What starts as “non-therapy” gathers the viciousness of a lawsuit but, unlike the normal sort, it’s carried out in the court of public opinion. And, when it comes to public opinion, there is no harsher judge, there is no appeal, and no verdict could be more final.

The first time I tried Tinder, it was spring of my freshman year of college. Within an hour, I had one guy ask me how many push-ups I could do (the answer was none), one ask me if I work at Build-A-Bear...