I think a lot of men don’t like the idea of waiting until women approach them because they are scared to death that women just...won’t approach them. because they’ll realise they’re maybe not as attractive as they think they are.

Oh man, I wish we didn’t, but apparently a lot of women still do. If I had a nickel for every time I’ve heard someone say “I just think the man should make the first move” I could retire early. Also, dudes have brought this up to me when I talk about unsolicited attempts to talk to me by men I don’t know: “Well, how…

“Watcha reading?” is one of my most hated questions. There really needs to be a series of PSAs for dudes about leaving women the fuck alone.

See also: I am reading a book because I want to read this book, not because I am killing time until a man comes to talk to me.

Yes! Totally. So I just read the article, and I was about to give the author a tiny bit of credit for acknowledging that some (ahem—many... most?) women wear headphones specifically to avoid talking to people, but then I got to this part: