"I am, and we are, women who have dated and continue to date in a male-dominated world. I am, and we are, women who network, have had careers, and will continue to have careers in a male-dominated culture.

I am, and we are, women who have experienced the struggles of female companionship. We have felt the pain of attempting to build a friendship in a world that socializes women to be jealous of and competitive with one another.

I am, and we are, women who have grown up in a world where we were raised to play a submissive role to men in every category, not just dating. I have lived these things. Our team has lived these things.

I want to change the way connecting happens. We care deeply about making an impact, not only through product and tech but in the way we stand up for an individual user, or millions of users. We listen to our users. We give them what they want and need through things like new safety features.

Our brand wants to push the limits and break through the antiqued gender roles we have quite literally been bred to believe in. Everything (love, friendship, work) starts with a connection. We plan to be a force for change and lead the charge toward a better society and world.

We are every single woman getting on the app to look for love, friendship, a job, and more. We have been them and we will continue to be them.

We aren’t perfect. We have a long way to go, but we won’t stop.

XO,

Whitney"

What the fuck was the point of them sending that email??!!