Affair agency
Under a Dating Agency refers to a commercial site that infidelity brings together -Willige fee.
How an affair agency works
Similar to a dating agency , those willing to fling can register with an affair agency and save their individual search criteria. The system then automatically generates contact suggestions on the basis of the defined search criteria and thus brings together the right people willing to fling.
Most fling agencies require a premium membership. This costs a fixed amount per month. However, some infidelity portals also work with the so-called coin system, according to which every email and every contact cost an individual amount.
The contact is mostly established via an internal communication system. First of all, members can get to know each other via email, SMS or video chat. If they are mutually pleasing, those willing to fling can then meet in real life.
Purpose of an affair agency
The idea is to bring people who want to fling together in real life via the fling portal. The affair is not left to chance, but is implemented specifically through an affair agency. The affair can be planned as a one-off action or as a long-term affair.
Affair agencies advertise that they work seriously and discreetly. The risk of being discovered should therefore be lower with an affair via an online agency than, for example, with an affair with your own secretary.
Success rate of affair agencies
The portals are persistently silent about the success rate of the affair agencies. There are no reliable statistics. The information on the gender ratio of the members - which is decisive for the success rate - is also not reliable.
Many affair agencies work with entertainers who are supposed to entertain men under false (female) user profiles. Often the women's quota is embellished in this way. A data attack on the well-known affair agency Ashley Madison revealed that the majority of men were on this portal. Under these conditions, the chances of success for men on these portals can be described as relatively low.
Seriousness of affair agencies
The seriousness of the various affair agencies is very different. Some agencies work fairly and are transparent about their members. But there are also many “black sheep” in the industry. One problem that all dating agencies struggle with is a chronic shortage of women. Serious affair agencies respond by launching advertising specifically aimed at women. Less reputable providers improve their quotas for women with female fake profiles and beautified quotas for women.
All in all, interested parties should be very critical and question the portal very carefully before registering there. Once a membership has been canceled, it cannot simply be canceled.
Moral evaluation of affair agencies
The moral valuation of affair agencies is closely linked to the moral valuation of the affair itself. The affair is as old as humanity itself. In most cultures, the affair is negatively associated. Many societies are even aware of the strict ban on cheating.
Nevertheless, the affair cannot be banished from social life, and it will probably always remain an integral part of our community life. The market for affair agencies will be correspondingly large in the future. Regardless of existing moral doubts.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Too many profiles created: ex-employee sued the affair agency Ashley Madison , in: Spiegel Online , November 12, 2013, accessed on January 23, 2016
- ↑ Michèle Binswanger: Monogamy: The big lie . In: The time . ISSN 0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed January 20, 2016]).