![]() ![]() ![]() Years later, Sivan was scrolling through old text messages and found a selfie he had sent the guy, in which Sivan thought he looked shockingly young.” When Sivan first joined the hookup app Grindr, he had an encounter with a man who was in his thirties. While there’s technically nothing illegal about a large age gap, it begs the question: why are older men messaging barely legal teenagers? Just the very thought of someone 30 years old or older sexually pursuing an 18-year-old should be disturbing.Įven Troye Sivan opened up on his uncomfortable experience on Grindr to The New Yorker, “One of its tracks, ‘Seventeen,’ is based on an experience common to young gay men but rarely talked about. Unfortunately, grooming on the app is not an uncommon occurrence. However, it is the type of culture created and perpetuated that makes it extremely damaging, especially to younger users. Hookup culture isn’t inherently detrimental. Whether it’s teenagers being groomed by other men or individuals using the app to feed into their unhealthy coping mechanisms, the culture on Grindr, as well as gay hookup culture in general, needs serious change. On the outside, Grindr may seem to exist for some quick fun, but if we take a deeper look into the dynamics, interactions, and normalized behaviors on the app, there lies a plethora of damaging, dangerous, and outright illegal issues that need to be addressed. While it can be used for other purposes, the connotation around the app is centered around sex and sexual interactions between men. Essentially, it’s an app mainly used by queer men to hookup with other queer men. However, for those unfamiliar with the app, it’s quite simple. If you’re queer, you’ve probably heard of Grindr one way or another. ![]()
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