Singleton, 29, accuses Badoo of sexism after receiving a pre-written message asking ‘what’s your favourite household chore?’ – and claims it shouldn’t be an option for male daters
- Jess Becker, 29, was asked ‘what is your favourite household chore’ on Badoo
- Suitor told her it was a pre-written message made available on the app
- Badoo said the prompts are available to all users and can be edited as desired
- Jess said it is ‘degrading’ for a woman to be asked the question in 2020
A woman has accused dating app Badoo of sexist stereotyping after she received a message from a man asking: ‘What is your favourite household chore?’
Recruiter Jess Becker, 29, from north London, received the message from an unnamed man who revealed it was a ‘pre-written special from the app’.
Badoo offers conversation prompts that are available to all daters and can be edited as desired.
Jess shared the exchange on Instagram said it was ‘unacceptable’ for a woman to be asked the question in 2020.
Jess Becker, 29, from north London, pictured, slammed dating app Badoo after receiving a message asking her what her favourite chore was
A series of screenshots showed her suitor revealing it ‘didn’t come from his own head’ before joking the pair should team up and speak to Badoo about it
The recruiter posted the message to her meme page, @ShavedMyLegs, where she wrote: ‘This isn’t the 1950s. Not cool of a top global dating app to give men a prewritten pick up line to send to women. Stop the stereotypes!!’
Badoo has said it is removing the question and will review its other conversation prompts.
Speaking to FEMAIL, Jess, who also runs her own t-shirt business, said: ‘I haven’t spoken to Badoo yet. I’m not incredibly angry feminist but I saw it and I was like “wow, it’s 2020, this is unacceptable, if any guys are saying that on dating apps, it’s just degrading”.
Jess, who said she’s on multiple dating apps said she was shocked by the message.
Jess, pictured in Ibiza, shared the exchange on Instagram said it was ‘unacceptable’ for a woman to be asked the question in 2020
Jess said it is ‘degrading’ to be asked the question Pictured left at a hen do in Lisbon and right in New York
Jess, who said she’s on multiple dating apps said she was shocked by the message. Pictured on holiday in Goa
‘I don’t have a degree or any A-levels and I know its backwards. I’m friendly with the owner of J-swipe (a dating app for Jewish people) and he was shocked. He just didn’t understand.’
‘I’m not here to shame or bullying men, I’m for equality and I’m a feminist but I’m not here to burn my bra and I’m anti all this pro extreme feminism.’
Tristan Pineiro, head of communications at Badoo, told FEMAIL: ‘We have a whole series of conversation starters and suggested questions to choose from in our app, available to all our daters, regardless of gender.
‘I’m friendly with the owner of J-swipe (a dating app for Jewish people) and he was shocked. He just didn’t understand’ Jess explained, pictured in New York
‘They are designed to help our members get to know each other and decide if they want to take it further. These are in the form of a drop down menu prompt when starting a chat, and not automatically generated – the dater needs to actively make a choice, and all questions are fully editable.
‘These range from “has a stranger ever changed your life?’ to ‘what’s the worst advice you’ve ever given?” – with dozens more in between. Feedback tells us they help our members break the ice, and get over the ‘stage fright’ contacting a stranger for the first time can sometimes cause.
‘One of the questions in our long list is “what is your favourite household chore?”, which, like all our suggestions, is available for any gender to use on the app, should they wish to.
‘We do appreciate how this question could be used in a sexist way, and as well as removing this particular question will be taking a closer look at all our prompts.’
Speaking to Femail Jess (left) said she set up the page as she wanting to take the stigma out of dating and ‘raise the issues that’s no-one is talking about such as bread-crumbing and ghosting’.
Jess added that she set up the account to share ‘the millennial experience’ which is different to her parents and grandparents.