Mate1 Sued For Sex Discrimination
Mate1.com is being sued in California Federal court for sex discrimination an the basis of Mate1.com allowing free membership to women but only paid memberships to men (after a short free trial period). Lawsuit PDF courtesy of “Online Personals Watch“.
This is the same type of thing that brought about udate.com’s demise. The site was in the top five of dating services when the suit sexual discrimination suit was started. The suit was eventually settled (if memory serves me correctly) and shortly after that was gobbled up by Match.com’s parent company to be part of InterActiveCorp.
I really liked Mate1.com but I felt that sooner or later they would be exposed to this lawsuit because of their practices. What is allowed in some counties/states is illegal elsewhere. And I think the eventual end of this lawsuit will be the same as udate.com’s was. A lengthy delay and a settlement.
