This seems creepy to me

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I've been looking at "shared accomodation" ads in the paper and online. I found few online that are males that 'prefer female roommate'.

This does not make sense. I mean, it only makes sense to me, if they're having problems meeting women and need the roommate as a female to get to know them and thus start a relationship. But if you ask me, this is MADE of CREEPY.

Maybe they want someone to do all the cooking and cleaning.

I prefer female company, so if I ever did that, I'd call for a girl too.

It seems weird, either looking to pick up or for cleaning/cooking. Or maybe he is really clean/tidy and assumes that female roommates will be the same?

Maybe it's because some men think living with another man is a bit "gay".

Though I agree that it seems creepy.

I would never go for it because I do not get along with men IRL.

They could be gay,gays get on well with females,well NT females anyway.

it's a pretty common thing in my area and it does seem to spring from some dislike of sharing space with another male. it's not automatically creepy. it could be a situation like a gay guy whose lover doesn't want him living with another man.

Well, with males I usually have a very bad relationship with them or a mildly positive one. With females it's almost always neutral or positive, so I would definitely pick a female roommate if given the choice.

I sort of hate guys. There's always the boundary-pushing "who's the alpha guy here" competitive stuff that comes up. Unfortunately, if you are a guy you're stuck with having to deal with them.

So I can think of a sentiment for an ad like that, but I'd never expect it to be taken seriously. I'm surprised someone even tried.

OTOH, maybe they really are trying to do something creepy.

It does seem creepy but it makes sense in a way if you want a cleaner/tidy roommate like poster above said.

So what if it's a guy looking for a relationship with a woman, what's so wrong about that? Why is it that even men have been culturally programmed to believe that wanting a woman is automatically creepy? A lot of guys end up meeting their female partners this way. A woman usually comes from some bad situation, sometimes because she can't get along with her mother or can't afford to buy her own house, so she stays with a guy. They end up liking each other, having kids, getting married, etc. If not this, then men and women usually end up pairing off under other life circumstances that bring them together, such as a long friendship. Happens all the time. You don't think guys just walk up to complete strangers looking for partners, do you?

This does not make any single sense.

(I'm a male) I've seen that often and I think of it as a great prejudice.
But the same offer can came from a "females' flat". I don't think it's a question of looking for someone to date, but rather more about the general idea that females are less noisy or more agreable to live with. And it's not true, it thoroughfully depends on the individual.