@YetAnotherSpartacus
We are speculating over a computational device that we know nothing about and which if it is unlikely to be in order to enhance women's dignity, safety and recognition of their individual sexual desire, because, frankly, none of these things has ever been front and centre for researchers or policy makers.
Lesbians deserve to know the biological sex or birth sex of the person they are chatting with online.
If they have a desire for women and not men then this needs to be respected - otherwise, it is lesbophobia.
We live in a world where men have historically and continue in the current world to harass, assault, intimidate, rape and murder women.
Lesbian women need a way of making damn sure that they know the sex of the person they are communicating with on dating apps for their own safety. Their dignity and desire is important too.
All of these apps, whether for straight or lesbian women, need to be made safer.
Women's safety must always be front and centre.
Glinner exposed a massive flaw in one app on the grounds of the above. Good for Glinner (although, mate, that eyeshadow makes you look awfully 70s).
As far as I am concerned he did well to do so.
Women should always have the right to say 'no' to dick no matter who that dick is or was attached to. That's the basis of consent.
I agree with most of your points but there is no way to make 100% sure who you match with or talk to is a woman or even who they say they are until you meet them. Catfishing is a thing. Anyone could use a woman’s profile and pretend to be a woman or somebody they are not.
There are many fake women profiles on lesbian apps, and I find them more dangerous than trans profiles because with the profile of trans people you can usually either tell the person is trans or they usually state it.
Some people are working on new technologies that will allow people to use both the image and voice of someone who exists and have them say and do whatever you want.
You can find many examples online but here is one using president Obama:
Technology is getting out of hand and using stereotypes to figure out if the people we are talking to online are even real or male-born or female-born will be near on impossible.
Women simply have to assume that there is no way to know 100% for sure when online and they shouldn’t trust anyone to be who they say they are even if they are verified. Assuming you might be getting catch fish and not sharing/giving more of you to someone you perceive as a woman online more than you would want a man to find out is good advice, until you can meet in a public space and ensure the person’s identity.
We need to teach each other and our kids that there is no safe space on the internet. There should be, I agree. But the reality is that technology is continuously abused to try and scam or lure others and NO space on the internet can be trusted.
Like the article that was shared by a PP on how even an app like Giggle that promises a safe space for females only actually enable anyone (through safety issues) to not only access their members pictures but also phone numbers and home addresses.
The internet simply isn’t a space where one can trust they are in anyway shape or form safe or that they are talking to who they think they are talking.
And thinking that a female only space will prevent men from getting in and potentially abusing or luring women and harming them is faillible logic. A false sense of safety is often more dangerous than being on the edge.
As a lesbian on lesbian apps I don’t fear trans individuals because I already can tell they are trans so I can avoid interacting with them on the dating app if I want to, which make their presence irrelevant to me, I on the other hand can’t always tell for sure if the profiles of the women I am talking to are in fact real or actually were created by a man (men who are more likely to be predatory than trans individuals who are honest about the fact they are trans).
Which is why I don’t necessarily agree with the OP like yes lesbians and women should be able to have their own safe spaces that doesn’t involve humans with penises BUT I don’t necessarily believe those places can exist on the internet or at least not with the current technology available, and therefore I would MUCH rather be in an inclusive space where I can tell quickly (or more likely) if someone I am talking to as a penis vs being in a space that sells me the image of a penis-free environment but is actually 50% men under fake profiles that are undetectable as I personally find that much more dangerous and much more likely to end up in harm.