A student says she was inundated with bizarre messages on dating app Tinder after describing herself as a 'feminist'.

Lauren Goodfellow says the simple label caused confusion among potential suitors, some of whom sent her abusive messages.

The 19-year-old has now published some of the responses she got to putting the word in her Tinder biography online.

Lauren Goodfellow says she was sent 'ignorant' and 'saddening' messages after describing herself as a feminist on dating app Tinder

The student rewrote her biography for a 'social experiment' before receiving the messages through the app

Ms Goodfellow, a genetics student at the University of Manchester, described putting the word on Tinder as a 'social experiment' and says she was shocked by the response.

One man named Aaron said: 'You're pretty gorgeous but you have crazy written all in your eyes.'

Another Tinder user, named Lewis, wrote: 'What does feminist mean exactly? Bit confused by it tbh.'

Another, called Antoine, asked: 'So you're a feminist haha, since when?'

Ms Goodfellow wrote in student newspaper The Tab: 'The reactions from men were quite amusing, if not slightly saddening. There was a lot of misunderstanding and just general ignorance.'

Lauren said she found the responses from male admirers (pictured) on Tinder both 'amusing and maddening'

Tinder helps users find love online by showing them pictures of members living near them.

The user then swipes right if they like the person, or left to discard them and continue to look through the database of members.