Ask Women on Yik Yak | What’s a way that a straight man can prove that he’s genuinely safe and means well to similar-age women around him? I know a lot of women distrust men and for good reasons but for the men who do mean well I think a lot of us want to be recognized as such.

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Ask Women 14w

What’s a way that a straight man can prove that he’s genuinely safe and means well to similar-age women around him? I know a lot of women distrust men and for good reasons but for the men who do mean well I think a lot of us want to be recognized as such.

Anonymous 14w

If he’s actually a good man he wouldn’t have to prove himself or want recognition for the bare minimum

Anonymous 14w

In what situation specifically?

Anonymous

#1 14w

Just like in a public campus setting: classroom, walking around campus, eating lunch, that kinda thing. I just don’t wanna be lumped in with the “other guy” lmao

Anonymous

OP 14w

there’s really no way to prove it casually in public like that lmao. like there’s nothing you can do to make us know you’re safe just by looking at you

Anonymous

#2 14w

What #2 said… I mean I’m a short woman and nobody walking across campus has any idea if I shoplift or steal puppies in my spare time. All we can really do is just be a decent person to others. beyond that, what goes on in someone else’s head is kind of outside of our control.

Anonymous

#6 14w

The way I knew I could really trust my best guy friend is that when I turned him down romantically he immediately accepted my boundaries and did not push them. It’s been years now and he has an awesome girlfriend. We still chat often. Once he even let me camp out in his spare bedroom with my cat when my apartment needed urgent mold treatment 😵‍💫He’s a real one.

Anonymous

#5 14w

Ah oops meant to reply to the top post