DoucheArt

Companionship is one of the most basic human desires. We are driven to cultivate relationships with other people, develop romantic relationships, and sometimes maybe even fall in love. But in today’s world, there are so many things that can keep someone from being able to meet the “right” person. Meeting people is hard for a variety of reasons especially if you hate the bar scene, live in a small town, have a lot of relatives, work in a place where dating co-workers is against company policy, or have unique interests…just to name a few.

According to one study by StatisticBrain.com In January of 2014, there were 54,250,000 single people in the United States. Of those people, 41,250,000 have tried Online Dating. (http://www.statisticbrain.com/online-dating-statistics/)

That’s huge.

Online dating can be an incredible, amazing thing. While people once settled for a mate from their circle or “pond”, the Internet has created a much broader, larger ocean of like-minded people to choose from. It is easier to search for potential mates who meet individual dating preferences who are also looking, it can be a great networking opportunity, you can approach it with as much seriousness and dedication as you like, and…well, you might just meet someone.

But what about the not so great things? Almost everyone who has ever tried online dating has horror stories about meeting someone only to realize their profile picture was 10 years old, someone who misrepresented themselves or what they were looking for, or was really great online but ended up being a dud in person.

Being a single girl in the online dating world is really hard. While you’re able to expand your horizons and your circle, it also means that you’re more apt to run into creeps and people seem to be much bolder on the Internet. Very few people have had a stranger walk up to them in a social setting and make a great first impression with a line like, “I want to take your panties off permanently. And I would want to keep them a long time.” But if you’re a woman on the Internet, things like this happen all the time and they happen a lot.

Now granted, women who do use online dating sites and sites like Craigslist for anonymous hookups might enjoy being talked to like that by a stranger. But to a woman genuinely seeking to make a connection with another human being it can be disheartening, discouraging, and downright disgusting to run into yet another Douche. There is a difference about being direct and honest about what you want and engaging in unwanted sexual harassment...like we don't already encounter that shit in our real lives? We're looking for men on the Internet for a reason and it isn't to meet self-proclaimed "nice guys" who think talking about their genitalia and sexual fetish of choice is an appropriate first message greeting.

So, what is a single girl who gets a lot of creepy messages to do? We're not going to be ashamed by the pervy, predatory propositions we receive. We're going to take those unsolicited sexts, juvenile attempts at talking dirty, and aggressive sexual advances post them on pretty pictures, and share them on the Internet so we can all laugh at the inappropriate ways online creepers try to get lucky. What else?

And so we bring you DoucheArt: An Artistic Peek into the World of Online Dating. These are messages being sent to people on popular dating sites, real postings from Craigslist, and all thing things that make you go “hmm” we can find about online dating.