It is just the way things are sadly. There are a ton of perverts 'n' nasty people out there seeking easy targets and all in places you'd least expect it. I mean once near one my old high schools in a very nice neighborhood a girl was pulled aside in the bushes, raped, and then killed. It is just more common for women to be the target of something as they are generally an easier target.
I mean before I started all this I'd walk headlong into the night without fear, do the angry stare at other guys passing near me that I didn't like, I was never even worried about being mugged expect in a really bad area. That is just the way men are raised because they do have less to worry about. Now though? I think twice before going into darker areas, I pay close attention to those eyeing me, I get my keys out ahead of time, I tend to smile at people more often for the passive leave me alone instead of a glare.
Example if you see two people coming down the street and you're a mugger each one on opposite sides. Now one is a man and another a woman. Which would you pick as the possible easier target to get your cash? Which is more likely to back down 'n' give what you want so you won't hurt them on average? Which one is on average not as prideful on the matter so they will avoid fighting to just be okay or well built etc?
Sadly it is the way society is and it has taken women ages to get this far in rights, etc. However in general they are still seen as the weaker sex, guys scoff when a women challenges them to something, etc. A women gets her keys out before the car while you get your keys out at the car. She will check the back of the car for someone in it and you will just start it up and roll.
I wouldn't take it personal it is just the differences between what each sex has to worry about when walking down the street, on a job, salaries, in a relationship, etc. Heck, once someone I used to know tried to help a lil girl at a water park on a tube but she refused the help even with the current pulling her away on the lazy river. Then I came up and she let me pick her up right away and place her back on her tube without question. It is just the way the two are different and raised. You can be a perfect saint of a man and still make a women nervous walking down the sidewalk near her.
