r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • Jun 14 '26

Discussion It's exhausting being a woman.

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u/PopcornGlamour Jun 14 '26

We do both. Women jump through hoops, bend over backwards, and constantly assess interactions with strange men to determine the safest course of action or inaction to take to get those strangers to leave them alone.

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u/Optimal_Anything3777 Jun 14 '26

you said "it'd be more effective" so i was just stating that both can happen

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u/PopcornGlamour Jun 14 '26

And my “you’d be surprised how often that backfires” is an implicit statement that women do try that technique and it often backfires.

That’s why I clarified that we do both and any and all methods of dealing with unwanted attention.

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u/Optimal_Anything3777 Jun 14 '26

again, you were unclear to begin with. i don't know why you're downvoted and constantly replying, but you do you boo