‘Strong hook up culture:' American tourist's Tiktok on Australian dating scene divides social media
Drew Mork, who has been travelling around Australia since the start of the year, shared the things Australian women have told him about dating Aussie men - and why they're over it.
"I haven't met a single Aussie girl that has said anything positive about Australian men," he said.
'They say that Aussie guys are 'feminine', 'passive' and 'don't want to pay for things' … I can't speak to that. I'm just repeating what they've said."
"One time, a girl just came up to me here and we started chatting. In the first 20 seconds of our conversation, she's like, 'Are you keen for some company tonight at your place?'."
"It's just not for me. I enjoy authentic connection.
"And I'm not putting them down. I think Australian women are stunning. But it's just not how I operate at all."
Comments on his videos have been filled with many Australian men sharing they're unimpressed with the dating game too.
'As an Aussie man… Aussie girls aren't wife material' one said.
'Aussie women seem to be the hardest to settle in the world, absolute nightmare," said another.
But Australian women weren't happy either.
'Australian men are worse,' one wrote
Another pointed to the domestic violence situation in Australia, with the comment simply reading 'we have a DV epidemic, its dangerous out here.'
However, speaking to the Daily Mail, Drew said he was truly shocked by the comments that he had seen on his TikTok video.
''I'll choose my words carefully here, but they were just basically saying that Aussie girls are loud-mouthed, masculine, like to cuss a lot, drink a lot, and that they get around,' he said.
'It was just a lot of, like, hateful comments. I wasn't expecting that from the Aussie guys.'
He also said that he was not putting down Australian women.
Drew said however that he was hopeful about finding love in Australia.
'I would love an Aussie wife," Drew said.
"I think Australian women are stunning.
"But I've just found so far that settling down doesn't seem to be a priority for some of them."
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