Shocking new BYU study shows how often sexual predators use dating apps to target victims.
Using data analyzed from Utah sexual assault victims’ medical exam charts from 2017 to 2020, the school's nursing professors found that 14% of rapes were committed by suspects who had met their victims through a dating app.
"When you consider mental illness as a vulnerability for sexual assault, someone that's depressed or has anxiety may be swayed more by flattery or someone who tries to get the victim alone," said BYU professor Julie Valentine. “It used to be that people would meet through mutual friends or at work or school, and there was a degree of vetting that went in place before dating. Dating apps have completely taken away that process,” Valentine said.
"A homosexual man may use dating apps more, especially in conservative cultures where it's difficult to openly forge romantic relationships," she said.
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