I don't understand. Why would you ask a random website chat on a date? The chances that you're anywhere near her are nil. Do you intend to fly out to meet her? What is happening in your head, random visitor?
Why ?
For men reproduction has almost no consequences (biologically speaking) while for women it can be life threatening. Men are biologically advantaged to make as many passes as possible until they are able to mate while women are advantaged to find the best mate possible. I think it is fair that this shapes the lens in which both sexes see unsolicited flirting.
I am a female myself and I think this is the kind of deep paternalizing tone that is plain wrong. Being amused and not threatened by something has nothing to do with gender but with personality. Why would a woman be more scared by a phone call than a man? All the suggestions I have here are plain hallucinatory (speaking about physical violence and reproduction over a phonecall ?!) and this issue has imo really nothing to do with gender.
> physical violence
Men are much more likely to be physically violent, in my mind, than women are. So a woman getting creepy calls from a man could actually mean physical danger. A man getting creepy calls from a woman would be much less likely to be dangerous. I want to be clear: I'm talking about perception here. There are women who are just as capable as being violent as men, but women as a group are not perceived as being nearly as violent as men.
> Since I am male, I was not threatened but amused
I think it shouldn't matter what his gender is. If a man got a creepy call from another man, then the danger would be just the same as if a woman got the creepy call from a man. I think the original poster was not taking into the account that a gay man could have stalked him, and that could have been dangerous, hence "I am a man therefor not worried" when really it would have been better to say "I was not worried when I got these calls from women."
That's my take on it, anyway.
Seems pretty clear to me.
Sure, it doesn’t happen every time but it’s not hard to find examples of people who thought their stalker would remain remote until that person showed up at their home or office.
Considering the examples in the thread's article, I am appalled but not really surprised. I think the "beautiful" woman also serves as an example of a woman who would get many favours from her beauty. Both beautiful women and men gets benefits in work from their looks and the lewd comments could be the other side of the coin. (quick google result: https://businessinsider.com/studies-show-the-advantages-of-b...) I appreciated the article writers diligent comparisons of faces and loved the use of the cat.