Ask HN: Why do Internet dating sites charge the same amount for men and women?
I would expect profit to be maximized at a point where men are charged more than women (I am assuming that there is greater demand for internet dating among men).
>Last September, after losing a Denver County Court case against Westword for a ladies'-night ad (at trial, he compared himself to Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr.), Horner filed a complaint against this paper with the Colorado Division of Civil Rights - a complaint he offered to settle for either $7,000 (the amount we'd need to pay in order for him to never file against us again) or $20,000 (in which case he'd also promise to not teach anyone else how to file against us). And in February, the Division of Civil Rights found probable cause that a ladies'-night ad in Westword had discriminated against Horner although just a year earlier, the same director at the same division had determined that a ladies'-night ad in the Denver Post had not discriminated against Horner, and in his determination cited the judge's ruling in our Denver County Court case, a ruling that exempted newspapers.
http://www.westword.com/2009-05-21/news/steve-horner-doesn-t...
1. Do men really out number women drastically on dating sites (this is only assumed, but is it really true?) 2. Are there any services that charges differently by gender (I can't think of one on top of my head).