A woman has accused a dating app of sexism after a man was prompted to ask her "what's your favourite chore?".
Recruiter Jess Becker was matched with a guy on the singles app Badoo, but was shocked to see his conversation starter.
The 29-year-old from North London says her potential date told her it was a ‘pre-written Badoo special’ as part of their list of prompts, which can be edited by users.
Jess, who runs her own T-shirt company, said she didn't understand why the question was relevant and shared the exchange on her Instagram account.
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She captioned the image: "This isn’t the 1950s. Not cool of a top global dating app to give men a pre-written pickup line to send to women.
"Stop the stereotypes!!"
Speaking to the Metro, Jess said: "Even if a guy asked me that directly, I’d feel very uncomfortable, questioning what does he expect of me? Is he setting the tone of our relationship?
"I believe in equal relationships and chores, bills etc should be split!"
Jess who also runs @shavedmylegs a meme dating account, to talk about what modern dating is like.
She said: "I am hoping to create transparency on the dating scene by posting my messages- rejection, ghosting, breadcrumbing and how it is affecting mental health and damaging people’s confidence.
"Millennials are at a generational crossroads – our parents, grandparents had kids very young, dated without technology and want their kids to get married ASAP and on the other hand, we see women CEOs, women freezing out eggs.
"It’s a very confusing time for men. But it doesn’t have to be a man’s world and we can be in control too!"
A Badoo spokeswoman said: "[Our prompts] range from “has a stranger ever changed your life?” to “what’s the worst advice you’ve ever given?” – with dozens more in between.
"Feedback tells us they help our members break the ice, and get over the “stage fright” contacting a stranger for the first time can sometimes cause.
"One of the questions in our long list is “what is your favourite household chore?”, which, like all our suggestions, is available for any gender to use on the app, should they wish to.
"We do appreciate how this question could be used in a sexist way, and as well as removing this particular question will be taking a closer look at all our prompts."
