While this may seem ominous, at first, there are some oter issues here that may not be apparent to the European mindset.
When I am in Africa, if I am introduced to a woman, she is frequently very freindly with me. The reason is that there is no expectation, on her part, nor anyone else's that I will see this as any sort of come on.
I don't want to generalise here. African and Asian cultures vary enormously. In my part of Africa, many woman are very demuir. Women who don't know me are almost always so, unless they are very mature.
But social behaviour is very rigid. I once put my arm around a cousin. That utterly destroyed our relationship. My wife completely understood.
In many societies, women expect to be able to wander around, unmolested. When people, for any reason, seek to prey upon their apparently friendly disposition, it does cause serious offense.
It's sad about cross dressers and transgendered people of course.
