'Better than a real man': young Chinese women turn to AI boyfriends

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'Better than a real man': young Chinese women turn to AI boyfriends
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'Better than a real man': young Chinese women turn to AI boyfriends::Twenty-five-year-old Chinese office worker Tufei says her boyfriend has everything she could ask for in a romantic partner: he's kind, empathetic, and sometimes they talk for hours.

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If men did this they would be labeled pathetic...

You're 100% correct lol. Men who do this are roundly mocked and called sad creepy incels.

That said, the culture and dating scene for women in China is pretty awful. My ex was Chinese and had some awful dating stories, now she avoids dating Chinese men. Easy for her to do as she left china, but not everybody can/wants to.

We need to learn to be a little less mean to anybody who uses these apps. They're likely doing it because they see little alternative, yet still want affection. Calling them losers, be they male or female, achieves nothing other than hurting them.

Only thing it does is makes mean people feel better about themselves by punching down.

Aren't we already with this? I never see anyone going "You go queen!" over someone's virtual bf