I am glad you are not “entitled narcissist who feels sorry for myself”. And yes just because I have not seen it does not mean it does not exist. However I believe we may be in agreement that in Western countries it is considered more socially acceptable for men to ask women out. This is not my “tiny analysis”. Once…

Maybe. Body language etc was kinda telling. After all who wants to pay for dinner when there is a chance someone else will?

“Beets raised about the weird and hostile reactions men can have when women do things that violate established social norms, such as ask them out.”

“Asking a stranger out in a bar is completely different from bugging someone who is reading a book.” I’m not so sure. Obviosuly there is a large percentage of women who do not want to be asked out if reading a book. What about women who go to a bar just for a drink? There are grey areas. What about women who read…

OK. I’ll have to take you at your word. Wish there were more of you. I was just making a comment that I thought was revelant (and could help correct the issue in the long term) as it was dealing with men asking women out in public. Maybe if more women did ask more men out then men would not feel they need to “try so…

Like the people who watch “Sex in the City”? These mysterious women that ask men out on dates are nowhere to be seen. It’s not just me, it’s the same experience for all my group of friends and male acquaintances throughout 43 years of my life. If you have a clear conscious you may admit that these women that are…

Yet wouldn’t your logic work both ways. If women are taught not to trust strange men how the hell do men actually get women to go out with them in the first place? I personally would find it liberating if a woman did ask me out and I’m not a social leper - I do go out on dates. As for paying for dinner - I have often…

I have no disagreement with her not wanting to be asked out if she is reading. However there is no denying it is considered more socially acceptable for a male to ask a female out. You are right, I don’t have to ask a female out (thank god for Internet dating), however you are wrong that plenty of women ask men out…

Who teaches men to do that? Of course mental health and other factors are not involved in such a criminal act. I was simply stating that women should be asking men out in this day and age. This simple act appears to have been ignored by many feminists today.

The only one who mentioned “misandry was you”. Derailing the original point. So it appears the personal is political only if you are a female. Sigh. More double standards.

How about maybe women should get better at asking men out. Why feminism ignores this is mystery. Guess what - it may make you feel uncomfortable. The prospect of public social rejection / humiliation is something males are taught to live with.

So his personal narrative does not count.