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HERE - WomanSavers.com
Stephany Alexander Author, online Dating Expert, columnist, website founder women’s speaker womansavers@womansavers.com 1-602-516-0333 Bio Nicknamed “Little Miss WomanSaver” by her fans, Stephany Alexander is an online dating and infidelity expert and founder of WomanSavers.com, home of the world’s largest database rating men. This controversial website lets women warn other women about abusive and cheating men before it’s too late. It provides a woman-to-woman character reference on men, articles, advice and the internet’s most popular abused women’s message board. Men are also free to tell their side of the story. WomanSavers.com is ranked in the top 5% most popular websites in the world and receives over 2 million hits per month. Website’s features include: • • • • • • • • • • • • • #1 Most Popular Abused Women’s Forum and Chat Character check on over 30,000 men Articles and advice on relationships and healing from abuse Free medical advice from the resident “Doctor WomanSaver” Free abuse advice from a psychotherapist and best selling author Online library and popular blog with hundreds of resources Statistics on infidelity and abuse Polls on relationships, sex & dating with over 300,000 women polled Therapeutic games, e-cards and humor to help women heal WomanSavers TV Women’s Radio Channel Quizzes that help women evaluate their relationships Targets sex offenders, child molesters and convicted felons Ms. Alexander gives street-smart advice that women call “life saving.” She has been called America's most straight shooting dating and relationship expert. She is author of the book entitled “Sex, Lies and the Internet,” as well as the author of numerous articles on relationships, abuse and cheating men. The book is filled with heartbreaking tragedy and humor from real-life stories shared by thousands of women who have found healing at her website. She has been featured on television, radio and in newspapers and magazine articles worldwide. Her popularity comes from her straight-forward way of handling difficult, hard-core topics with sensitivity and humor, helping women cope and rebuild their self esteem. Years of experience make her both inspiring and accessible. Together they can vent, cry, then laugh again, allowing them the power to heal. Her website has spawned a global network of hundreds of women who volunteer their time and energy to support other women. She has traveled to over 34 countries inspiring women worldwide. Ms. Alexander holds Bachelor degrees in Communications and German. She enjoys scuba diving, snow skiing, tennis, yoga and spending time with her three dogs. WomanSavers.Com “Women remain in abusive relationships because they don’t know a way out, WomanSavers shows them a way out.” -Stephany Alexander, Site Founder • • World’s largest database rating men • • • Over 2 million page views per month • High Profile Advertisers like LionsGate Motion Pictures • • • • 40,000 Incoming links • Free medical information from the resident “Doctor WomanSaver” • Free abuse advice from a psychotherapist and best selling author #1 most popular abused women’s forum with 700,000+ postings top 5% of all women’s websites Over 90% Women: one of the highest concentrations of women at one site Provides credit check on character Articles on healing & relationships A Percentage of Proceeds donated to abused women’s charities WomanSavers.Com Hot Topic Surveys • • • • • • Women’s Games Ongoing live surveys on Hot Topics 300,000+ women polled in surveys Dozens of Relationship Quizzes Custom Women’s Online Games Women’s Radio Custom Women’s Cartoon Comedies featured on “YouTube” Women’s Cartoon Comedies WomanSaver’s TV Women’s Radio * Ranked Higher than: - Cosmopolitan.com - VictoriaSecret.com * ranked by incoming links * Ranked Similar to: - Oxygen.com - CosmeticMall.com Women’s Organizations WomanSavers is proud to be an active supporter of the following organizations: ABWA.org (American Business Women of America) ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) ANITABORG.org (Anita Borg Institute of Technology) AWECONNECT.com (Association of Web Entrepreneurs) BLOGHER.org CALIFORNIAWOMEN.org (California First Lady Governors Convention) DOWNTOWNWOMENSCLUB.com EWOMENNETWORK.com NAFE.com (National Association of Female Executives) NATPE (National Association of Television Program Executives) NAWBO.org (National Association of Women Business Owners) NAWW.org (National Association of Women Writers) NOW.org (National Organization of Women) PETA.org (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals RAINN (Rape Abuse & Incest National Network) REMARKABLEWOMANMAG.com SWWAN.org (Single Working Women's Affiliate Network)* Founding Member WITI.com (WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY) WOMANOWNED.com In the News Lizette Alvarez, February 16, 2006 Need to know if he's a bad egg? WomanSavers.com may know. Unearthing a potential mate's cheating, thieving, maybe even psychotic ways during the early stages of courtship has always been tricky business. But it is particularly difficult today, when millions are searching for dates online and finding it far easier to lie to a computer than to someone's face. But the Internet is now offering up an antidote. Web sites like WomanSavers.com are dedicated to outing bad apples or just identifying people who may not be rotten but whose dating profiles are rife with fiction. While many women find the Web sites amusing and sometimes helpful, they have enraged men, guilty or not, some of whom send e-mail messages or call the posted phone numbers to have their names and photographs taken down. They argue that the Web sites are biased and damaging, particularly if the story being told is false. And while the women remain anonymous, the men are offered up in full detail. WomanSavers.com which features a drawing of a woman dressed in red, carrying . a pitchfork and sprouting tiny horns, has a questionnaire that generates a rating of a man as good or bad from zero to 122; most men end up in the muddled middle. The multiple-choice questionnaire allows women to check off descriptive statements ranging from "stinks, has body odor, bad breath and doesn't care" to "He has the perfect balance of humility and confidence." The site can warn a woman that the purported 6-foot-4 Wall Street stockbroker with bulging pectorals is really a baldish, 5-foot-10 Wall Street Journal delivery man with man breasts. Users post the nickname that the person in question uses on an online dating service like Match.com, and warn that the posted profile is misleading. A click of the mouse can send the curious to the person's profile page. Roberta Lipman of New York, an artist and real estate agent, does dating due diligence on TrueDater.com. Reading profiles on sites like Match.com is like reading code, she said. Take the word "separated" as a description of marital status. See it and run, she said. Wednesday, February 22, 2006 Now instead of plotting revenge with your closest girlfriend, you can visit http:// www.womansavers.com and tell thousands of people how he cheated on you with your best friend, dumped you after sex, didn't give you a thing for Valentine's Day, missed your birthday, or berated you. "A lot of women who have been abused or cheated on are angry," says Steffi Alexander, also known as Little Miss WomanSaver. She created the Web site in 2002 after a bad breakup. "They come to the site, they vent and complain. It prevents them from doing things that could be a lot worse." WomanSavers.com has a free database that allows women to rate men they have dated in categories such as fidelity and verbal, emotional and physical abuse. A comments section allows them to explain -- because, let's face it, why would anyone visit this site if she didn't need to vent? So far, the database has 12,000 names, complete with birth date and hometown. Postings are anonymous, which seems a little unfair, but women do have the option to leave their name. However, many do not because they have been abused and fear for their safety. The men listed are free to post a rebuttal to tell their side of the story. "I think this is going to make a difference," says Alexander, a single woman in her 30s, who splits her time between New York and Scottsdale, Ariz. "It might improve men's behavior. If they get caught, it may prevent potential future abuse of a woman. If it saves a handful of women from getting hurt by a man, it's all worthwhile." "I built this Web site to help women," she says. "The dating world is treacherous. There is so much lying, deceit, cheating and abuse going on." Despite the horror stories, she still has hope that good men are out there. She has managed to avoid more abusive relationships. Press Quotes “Reviews your potential mate like Zagat's critiques a restaurant.” Oct 2006 “The site can warn women” February 16, 2006 “Offers women the Holy Grail of manexamination: a chance to hear from his exes.” North Carolina, Jan 17, 2006 Eric Frazier “Need to know if he's a bad egg? [WomanSavers.com] may know.” “Dedicated to outing the bad apples.” Feb 2006, Lizette Alvarez “Cracking the whip exposing men who cheat” 5p & 10 p, KTTV-TV CH 11, Feb/ 28, 2006 “A place for abused women to find help and to warn other women about bad guys.” Salt Lake City, Mar 2006, Mary Richards WOR-AM 710 (ABC) New York, Joan Hamburg Program, Feb 16, 2006 “It’s all the rage of the web.” Jacksonville, Florida, Feb 14, 2006 Sharlene Shirk Good Day Philadelphia, Feb 22, 2006 “Screens the dogs from entering your life.” Feb 22, 2006 Los Angeles, 2006 “Provides an outlet for women to vent about their relationships and post warnings about certain men.” 3 “WomanSavers.com has a free database that allows women to rate men they have dated.” Feb 22, 2006 Wednesday, February 22, 2006 Nightly News, DC, April 26, 2006 Eyewitness News This Morning At 6, (CBS) Washington, DC, Feb 16, 2006 WJBK-TV CH 2 Detroit, Feb 23, 2006, ABC Action News At 11 PM WFTS-TV CH 28 (ABC) Tampa/St. Petersburg, Feb 27, 2006, Good Day Tampa Bay Phoenix, Feb 22, 2006, Fox 10 News @ Five WTVT-TV CH 13 (FOX) Tampa/St. Petersburg, Feb 22, 2006, The Newsroom KSAZ-TV CH 10, Feb 22, 2006 Los Angeles, March, 2006 Web site gathers names of guys to avoid in dating Salt Lake City July 29, 2003 “No holds barred” June 2006 Feb 22, 2006, 9 Eyewitness News 6a February 2006 FOX 2 News Morning, 11am & 10p Media Exposure WomanSavers.com has captured national media attention reporting on WomanSaver's unique female-targeted content including the largest online database rating men, evaluated by women and published in a ground breaking woman-to-woman referral system. TELEVISION CBC Early Show Miami MSNBC ABC Action News FOX Nationwide News Good Day Las Vegas Mike & Juliet Show CNN WTXF-TV Boston WJBK-TV Detroit WFTS-TV Good Day Tampa Bay KTVK-TV CH3 (IND) Phoenix RADIO Sirius Satellite Radio KIIS-FM, LA, hosted by Ryan Seacrest KROQ, Los Angeles KTALK 630 AM, Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan 12, 2008 KQDS, 94.9FM, Minnesota, Jan 8, 2008 WDVE, 102.5-FM, Pittsburgh, Dec 30, 2007 CFRB 1010 AM, Toronto & Montreal, Canada, Dec 20, 2007 106.1FM, KRAB, Bakersfield, CA, Dec 12, 2007 107.5FM, WAZO, North Carolina, Dec 11, 2007 Voice America, Amazing Women, CA, Nov 28, 2007 Q92.5FM, WZKL, Canton, OH, Nov 16, 2007 X-Zone Radio, Ontario, Canada, Sept 25, 2007 KKCB FM 105.1, Duluth, Minnesota, Sept 25, 2007 WHBC 1480-AM, Canton, Ohio, Sept 24, 2007 FM-98 PXY, Rochester, NY, Sept 24, 2007 Walk Radio 1370-AM, NY, Sept 20, 2007 KTLR 93.1 FM, Oklahoma, Sept 16, 2007 1220-AM Ontario, Canada Sept 12, 2007 KXYL, 96.9 Texas Sept 7, 2007 96.3 FM, WDVD, Detroit, Michigan Aug 24, 2007 FM B-100 WBYT, Indiana Aug 24, 2007 WEEU Pennsylvania, Aug 7, 2007 Women Aloud Radio, July 30, 2007 850 KOA, Denver, Colorado July 19, 2007 KLLY, 95.3 FM, Bakersfield, CA July 12, 2007 WOCM, Ocean 98.1 FM July 12, 2007 WNTN 1550, Massachusetts, July 10, 2007 WBIG - Chicago, Interview July 3, 2007 WJYE-FM, Buffalo, NY July 2, 2007 WVTL-AM 1570, New York, April 27, 2007 BBS Radio, Washington, June 27, 2007 WHTC 1440, Michigan, June 25, 2007 WGBB - Long Island Dating Radio, April 2007 KSL News Radio Interview, Aired March 20, 2006 KROQ, 106.7 FM, Los Angeles, CA 2005 Interview with Steve & Joey on 9FM PRINT & INTERNET New York Times Wall Street Journal Chicago Tribune Toronto Sun Cosmopolitan Lincoln County News, Domestic Violence Article, Nov 2007 Women's Business Magazine Oct 2007 (featured Stephany Alexander as their Business Women's Spotlights) Life Script May 2007 Chatelaine Magazine, Canada April 2007 Foxnews.com, Truth Will Set You Free, Jan 2007 Esquire Magazine Oct 2006 Associated Press, Feb 2006 Charlotte Observer Jan 2006 Author Chapter Excerpt 2 out of every 5 “single & available” men on dating websites is actually married. ~ MSNBC Survey SEX, LIES & THE INTERNET An Online Dating Survival Guide To read in-depth information about Ms. Alexander's book and to see her discuss key points via streaming video, please visit SexLiesandtheInternet.com Articles The Truth Will Set You Free, January 2007 Lis Wiehl Anyone who has ever dated has a bad relationship story: he is a liar; she was cheating with my best friend; I found out he is married; and it goes on and on. Now, with explosion of blogs, online message boards and personal websites, bitter exes can share all their horrible stories with the world. One website, womansavers.com provides an outlet for women to vent about their relationships and post warnings about certain men. The statements, typically provided by the wronged ex-girlfriend, range from insults to scandalous accusations. Consider the following message, which appears complete with this guy’s name and picture, from the womansavers.com website: "This guy is totally gross and disgusting. He lives in a trailer next to his mommy (who had sex with him and they have a kid too, gross!). He's got 2 kids, but only is interested in his most recent one because she's a girl (and this guy is a pervert!!!). He is a child molester but he hasn't been caught. He got in trouble with a 14 -year-old girl but the judge just gave him probation." Sounds a little too sensational to be true, right? It’s possible that many people reading this post would laugh it off, or not think twice about the serious accusations of incest and child molestation. After all, these antidating websites are more common than you would think, and account for just a portion of the interactive messaging websites out there. Then, there are numerous celebrity gossip blogs that post speculation or could-be-true stories about this moment’s "it" celebrity. Congress has stepped in to regulate this increasingly litigious area by passing the Communications Decency Act, which protects host Web sites, like AOL and MySpace, from liability from statements made by third parties that post on their sites. So that leaves people who believe they have been libeled to search out the statements made by the original author — but that’s tough to do on sites that allow anonymous posts. The Internet, with its continuous evolution, has made filing defamation lawsuits much more difficult to bring. Difficult, but not impossible, as the Brock ruling from Florida showed. So, if you are going to post a comment on places like baddrivers.com or "don’t date him" websites, make sure that it is either clearly your opinion or can be verified as fact. If nothing else, ask yourself if you have $11.3 million extra to pay for a defamation lawsuit before signing online. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,240697,00.html TRUTH SQUAD: MEN LIE MORE THAN WOMEN? Eric Frazier, Jan 17, 2006 Women say it so often it has become a cornerstone of female dating wisdom, passed on from sorority house to sewing circle: Men are liars. Or, if the speaker is in a kindly mood, she might add: Most are, anyway. Hard-nosed 21st-century journalist that I am, I went to google.com in search of the truth. I typed in "lying men" and found angry, disgusted, disillusioned women who are sick of being deceived. High on the list of sites was WomanSavers.com, which bills itself as the world's largest Internet database that ranks individual men. It promises to help women avoid wasting time with "cheating men, lying men, abusive men or just plain ... " well, you get the picture. "We don't hate all men," says site founder Stephany Alexander, "just the jerks." It offers women the Holy Grail of man-examination: a chance to hear from his exes. Women send in their ratings of ex-husbands and boyfriends on everything from infidelity and abusive behavior to hygiene and manners. Nice guys finish first, the site says. But considering the site's blood-red background and picture of a she-devil with pitchfork and bullwhip, I'm not sure nice guys want to finish first here. On dating sites, women repeatedly declare in their profiles that fork-tongued "players" shouldn't even bother. The ones who are really steamed start typing in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS when they touch this third rail of a topic. You'd think there was an epidemic or something. Amy Sohn, a writer for New York magazine, said as much last year, blaming Internet dating and the ready availability of casual sex for the fib-fest she sees unfolding in the Big Apple. Men, she suggested, see women as disposable dates and feel no compunction about lying to one as they trot on to the next. Heidi Muller, a relationship correspondent at AskMen.com, calls lying the favorite pastime of men. The only men who don't, she added, are either gay, sincerely religious, "or have had their tongue removed." There were some differences, though. When women lied to other women, it was usually what she called kind-hearted lies, like "You look great in that dress" or "Your casserole was fantastic." When men lied to other men, it was usually a more self-serving lie, say, fibbing about their golf handicap. But she didn't see any clear gender-based distinction when she studied lies men told women and lies women told men. . So why do so many women believe so strongly that men simply can't tell the truth? "Maybe the lies the men tell to them are the ones they notice," DePaulo said. "They're the ones that matter." “WomanSavers.com may have the ability to change men's behavior worldwide by making them more accountable for their actions.” --Patrick Byrne, Owner, Overstock.com Q. Why did you create Womansavers.com? Q. How does WomanSavers make money? A. Like many women, I survived abuse both as a child and an adult and decided it was time to stop living with the pain and start doing something to prevent further abuse for others. I created WomanSavers.com in 2002 after a painful breakup. I wanted to use the internet to help women avoid abusive and painful relationship. A. WomanSavers makes money through advertising. We have been fortunate to have attracted major advertisers such as LionsGate Motion Pictures, Beauty.com and Overstock.com. It’s free to post and there is a minimal processing fee to edit or delete a post. A percentage of proceeds are donated to abused women and children's charities. Q. How popular is the site for woman to post about cheaters? Q. Should single women be checking up on their guy? What happened to trust? A. WomanSavers.com is a popular place to post lying, cheating and abusive men. There are over 30,000 men listed, making it the largest database of its kind in the world. And not all posts are negative. Many times women will brag about their partners. Plus, men frequently post themselves. However, when a man posts himself it’s usually obvious because he often goes on about how great in bed he is! Women rarely post about a man's sexual skills but rather about infidelity, lying and abuse. The site has become so popular I created a similar site called Rateb4udate.com where both men and women can be listed to help promote safer dating worldwide. Both websites are like a credit bureau for dating. Q. What is “cyber cheating” and how does it affect relationships? A. Cyber cheating is emotional cheating that usually ends up leading to physical infidelity. In addition, addiction to pornography has become a huge problem, especially when a man chooses to surf porn instead of spending time with his reallife partner. One of our lady members was so frustrated over her husband’s pornography addiction that she placed his computer screen on his pillow and told him to sleep with it from then on. Q. What are some of the most destructive websites for relationships? A. There are so many sites out there for hooking up single and married people, such as affairmatch.com and meet2cheat.com. Womansavers tries to balance out the evil with some good. These affair sites are destructive and encourage people to cheat. Ashleymadison.com, one of the largest, advertises the slogan "when monogamy becomes monotony." These sites are also some of reason why I created WomanSavers.com. A. For single women dating today, I recommend a background check and a search through the WomanSavers Rate-A-Guy Database. In a world of murderers, thieves, child molesters and con-artists, it’s important that people protect themselves. We do a credit check before lending money, or inspect our homes and cars before purchasing, why wouldn’t we do the same for personal relationships where so much more is at stake? 57% of all rapes happen on dates.* Women, especially single mothers, are vulnerable in the online world where dangerous men can easily hide behind aliases. 82% of all child sex abuse is committed by men in a relationship with the mother.* The typical child sex offender molests an average of 117 children, most of whom do not report the offense.* (*source: Monterey Rape Crisis Center www.mtryrapecrisis.org/statistics) A little information before it’s too late can prevent a lot of abuse. Q. What advice would you offer a woman who thinks she's being cheated on? A. Many women make the biggest mistake by accusing their partner of cheating without having solid evidence because they are thinking with their emotions. If their partner is actually cheating, they usually don't admit it and then cover their tracks better next time. It is then that women begin questioning their sanity and intuition. In my years as a relationship expert, I have found that a woman's gut instinct is usually correct. WomanSavers.com is famous for teaching women tricks on how to catch a cheater and there is an entire section dedicated to that. Once a woman has proof her partner has been cheating, she must decide whether to give her partner another chance or whether to leave him. If a woman's partner is a chronic cheater, I recommend her leaving for the sake of her personal physical health and self esteem. Gallery I Celebrity Kim Kardashian Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney Baywatch Actress Alexandra Paul Comedian Elayne Boosler Gallery II