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“I became a woman on a dating app”: a sexologist on how men talk to women online

Psychologist and sexologist Evgenii Leon Graf used AI to turn his photo into a female version of himself and chatted with a couple of hundred men on a dating site. His column, almost unedited, plus his answers to our questions.

By Evgenii Leon Graf Published 01.11.20269 min read

Dimitry Perepelin in a white T-shirt sitting at a wicker table in a café

PERSONAL STORY · 30.10.2026

“I posed as a woman on a dating app”: two years with a con artist from Tinder, and dating in Tashkent

Dimitry Perepelin has been dating online for almost twenty years. In Tashkent he spent two years with a woman he met on Tinder, and more than $40,000 on her. Later he set up a female profile to see men through her eyes. A guest column on trust, money and checking who you are talking to.

Томас Миллер в смокинге и бордовой бабочке на фоне лестницы в холле отеля

PERSONAL STORY · 29.10.2026

A Russian “German” on dating in Germany: 900 matches, and still no one to love

Thomas Miller has lived in Hamburg for 30 years. Dating apps gave him around 900 matches and about 50 dates, but not the woman he wants to spend his life with. A guest column on dating in Germany.