I'm a male looking for a female (me tarzan, you jane)

vs

I'm a boy looking for a girl (sounds like children)

vs

I'm a man looking for a woman (why does that sound so strange lol)

you're right, good ol' a/s/l would work a lot better in this instance. Honestly OP would have had no issue if they just posted it in the dedicated thread on not as a separate post. Live and learn I guess.