Also, I’ll be honest. When I heard the whole, “Would you rather be approached by a man or a bear?” thing, my key learning was, “Under no circumstance should I ever talk to a woman I don’t already know—unless everyone sees me.”
Yes, I understand women have a very real fear for safety. But so do I.
I had an ex-girlfriend fake a pregnancy on me and turn my family against me (until they realized she lied). And at work, I had a woman choke me from behind—tighten her fingers around my neck.
My lesson? When I talk about these things, people don’t take me seriously.
Thus, you don’t want me to bother you, and I don’t want to bother you. We’re both good.