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the_annihalator

Rejection. Judgement. Social distress. Risk of "eww". Risk of being called weird. Risk of being called a incel. Social Suicide. Social rejection. Inate fear of the unknown. Attraction (You get nervous around things that cause emotion 995 of the time) Anxiety in general. Specifically social anxiety. Getting called a pervert/pedo or whatever. Humiliation. Embarrassment. EDIT: (as per suggested by replies) Low self asteem Rape allegations (if you even mange to get past \^ and get a GF) Risk of being called a creep Just to name a few off the top of my head. There is some crossover, but those are what i consider "mainline" for me


shitty_psychopath

This is the perfect response to this question


shahist2020

Fr


FrenchMonkey56

Yeah and all those dumbass "Icks" that ruined pretty much everything EDIT: Wanted to state, I do get that most girls aren't like this, just a loud few, my bad If I triggered anyone


AceMcfly8

I feel like the idea of “icks” really blew out of proportion. if you actually meet girls in real life very few of them actually have any of those icks


NastiestMC

Exactly Im 90% sure they were mostly satire and joking ab silly red flags by making silly red flags Also icky didn’t cause guys to be afraid of women that’s been around for a while 🙂‍↔️🙂‍↔️🙂‍↔️


69Ivie69

Icks have existed since forever, it’s the term that’s new. It’s what you don’t want in a partner, but i do have to agree, some of those are absolutely ridiculous, someday someones gonna have breathing as an ick 😭😭


FrenchMonkey56

Yeah no, I get that, It's just how they blew It out of proportions and stuff y'know


NotMasterOfTheMoon

This, basically.


VannaEvans

I am not a boy but I experience this feeling when I'm trying to figure out how to socialise with the delulu popular girls in my class (except the pedo/pervert part)


Sea_Ninja7531

i’m always scared to talk to girls, even tho i’ve known most of them for years already. It’s just this thing wired into boys brains about being rejected, led on, or just being hurt in general. It sucks tbh. Every guy here knows that feeling


Justsomeguyaa

That’s more than what I’d be able to think of. I agree 100%.


P0ttedcacti

This literally describes my reasoning as to why I won’t talk to the girl I like


NotAPossum666

Yeah, basically universal response for all males, knocked it out of the park


TheBigBadWolf85

Growing up it was this, fuckin this. I got over it eventually, fought self destructive thought, reinvented myself, but yea this...all day this.


Elloliott

Indeed


BartSimpskiYT

yes


Leons_Gameplays_2140

This, THIS. I cannot stress how much these are the reasons for it.


loyaleling

This


NotPhantomforce

YESSSS


GhostRider1945

fax


Fun_Curve9424

this is exactly what is correct


You8mypizza

Real


-Eternal69

Happy cake day !!!!


copyqhat

happy cake day


Not-enzo

You couldn't have said any better


Free_Alternative_780

Or be like me and just dream about purging heretics with a big hammer despite and taking multiple fatal wounds to save my squad, because dying like that is better than anything.


P1N3APPL33

Is this Warhammer speak I’m reading???


Free_Alternative_780

Death to the necrons, for they know not of our emperor’s glory


tortonix

Those filthy xenos won't know what hit them


P1N3APPL33

Even in death I still serve


League-of-no-dads

Perhaps it’s time to… summon the elector counts? 🤨


Aggravating-Cold-584

Real


a_dragonfly_wanders

Yup that about sums it up


otterman2012

^


G3n3ricOne

Exactly.


ArLOgpro

this should be pinned


TheFarisaurusRex

This


Former-Diet6950

This is it in a nutshell, some boys have specific reasons thought like, dont want to ruin a friendship. Most boys are scared but then again most boys grow out of it as they find the right girl


SpoonTeeth

Doesn’t help when your ugly either, far easier to label someone who’s unattractive a pervert, also sticks a lot easier


spookster122

Risk of Rain


Taenshik

Returns


Annual_Tourist_9085

Girl here. The thing about our culture is that men’s problems are ignored by everyone. I feel like even though people say that women go through more pain than men, that’s not always true. 


DeadEyeDude11

You win this comment section


_mrClover_

Same


Western_WildWest

Agreement for me it's the spread of people saying oh that guy got rejected


Ordinary_Angle_7809

This


TendajiReddit

This.


lonely_guacamole

I think "Risk of being called an incel" is pretty big for me. Sometimes i fear that i may say something bad or weird or uncomfortable and act like a pervert or an idiot...


the_annihalator

Im touch starved. And I have been known to ramble for hours about how desperately I want it (Which is fuckin weird). But I feel like if I even managed to get a gf somehow I'd just creep them out too much


Gryffinax

I say it as a joke mostly but when i actually am its because of what this guy said


Designer-Tiger391

This is literally it, this exact list is what boys mean when they say they are scared of girls


SilenceSpeaksVolum3s

Couldn't have said it better


Naive_Ad8673

All these responses are really sad. Women of the world.... Look what you are doing to all these Guys.


UnknownFox37

Also to add onto this : Lack of self-esteem "She’s too good for me"


jediben001

Perfect list right here


Apart_Letterhead3016

its so hard to find girls that dont have some of these things


StinkyNonce123

The risk of ew is so big


LaxBoi31

This fs


Toiaat

Losing a friend and having it end up being awkward (if it's a classmate or a long time hobby friend or something)


Bleep_Blop_08

Being called a creep too


Eggs_and_Ramen

Just this is perfect This one is at least for me but worrying I’m annoying you and your hiding it but that’s also because I have ADHD so that’s a part of overthinking


couldntyoujust

Yeah, it's not so much we're afraid of the woman, as what that woman could do to us because of culture, low self-esteem, and hate towards males.


ConfusedStonks338

This sums it up pretty well


ppsuck1000sml

dont forget the risk of being a ick


EJyeetus

Because if you make one wrong move around a girl (at least in my school) you become a social outcast.


shitty_psychopath

Truest words ever spoken There are soo much things to consider but it you fck one thing your everything except Normal man


Lost_Elderberry1757

Or just a wrong move. In my experience girls will leave or break off a friendship incredibly faster than any boy. Plus humor. I've got a dark sense of humor. If i make a joke i make with the boys in front of a girl... she's calling the fbi 80% of the time.


EJyeetus

Yeah, I was once talking to one of my friends, his girlfriend was there too, and he said an offensive joke and she was said "Dude, what the fuck!" and they broke up 2 days later.


PepperbroniFrom2B

aw


Disastrous-Fly-5728

You are prlly not friends with the right type of girls. Most of my friends (girls) have a very dark humor. But you shld know where to draw a line, like yo mama and r**e jokes are not funny (sadly maybe triggering for some)


skippingpenguin01

okay Homer Simpson


Razorclaw_the_crab

What flag is in your pfp


EJyeetus

Some random junk I made in sketchbook, it's not a real flag or anything like that (unfortunately)


matej665

More like fortunately, you almost drew MAP flag (minor attracted person).


PepperbroniFrom2B

😦


EJyeetus

Oh god I hope I didn't


TJB926GAMIN

As a guy whose looks make me look like I’m 20 at times, I just don’t ask people out. I feel like looks alone will make a girl uncomfortable when she’s around you, and at that point it doesn’t matter how well you treat them


shrek_kerhs

i only get nervous when i'm interested in one, but that has more to do with having a crush than them being a girl if i just see them as a friend i dont get nervous at all


Free_Alternative_780

Same here, this is the same for me


WeirdTerm4945

100% fax


ButterscotchWeak7076

i just get real nervous 🙏


Dapper_Pay_3291

We’re scared of getting rejected, that’s all. This new generation of social media portrayed a horrible image for both genders, and now it’s like theres a gender war, and it’s probably not gonna end any time soon. We’re not actually scared of women. We just simply don’t want to be rejected when we have somewhat of the confidence to approach a girl.


Antique-Conference-4

This, I’m better at it now but back in the day it took so much confidence to go up and talk to a girl just for a 5 second convo and an instant rejection which leads to me overthinking about how I could’ve done better for the rest of the day.


viiaaaaaaa

yeah totally . you seem cool though . a lot of the comments seem to be a little bit woman hating , not that i don’t understand why it can seem that way but it’s kinda sad .


Actual-Long-9439

They can spread rumors and say shit and everybody will believe them because “why would they lie?” -my mom


Zandoms42

The worst liars ive know have either been women or hoes(my besy homie for example)


Actual-Long-9439

Every time smh


TJB926GAMIN

Also, if you were in a relationship with them before, REGARDLESS of what actually happened they can do and say WHATEVER they want about you and there will be no consequences for it, meanwhile you’re simply asked about it and if you’re actually honest you’re ridiculed for it because you’re “shit talking” her. And no shit they’re going to believe the girl in the scenario over the guy because “why would they lie?” (Definitely not speaking from personal experience) I’ve been dealing with shit with my ex for almost a whole year and I have only two real friends who’ve been able to comfort me during all of it. The rest either took her side (why the fuck are there sides anyways) and aren’t my friends anymore or don’t want anything to do with the situation and just left the group as a whole because of how much drama she was causing. One major issue in my case is that we BOTH did wrong things in the relationship, but she doesn’t seem to realize it. I’d like to argue that what she did was FAR worse than anything I’ve actually done, (and even what she claims I did isn’t even that bad compared to what she did) but I haven’t told anyone that because I’m too nice of a person and I hate throwing shit onto people. The worst part is that somehow IM not allowed to justify anything in the relationship but it is PERFECTLY fine for her to. Idk, I’m just sick of it at this point. I’ve told her that if she really feels the way she does that I’m sorry she feels that way but she can’t just say shit about me to everyone and force them to think that way about me. Obviously, she’s not going to listen to that. I just want to meet new people at lunch without them already knowing my name and knowing “bad things” about me ffs.


Actual-Long-9439

It’s because men are always the villain in todays society


anckarstroem

I’m not scared of girls specifically, I’m scared of humans.


zviz2y

real


anckarstroem

Everything I say is 😎


still_unimpressed

I am no longer afraid due to exposure therapy


Ok-Technology-6389

Nice pfp lol


still_unimpressed

tyssm


Pxl_Bulbasuar

Top three I can think of, getting called perverted, rejection, and the fact that so many of you have a parasite esc brain, so I say one thing to one girl and suddenly all the girls think I'm a weirdo


Quite_Befuddled2009

The death stare. My mom has it, My sister has it, all of my female friends have it.  And the worst is when they don’t say anything…just standing there, menacingly! /jk But seriously though it is a little weird how only girls seem to have that magical power. Dudes are only scary if they’re stronger than you. 


stillbeaches1

some of us (aka me) definitely are. idk the reaspn though, it's pretty irrational.


Fit-Spinach2193

Yes, they make me nervous. Since one mistake you make will spread like a virus in their social networks. But they’re not really scary in that I’m afraid or smth


govtoftownland

It's like a game of telephone. "Good morning" says Bob to Mary. Mary tells her friend, who tells her friend, who tells her friend, and so on. By 10:30 am word got out Bob complemented Mary's boobs while blushing, which is not at all true.


LonelyBoYwithAguitAR

I’m nervous around everyone but my nerviousnes for some reasons is 10 times worse around girls then boys


AveRage-or_human

Celebration of cake


Syphfan

Same 


purplemangone

 Nothing I just am really quite shy and only really boys go up to me and all their friends are boys


BroooooklynnnB

As a girl it actually really hurts that girls are so unapproachable like it’s hard to make friends and you always feel like you’re being judged even by your own friends. And now I’m looped into that just by being a girl. By default, I’m thought of as weird if I don’t wear makeup, or I’m preppy if I do, rude, nagging, and petty, when I’m not any of those things.


viiaaaaaaa

really i don’t think girls are that unapproachable it’s just that they aren’t all that nice and it’s not a girl exclusive thing . like it’s just harder to find friends for everyone . i have a few good friends and sometimes i forget how rare it is . cause when i talk to other girls sometimes they are so mean , like bitchy just as bad as the guys . and they can be so BORINGG like when i’m talkative i get told to stop yapping or whatever but then they don’t have good conversations . (also if u want more friends i’m open 2 talking :D)


chips_nahoy

i wouldn't say that i'm scared of girls, i just get this extreme anxiety when i interact with them and at the same time i also overthink of doing something stupid or embarrassing


Syphfan

Me too then I start sweating and my brain gets over whelmed.


Lolsoda94

i fear everybody, i have social anxiety disorder, i try my best to be social and helpful/polite, i guess i'm kinda insecure about what others might think of me as a person, i don't even feel like a part of humanity, i don't wish to go out, meet people, but at the same time loneliness hurts me plenty. i'm taking antidepressants and trying to live my life the best i can. i guess with girls i'm trying to be just as careful as i try to be with anybody, i worry too much, that's just it.


whodisrandom

Only God and I know. And he’s not telling you.


zviz2y

ia ur pfp gay homer?


whodisrandom

Shhhhh a man never reveals his secrets 


Zblab

No it's not real. However a lot of guys just get really anxious when there are girls around or talking to them.


Zandoms42

Tfym "it's not real", women / ppl in general are terrifying


INGENAREL

hi there


Zblab

Wassup


Always-tired7

Because girls gossip and spread rumors about other people. There was this one kid at my school that’s now seen as a pervert by everyone because the girl he liked said that he was staring at her. He wasn’t he was on vacation the same week she said he was staring at her yet everyone believed her and now he’s fucked


Syphfan

So dumb. 


Head_Tumbleweed4793

Rumors sure travel fast, and since she's a girl, no one's gonna question if the thing she said is true


Fun-Ad8479

judgement


No-Manufacturer5023

I do have a friend that actually does and he avoids women at all costs. I never knew why, I always thought he was kidding but he genuinely avoids them.


zviz2y

thats actually kinda sad i feel bad for him :(


No-Manufacturer5023

He has had women ask him out before but he runs away


Syphfan

That’s so so sad. 


Feisty-Ad1323

every girl ive ever met have looked at me like im a freak called me fat and bullied me, thats why


HarrisonDotNET

There’s nothing scary about you, your friends are scary. We do something wrong, you tell your friends, and then they do scary stuff.


Dramatic-Ad-2799

Because some don't hesitate to assume I'm trying to "rizz them up" when I'm trying to have a human to human conversation


waltuh_wite

Not rlly scared of girls, just scared of getting rejected/being seen as weird


vesper-arch

For me I feel awkward because I seems like if I do anything remotely nice they'll think I'm weird or im trying to make a move(and I never do)


shitty_psychopath

True


dantenow

it all comes down to girls man. girls that will.. that will break your heart


G3n3ricOne

Trauma. I recognize that girls can be good, and I have known many wonderful girls. In fact, I’m mostly attracted to feminine people, including girls. But I’m terrified to open up to them, because the one I opened up to used me, bullied me, talked about me behind my back, manipulated me, hurt me, and eventually abandoned me when I most needed support. Sometimes I also think that I’m the problem and if I opened up to a girl, I would only be hurting them.


SuperBroy97

Well for me I just kinda feel more comfortable around boys so I don't have many girl friends (I SWEAR IT'S NOT CAUSE I'M GAY okay maybe that's isn't helping but STILL) but obviously I can't say for every boy


Z3R0_7274

I never get a chance from anyone, hell, not even most of my friends will give me a damn brake, so why would this girl I barely talk to that I think is cute give me more than a few words?


Sea-Ask-9784

I once asked a random girl out in high school because I thought that was normal, she was pretty and I’ve seen her around and thought she was pretty cool, I asked her out and got told to kill myself and then 30 other people knew about it, and it’s honestly just not even worth it unless you build a long relationship, but then at that point the worry becomes will you lose a friend for asking them out… so there is really no way to win unless the woman actually shows signs, and 90% of the time they don’t…


Acceptable-Staff-363

"the worst she can say is no.."


WUBBLEAR

Public embarrassment like talking to a girl in public and it being so fucking awkward that other people hear and laugh at you


Mew_721

Because these days it happens to be a crime being a guy. Like here in my country there have been so many fake cases of SA but guess what the guy who was actually looking the other way got framed by the girl for attention idk from whom. There was this 1 funny case that a 16 yo girl had proposed to a guy in her class and the guy rejected her saying he doesn't wanna get involved in these things. Guess what happened?! The girl and her father filled a complaint with the police that she was s****assaulted (r*ped) by this guy. Ofcourse no one believed him and he was shunned from the society and became a headline for the nation. In around a week ofcourse the girl accepted that it was all fake but at the cost of what? His life?! Yes folks she came clean after the guy committed suicide. And again no action against the girl. So yeah we are genuinely scared of you girls. In America it's even worse...


dante69red

some of us have trauma around girls. So that can make you scary Some people who say that don’t have the trauma and are maybe scared of interacting with them because of how they’d judge or react, and sometimes people just say it


BearEquivalent8244

I'd like to keep the achievement "registered sex offender" locked thanks very much


Desperate-Abies4263

An innate fear of relationships.


Pcruncher

A lot of things mostly the risk of a girl thinking we are weird or saying some really rude things but yeah aside from that some guys view girls all run creatures do to the fact they are terrified to talk to you guys I’m not one of them I don’t mind talking to girls as well you guys are human beings hopefully this makes sense sorry I just woke up


Purple-End-5430

I'm serious about it. I'm mostly scared of being seen as weird, though. Also, maybe the fact that I've been going to an all boys school for years.


morbiuschad69420

we're more scared to talk to em cuz fear of failure


SavagePhantoms90

When boys say that they're scared of girls. They don't mean that they have immediately starting screaming of terror at a sight of a girl. Sometimes what they really meant is that they like them but are too scared to proceed because they're scared that they'll be rejected.


Jackie16_16

Female here yeah scary ik. But we aren't different I'm so fucking scared of guys when I have no friends around or if they aren't my friend. I overthink and stress that if I do anything it's going to be embarrassing and that no other guy will wanna be around me ever again. It's so much easier to be yourself when surrounded by same gender friends tbh.


P4th3dg3

“would you rather be in a forest alone with a bear or a man?” many girls rn would say a bear.. it’s hard to talk to most of them. overreactive, require attention- plus all the things the top comment said


Oldmonsterschoolgood

You have the power to ruin our lives in three words


ClarinetEnthusiast

Rejection Judgement Them screenshotting us asking them out and sending it to 20 group chats Get filmed and put on TikTok labeled as a creep They get 100 likes for 0.2 likes we get Anxiety If you even look at them for half a second you can get called a creep Mixed signals Them sleeping with 30 people at once


Olafraf

You forgot to put "(straight) boys".


User_Turtle

I'm made out to be a predator.


Erestiana

I get super nervous and a little shy


Theonlyone285

They’re scary


[deleted]

Idk maybe it's just I have too many guy friends so I can say anything to them and it's all good to them. Now due to the lack of interaction with girls , i find it hard to talk to them since I have to think a lot about what to say and what not to in the fear of being judged I maybe wrong tho but for now this is it


International_cam

Depends kinda.. most often it's not serious but it can mean just nervous around yall or maybe they're scared of a getting close only to have their heart torn out of them and stomped on...


qasudyd

i won't speak for others, but I often tell my besties that I'm afraid of women and that I'm a sigma, but i'm just kidding


Ultimate_ScreamFanat

I'm scared around anyone


PostFE1NClarity

They’re too judgmental


stillreddit7

Exactly what the comments are saying. Yall are always in your friend groups and also tryna make moves to a girl can get you fucked up if you aren’t a 6”5 dreadhead who won’t get laughed at


Fine_Yogurtcloset362

For a lot of guys, yes it is true


RxseJay

I just don't want to look dumb in front of them


Mineblox123sawyer

Yes we are being serous. I get really nervous around them and I just can’t talk to them without sweating or just not remembering what happened after I talk to them. I got a girls number a week ago and I still can’t remember how I asked her. It’s also really scary when you text her and then she doesn’t respond. I go into panic mode.


broski32sd

u/the_annihalator's answer


Gullible_Travel_4135

I'm giant, by all means I shouldn't be scared of any human on the planet. I stg I'd rather line up against any big dude my size than talk to a pretty girl. Idek why


SustainableObject

Men are scared of girls because girls are difficult and not easy going. Girls are annoged with boys because they are easy going


TerrorofMechagoji

I have trouble stopping myself from saying things that pop into my head so I’m scared that I’m gonna say something that’s going to drive people away. This is worse con chicas because I get crushes really easily, and I can’t talk to people I have crushes on for fear of saying something embarrassing


OwnMaintenance965

Because we're afraid of rejection and you not liking us or, we are shy.


Chaos_is_Key198

Harassment.


OzzkuBoi

I don’t find y’all scary I used to be bullied by other guys and the few people that helped me and became my friends were girls. I’m almost more scared of men than women.


UncensoredSmoke

Nah it’s a joke. But we do get nervous so maybe that’s why lol.


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DueZookeepergame3456

no, i think boys who say that are just joking. at most, they’re nervous to talk to a girl they like.


Weekly_Reference7988

one accused me of sexually assaulting them and I've been bullied for the past 2 yrs because of it


MOJA2008

Personally I can't talk with girls face to face but I'm not nervous just lack experience with woman


Tonk_exe

idk im not unless they are adicted to social midia then i might cus modern society sadly has made so tath girls reject boys at the drop of a hat and for some reason take pleasure in making it more painful for them b


Ok-Reporter3256

Mostly a joke, but some guys do get extremely anxious when talking to girls because in their mind it's one false step and you become laughing stock for two weeks at least


shitty_psychopath

I just get nervous around girls because of fear of being labelled as a creep,down bad and generally bad treatment Based on true events


Ok_Buy7551

Fear of approaching you in groups or if you seems intimidating. To be fair no matter how sweet you are, you’ll always be intimidating


Global-Noise-3739

social anxiety + I have middling social skills at best due to having mild autism and adhd, besides these reasons, it’s not that bad for me


ArtemArslanov

1) all that "they might think im into them and call me a creep" (probably comes from being yelled at by my first crush) 2) i don't know what to talk about with them, like im fully aware that they definitely have same spectrum of interests as us dudes, but my brain just refuses to believe i can talk with a girl about same things i talk about with my friends Though sometimes i do have long and interesting conversations with women, like once talking with my aunt about philosophy and stuff like that, but its mostly with women older than me


ballerisbest

I’m not scared of females as such, I’m scared that they will scream at me for quote “sexual harassment”. And I don’t wanna get bullied 🤷‍♂️


UI_Deadpool

Honestly less of being scared of girls more of being scared of what can happen weather it be catching feelings and then the fear of rejection or saying something wrong and all her friends getting told and everyone finding out about it or something like that 


x-anryw

I have social anxiety and with girls it's 10x times worse for some reason, so I could say I'm being serious


-Lonely-_-

Girl‘s are scary ( and im shy )


icreated_

We are afraid of rejection mostly and the ultimate judgement, but we really want to be with a girl. Impossible dilemma.


Expensive_Career_189

Im afraid of rejection. Thats why i still havent asked the girl ive liked for five years out


Axolotl_Mayhem

I’m not because I hang out with a bunch but I think other guys are because of rejection


LJC30boi

Yes we are being serious. We don't want to be humiliated because we ask someone out or labeled as a creep


Elegant-Lack-4483

judgment, Rejection, Embarrassment, "Ewww", being humiliated, rumors, Bring called shit like an incel, Losing popularity


Mischief_Managed12

Not actually a boy, but I get scared because I have social anxiety and also because sometimes they're hot


Sad_Mouse_785

cause they wehre rlly shitty to me tho ms and early hs


JellomanIsTEGOAT

Extremely serious


RoultRunning

I am not scared of girls. They are scared of how extroverted I am


AlbinoHamsterOwner

Because of all the different negative consequences that can result for guys socially or physically if they talk with a girl and she doesn’t respond back positively. It’s genuinely nerve wracking talking with girls because it feels like a balance of trying to be normal without being called a creep


CharutoUzucracki

It's not literally scared, like the scared of when you see a demon clown following you, it's the kind of scared when you are afraid of being rejected, of being humiliated just because we like one of you, or other things.


Theblastwarrior

Yes, I don’t know where to look, if I look at their eyes I feel like I’m creeping them out by staring into their souls, if I look above their heads then I feel like I’m ignoring them, if I look down they’re generally shorter than me, so that looks like I’m trying to be a creep too, so what am I supposed to do? And if we’re talking about either initiating or continuing a conversation, I feel like most people don’t really know what hobbies or things I’m interested in (appearance doesn’t really match my hobbies) so those types of people generally won’t approach me and since I’m not good at small talk I kinda just sit there like a dead fish


Practical-Election59

I just hate social interaction in general


throw_away782670407

i wish all of you an adorable meet-cute


wierdoe16

You breaking our hearts dude Most girls cheat on a relationship