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11. no it really isn't.

First of all, there are places where it is entirely appropriate to proposition women, for example a singles bar where men and women go to cruise each other and this behavior is appropriate. That is not what this was about. It was about propositioning complete strangers in public spaces, specifically an elevator at 4am. But I'll go right out on a limb and say we should stop doing this anywhere it is not clearly the expected mode of introduction. Is that really too much to ask? If you don't understand why we should stop,perhaps reading what women have to say about their experiences of our behavior would be a good starting point. I am not a woman so I can only repeat what I have learned from women who have written and spoken about the way men treat women in public spaces. Read the entire discussion around the incident your OP is about. If you still don't understand why we should stop behaving like jerks, then I think perhaps you are not really being honest about it.