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The Dark Side of Online Dating: Understanding Risks and Misconceptions

This article explores the hidden dangers of online dating, emphasizing the physical cues we often rely on, such as body language and tone of voice, which are absent in virtual interactions. We discuss major concerns like theft, stalking, and violence, highlighting shocking cases like those of Christian Grotheer and Jeffery J. Marsalis, who took advantage of online platforms for heinous crimes. This piece warns against the perceived safety of online dating and encourages readers to reconsider their participation in such platforms.

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The Dark Side of Online Dating: Understanding Risks and Misconceptions

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  1. Julie PalermoSection 008 Against Online

  2. “Lost in Cyber space”Physical cues we use in life • Body language • Personal Hygiene • Ton of voice • The truth in Statements

  3. The lies of men and womenIts easy to be someone else when you are miles away and separated by a computer. • Men • Income • Hair • Physical condition • Women • Height • Weight • Age

  4. Misconceptions People believe online dating is safe because the internet creates a barrier between the couple until they want to remove it.

  5. Three Major Concerns • Theft • Rape • Death

  6. Theft • Oversea scammers • Identity theft

  7. Rape • Married men or women seeking affairs • Stalkers

  8. DEATH

  9. Horror stories of online Dating • Christian Grotheer, 27, from Hamburg, Germany, jailed for life for taking two lives of women he met online. • Logan, 33, faces two accounts of sexual assault that involve encounters with women he met through match.com • Jeffery J. Marsalis, 33, from Philadelphia is facing trial for 9 rape counts of 8 women and a 10th count in Idaho. All his victims were met through online dating websites.

  10. Prevention Do not par take in online dating websites!

  11. Citations “Man accused of drugging, raping online daters”. msnbc.com. 11/03/06. The Associated Press. 11/14/10. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15549172/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts “Death with Online Dating”. The Standard. 04/02/09. The Standard Publishing Newspapers Publishing Ltd. 11/14/10. http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=17&art_id=80415&sid=23322456&con_type=1 “ Man accused of raping women he met on dating site.” Chicago Breaking News Center. 01/09/10. 11/13/10. http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/01/man-accused-of-raping-women-he-met-on-dating-site.html “Dangers of Online Dating.” eHow. eHow, Inc. 11/14/10. http://www.ehow.com/about_4743354_dangers-online-dating.html Images from Google Images

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