The author was inspired and influenced by women she had been in contact with, not necessarily meeting them in person but generally via the internet. If they were on dating websites they generally used pseudonyms in order not to be recognized by anyone who may know them. It intrigued the author as to why they felt or needed to be on those websites in the first place. He wondered about their motives, did loneliness instigate their actions, did they do it just for fun or were they actually looking for another partner or even a discreet lover.