BUMBLE TAKES DOWN ITS ANTI-CELIBACY AD

[@Jo-sx8yi]

I'm not even a celibate/perpetuator of purity culture but MAN let people abstain if it helps them

[@thefeminineeye]

They'll lose subscribers and money and they can't have that.

[@marichu899]

I glad it was taken down, when I first saw this I was completely shocked. I want to be celibate until the day I get married. I thought I was too prudish until I saw all the controversy.

[@macdeus2601]

"Celibacy" means a promise to never get married (as well as not having extra-marital sex). It means you're consciously swearing off all forms of sexual relationship for your entire life. Usually the only people who do this are clergy in certain religions (such as Catholicism and Buddhism), though I guess there's also things like the "MGTOW" movement that arguably fit the definition too. You're probably thinking of "abstinence", which just means not having sex for a specific, limited period of time (such as "until I get married"). The ads were trying to suggest that people who were thinking about giving up on dating due to past disappointment should try their dating app because it would supposedly give them better results. Maybe not the best advertising strategy, but they're not necessarily promoting pre-marital sex. If you do plan to get married at some point, you'll presumably have to do some dating to accomplish that, which would make you a potential customer of a dating service such as Bumble.

[@thefeminineeye]

There's nothing prudish about it It's a great idea, especially these days.

[@thefeminineeye]

@@macdeus2601 celibacy is fine as well for those who want it. There are people who have completely sworn off sex and are non-religious

[@marichu899]

@@macdeus2601 Thank you for explaining

[@namaste348]

Bumble probably had their PR team issue this apology and statement on the same day that they made those billboards. They know what they're doing and they don't care about women. Match group and all the other dating apps do not care about women. Women, stand strong

[@AdLockhorst-bf8pz]

Being a 304 is never good advice; being a 304 because a company tells you to ...

[@Rk3tSk8s-ut4yo]

Celebacy is the answer to the question, "What happens after marriage?"

[@thefeminineeye]

After?

[@Rk3tSk8s-ut4yo]

Yes. After. Marriage and especially kids kill a sex life.