> “Islamic men interested in men who live in Tehran, Iran“
This is funny, in Iran people don't quite understand what "interested in" means. In sign up process when they see "interested in" options, they think that means "are you interested in finding friends who are male?" (same for females).
This is because:
1. People use VPN to access Facebook and Facebook can not localize/internationalize their experience.
2. Using translated Facebook sucks(at least translated in Farsi)
3. Concept of homosexual relationships is not known by many iranians because of lack of education.
So there is no wonder if people in Iran marking themself gay while they are not.
Knowing what homosexuality is =/= assuming the purpose of an innocuous-sounding phrase like "Interested in" is intended as a declaration of homosexuality, especially if you're living in an environment where you can't see why anyone would conceivably want to publicly declare it.
I suspect those least likely to select "interested in: men" are homosexually-inclined Iranians who know exactly what it's for and wish they lived in an environment where they could tick it.
you are insulting them saying they cant even understand plain english, you dont have to live in USA to understand what "interested in" mean in that context , there is nothing innocent sounding in that expresssion, and i'm not english nor have an english culture. Dont take aliens for fools.
I'll give you a relevant example:
Back in ~2006 it was possible to do similar searches within your college.
A disproportionately large number of people declaring their interest in both men and women were from China. Now it's possible that Chinese students were much more likely to be [openly] bisexual than British and European ones, but every shred of evidence I've ever seen (at college, in the media and living in a relatively-liberal ethnically Chinese country) points to the opposite.
This is funny, in Iran people don't quite understand what "interested in" means. In sign up process when they see "interested in" options, they think that means "are you interested in finding friends who are male?" (same for females). This is because:
1. People use VPN to access Facebook and Facebook can not localize/internationalize their experience.
2. Using translated Facebook sucks(at least translated in Farsi)
3. Concept of homosexual relationships is not known by many iranians because of lack of education.
So there is no wonder if people in Iran marking themself gay while they are not.
(with all respect to gay people)