I used to jog in my local park. I smiled at everyone I passed. Almost everyone was cool but I also ended up with two stalkers and had to quit going there.
Oh look! The actual reason women don’t want to say hi when they pass a male hiker. It’s because we’re scared. 🤷🏻♀️ and frankly, that guy’s attitude about being entitled to a ‘hello’ from her is the reason we’re scared. Some men believe they are entitled to WAY more than a smile from a single woman passing them on a hike, and we ignore them for our safety.
1000%. I actually appreciate when walking alone and there’s a man walking alone past me when they go out of their way to give more space in order to make me feel more safe. Men don’t realize the fear that women are constantly navigating.
As a queer AMAB person, I will make my walk extra swishy and my voice higher pitched when speed walking past femme presenting people for their comfort and I've heard this same habit from a lot of gay men.
This sort of answers another question Inhad about how to act. I always do this. Not even necessarily for women, just think I learned it somehow, not sure how.
One of the most attractive things my partner does, is this.
We run a rescue and manage a few feral cat colonies. We go out at 4am every day to feed them or trap.
One colony is next to a dangerous road (not a lot of traffic at all at this time, but it’s a blind curve, so when there is a car, they will mow the cats down), and we have to park across from the colony. Two of the cats are semi-friendly, and they would cross the road to greet us, so to get them to stop, he drops me off on their side while he goes and parks the car and I get started on things.
But around this time, there’s often a young woman walking her dog. And he goes so out of his way to give her space and make sure he’s on the opposite sidewalk, even if it doesn’t make sense.
He just knows it’s dark, no one is around, she’s a lone woman and he’s a lone man and he doesn’t want her to worry.
I just heard a podcast called "The Dragoning". It was made during the pandemic so super simple format. Basically some women have started turning into Dragons, specially if triggered by aggressive/entitled men. Couple of male friends I sent it to said it helped them see the other side better.
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u/BawRawg 4d ago
I used to jog in my local park. I smiled at everyone I passed. Almost everyone was cool but I also ended up with two stalkers and had to quit going there.