
We try not to stare but the truth is that we know there is always a high risk of women rejecting. Whether it’s rejection of friendship or more. It’s the few women that set the expectation for the majority. Those in turn makes guys just think about what it could be rather than take action. And the guys catch the girls staring too. But because men are held to such a standard of being the approachers and not the approached, then it’s a never ending cycle.
You’re right, I totally get, and agree with, that sentiment. I think one of the greatest tragedies of modern life is the isolation allowed/imposed by the advent of social media. Back in the day, even nerdy and awkward guys had to engage with women on a day to day basis, now it’s all too easy for people to get sucked into incel and red pill ideologies that objectivize women. It easy to see women as alien when you struggle to interact with them
Agreed but to understand it you have to know that when you genuinely think someone is pretty or fun, most of the time we aren’t going to say anything because there is always a what if. Not on this but we tell ourselves that it might not be worth the effort when we have already been told no by others. So there is always fear within men.