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I'm implying you shouldn't use your own awkwardness as evidence that women are incapable of being approached by any man without them finding something gross about them.

I'm not doing that. That's literally what the whole "man vs. bear" thing was about. Did you miss that whole discussion, or are we just pretending that didn't happen now?

You probably see a moral failing there because it is misogynistic to assume women will accuse a man of being misogynistic or objectifying just for approaching them.

No it's not, that's just basic pattern recognition and learning from experience. If women consistently make it clear that they don't want to be approached by men, how is there any other option available to a man other than to conclude that women don't want to be approached by men?

It seems anyone who hasn't reached this conclusion couldn't really be listening to the voices of women.

Even if they do, prove em wrong.

That's literally not an option. Once one says "no," then the only option is to walk away. There isn't a "prove them wrong" phase. This isn't a romcom from the early 2000s...

But I think the world's a little better when we humanize each other, and I bet you agree.

Yeah, I do agree with that. But I'm tired of being dehumanized, and I'm tired of being called a misogynist every time I mention how tired I am of being dehumanized.