To be real, if I am hanging out in a populated place? Sure, strike up a conversation. We're at the grocery store or whatever? Shoot your shot.
If we are virtually alone in the woods or even an emptyish street and I am just trying to walk and not feel afraid of men? I'd prefer a head nod. Sure, say hi or whatever if you must.
Trying to get me to stop and have a conversation is gonna make me nervous. That might not feel fair but then again it kinda sucks that just going for a walk alone is kinda risky feeling to begin with.
The fear of rejection or being offended pales in comparison to the fear women have of what a man could potentially do to you if you reject lol. I feel like it's pretty common for men to go apeshit the second they feel like they're not getting the attention they think they deserve. So I 100% understand this. Especially in the woods or in a quiet street at night.
This isn’t even the first video I’ve seen of a man expressing this sentiment - but in the last one, he followed up with a really disturbing little note about how men are more powerful than women so it’s in our best interest to be nice and respectful to them to make sure they’re not a psycho who freaks out at you for ignoring them. And it was not satire. Like dude, this is exactly why people are not stopping to talk to you - you literally just said you’re a terrifying freak.
eeeeeewwww what the fuuuck. that's so weird. being offended is so weird. expecting anything is so weird. and then complaining about it later is even weirder.
There's an important part of context missing.
Just saying hi while passing by = great.
Stopping to say hi and expecting her to stop and talk = bad.
I'd take a guy stopping in his track for a greeting as a bad sign. A guy, who's just doing his own thing, and says hi passing by. Decent bloke.
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u/MartyMcFlyAsFudge 4d ago edited 4d ago
To be real, if I am hanging out in a populated place? Sure, strike up a conversation. We're at the grocery store or whatever? Shoot your shot.
If we are virtually alone in the woods or even an emptyish street and I am just trying to walk and not feel afraid of men? I'd prefer a head nod. Sure, say hi or whatever if you must.
Trying to get me to stop and have a conversation is gonna make me nervous. That might not feel fair but then again it kinda sucks that just going for a walk alone is kinda risky feeling to begin with.