Bumble apologizes after the dating app is stung by its anti-celibacy billboard ads

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Women on social media criticized the company for suggesting celibacy isn't a valid personal choice.

The dating app Bumble got stung after running billboard ads that appeared to sneer at celibacy as an alternative to meeting people online.

Women on social media criticized the company for suggesting celibacy isn't a valid personal choice. Some online critics read the slogan as reflecting patriarchal notions that women should be willing to have sex with men even if they don't want to.

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