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How common is it on this site for men pretending to be women?

I know on other sites "catfish" are a HUGE problem, I'm wondering if any see it as a problem on here. What are your opinions?
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supersnipe · 61-69, M
Short answer is yes. Men pretending to be women? There's nothing to stop them! This is the Web! In addition to that, I've seen a few profiles on here that might be women but are suspect for other reasons. I do a Google search on images of people who look improbably like Instagram fodder, and I'm suspicious of people who say they're e.g. American or British but don't use the language in the same way as 'L1' speakers would (grammar, syntax, subtle things about the turn of phrase....)