Single man who posed as a woman in online dating experiment is left shocked when he gets 400 messages in three days (and most are absolute filth)

A single man who was fed up of having bad luck on dating sites has revealed how he posed as a woman to find out what it's like for the opposite sex.

To stage the experiment, Sy Thomas, 36, from London, underwent a makeover - complete with feminine clothes, a wig and full make-up - to pose as a woman and to his shock he received more than 400 messages in three days.

But the comedian was shocked to realise he was at the receiving end of the wrong kind of attention as he was inundated with sleazy come-ons and cheesy pick-up lines from strange men.

Sy Thomas posed as a woman to find out what it's like for the opposite sex to go online dating

Sy Thomas had a makeover with a dark-haired wig and glamorous lacy dress for pictures to set up his new profile with on a dating app to become 'Simone'

Sy, who outlined his experiment in a video that's been viewed more than 200,000 times, said: 'I'm a single man growing increasingly frustrated with online dating.

'It got me thinking what if I was a woman. Maybe I'd learn techniques from the men trying to woo me.' 

He filmed his makeover from donning his long dark wig to fitting chicken fillets into his strapless bra for the clip, posted on the What If? channel.

After a close shave, he pulled on a tight black lacy dress, plucked his eyebrows and completed his look with smoky eye make-up and bright pink lipstick.

Once his transformation was complete he began taking his selfies that would form the foundation of his new profile.

Simone had one Harry Potter-themed message which Sy noted was referring to the man's penis, left, and he was surprised to find how crude some were

Sy had 'chicken fillets' to create breasts inserted into a bra, left, and had a dark wig and heavy makeup applied

Sy took selfies for his dating profile as his new glamorous female persona in a lacy black dress and jewellery

Sy decided to call himself Simone, that he was 28 and she was the kind of person who would take mirror selfies and pictures outside holding a coffee cup.

But even he was surprised by the success of his experiment.  

He said: 'I have been inundated with responses, it turns out I'm much more popular as a woman.

'Look, it just goes on and on,' he said, pointing to his matches.

'I've been on the dating apps for years and I've never had as many as I've had in days.

'Let's look at them.'

Many of the messages open with 'hi' or 'hello' but then he found some more interesting ones. He imitated Joey from Friends to read one, 'How you doin'?'

The openers failed to impress Sy who urged single men 'to put some thought' into their messages.  

Sy took her new outfit for a spin outside to create a variety of pictures for the profile, posing with a coffee cup

Sy was bemused (right) to receive so many off-colour messages including many that were outright X-rated

One crude opener started off harmless enough.

He read: '"Do you like Harry Potter?" Very much.' But he continued: '"If so you should open up your Chamber of Secrets and let my Basilisk Slytherin".'

Another wrote: 'Do you like prison food? and surprised Sy showed it to camera.

There were plenty more steamy messages. One read: 'If you were a washing machine, I'd put my dirty load inside you.' Sy responded that that kind of message 'should be illegal.'

One direct man wrote: 'I need a massage' and an even ruder one posted that he wanted to perform a sex act on Simone.

While another was slightly more complimentary and wrote 'damn girl' with a winking face.

One posted: 'Are you a cigarette? Because you're smoking hot and I want to stick your butt in my mouth.

Simone's dating app profile had her age at 28 and a picture of Sy following his makeover

Amid the deluge of filth, one suitor actually left Sy impressed when he wrote: 'Your eyes are amazing, nice to meet you.'

Sy replied: 'He's correct, they are spectacular.'

One went for insulting, possibly as a way of getting Simone's attention, and wrote: 'You look like trash.' 

While another went on the charm offensive and sent Simone: 'And I thought owning a model agency and nightclub I knew what sexy women looked like.

'I clearly didn't, until now.'

One went for a very brief introduction and posted: 'Simon...artist.'

Sy was shocked (right) by some of the filthy responses(left) he received from online suitors

At the end of his experience Sy said many of the openers were something noone would 'say to someone in a bar' and he preferred the genuine messages

But Sy was confused by one down with the kids sender who wrote: 'Hello there beautiful WUU2? 

'What does WUU2 mean? he asked the camera man. 'Just say what you up to?'

At the end of his experience, Sy told the camera: 'I was inundated, turns out I'm very popular as a woman. 

'But what have I learned from these opening messages for my own experiences online? 

'A lot of these opening messages, you'd never say that to someone in a bar. 

'The best messages were the ones that were genuine and nice and those were the ones that hit home and that's what I'm going to be more like when I'm doing online dating.'