swipe left. Swipe left. Wait… swipe right! *You matched with Noah* “Hi, what’s up?” Deep breaths, don’t be nervous. Five minutes pass. Why aren’t they responding? Ten more minutes pass. It’s probably because I’m ugly. They must’ve accidentally swiped right on me. Why do I even— “Hey ur cute, wanna meet up?” This conversation, though seemingly innocent, can end very differently. They could end up like the 22% of dates arranged through a dating app that ended in sexual assault. Or the victims of sexual grooming when Tinder discovered more than 7% of their users were underage. Or the countless unreported cases of sexual assault as a result of dating apps. All starting with a simple right swipe. Since their creation in the early 2010s, apps originally intended for meeting romantic partners have been increasingly utilized by high schoolers for casual sex and hooking up. In an Instagram poll of East students who use dating apps, 42% said that their primary intention for using dating apps was hooking up or casual sex, as compared to the 32% who used it for emotional validation and 26% who used it for meeting romantic partners.  This rising culture of online dating and hookups among often underage high schoolers exploits the loneliness of already-vulnerable young people and traps them in cycles of low self-esteem and potential sexual violence. Read the rest of issue 13 editorial by clicking the link in bio. #artbysophielindberg #socialmediabysophielindberg ## Stats - **Views:** 0 - **Likes:** 135 - **Shares:** 0 - **Comments:** 0 ## Tags socialmediabysophielindberg, artbysophielindberg --- Copyright (c) Gondola