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[–] [email protected] 176 points 5 months ago (6 children)

As a tall man who likes to walk at night, I have long understood that women alone at night do not wish to encounter me. So when I happen to find myself following a woman down the street, I will either slow down, cross the street, or stop and look at a sign or something for a minute to give her some space.

In a dangerous and shitty world, a person has to find subtle and quiet ways to express care, compassion, and solidarity. It costs me nothing to make a woman feel safer.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 5 months ago

This is the way, and good for you.

Purposefully making women afraid they're about to get assaulted is abhorrent.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

While working i am occasionally in parking garages which can be dark and creepy. If i see a woman walking alone I'll try to make some noise like pulling out my keys. People with bad intentions will be stealthy, hopefully they get that I'm not a threat

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

When in an elevator, I like to put people at ease by letting out a long reassuring fart to prove that I'm not hiding anything up my ass

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

He's not a "Sucker Idolizing Mediocre Pussy"

He's a man making sure women feel a little safer.

Using the word "SIMP" in this context runs counter to every example of protective familymen I've ever seen. Derision against his behavior is as good as calling yourself a creep, a predator, an enemy of all that is good and right.

You have the morals of an opportunistic thug ... yet I have no doubt you think yourself some kind of faithful man

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Simp is also just short for "simpleton"

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

That's not how simp is used in this context, you intentionally obtuse pedanic British cigarette.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago

Eh possibly, but many of the women I've slept with have told me that I make them feel safe and that it's a huge turn on for them. Shocking, I know, that people might want to feel secure before they get intimate.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

You da man brother!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

on the one hand, you're right and I agree with you.

on the other hand, I've got places to be and other people walk so fucking slow.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I have similar experiences. I am 6'9" and weight 290lbs. I also have daughters, so I try my best to not be intimidating. Doesn't always work, but at least I can say I try.