In short: Don’t do anything ever.
“Trying to politely decline their advances.
Sometimes, I have to be rude just for them to get the point.”
u/convergence_limit
“I used to be polite, then started to be rude.
Sometimes, even that isn’t enough.
‘Don’t touch me, don’t say that.’
And then to have it ignored, it’s infuriating and belittling.”
u/briarbrave
3.
“Asking a question or giving them a compliment.”
u/darlinglark
“I once gave a compliment to my friend at a party.
I really just wanted to compliment my friend.
I never gave a compliment to him ever again.”
u/ginnychewsley
4. u/acontreras1228
5.
“Let’s just say I don’t eat bananas in public anymore.”
“How about doing something without warning?
u/vanityprojects
7.
Any woman who plays games knows exactly what the ‘Gaming Pop Quiz’ is.”
u/Aelle1209
8. u/Spotgaai
9.
“I stopped accepting any favors from men.
No rides, No coffees.
Just avoid, avoid, avoid.
“Mentioning that I have a girlfriend, weirdly enough.
You know how saying you have a boyfriend is normally pretty good for making guys go away?
Does this guy think I’ll go home and excitedly tell my girlfriend, ‘Guess what?
What a rare and exciting offer, we need to take him up on this!'”
u/strych91
11.
Too soon, and it’s ‘jeez, I was just making conversation!’
Too late, and it’s ‘jeez, way to lead me on!’
u/Cat_Toucher
12.
“Showing any kind of concern for a man.
“I don’t ask random men for directions anymore.
One time, I was taking the Greyhound bus for the first time by myself.
I asked a random guy where the line for where I wanted to go was.
He didn’t know, but he was also looking for the same line.
We agreed to look together why not and ended up sitting next to each other and chatting.”
“Two hours into the bus ride, he said he was ‘tired’ and then ‘fell asleep.’
He wrapped his arm around me while he was ‘asleep’ and then started kissing my neck.
Also, the seats were all full, so switching wasn’t really an option.
I was leaning almost fully into the aisle to get away from him.
Eventually he ‘woke up’ and THEN asked if I had a boyfriend/wanted to date him.
I promptly turned him down and listened to music for the next three awkward-as-hell hours.”
u/vestegaard
14.
What on earth makes men think this behavior is ever going to get them anywhere?”
u/DiscoLemonade0107
15.
“Being in shape.
16.And finally, “Smiling.
All because I smiled when I talked to him.”
Stop forcing us to change our behavior so we can feel a little bit safer around you.
