So many of the men’s ‘Never dated anyone’ posts boils down to ‘Never asked any women out’.

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1. Thanks Cpt. Obvious

2. Men don’t ask women out anymore and honestly, can you blame ‘em?

3. It’s a real possibility that the pool of candidates is drastically reduced these days…Think about how women don’t like a drunk.

   Now flip that comparative analysis and substitute in women given over to the throws of glitter/glam/social media imagery/etc and you get something almost nearly as damaging as the men being a drunk…. Which party wants either one?

   Simple as that, funny but true….

4. Either that or they waited 5 years into a friendship to drop their feelings on an unsuspecting woman then seem confused that it didn’t work out

5. Just do it in person if you already know her or through cold approaching, please.

   Last thing the world needs is even more likers and DMs that a girl doesn’t care about.

   Online dating is already cooked, and this advice taken the wrong way can skew it even more if applied at scale.

   Saturated inboxes help no one.

6. I have never asked out any women too

7. We used to beat peoples with hammers, I say we bring it back for OP

8. This might be rather controversial but I’ve read a lot of posts and have heard a bit about the sentiment that, for not wanting to risk being seen as a creep or weird etc., you’d rather not approach than face the possible negative consequences, whatever they may be.

   I believe men are generally more calculating in these scenarios of the possible consequences than women so that of course spirals rather easily for a good amount, to the point where they don’t believe it to be worth it, hence men approaching less than before.

   The MeToo movement felt stronger in earlier years, voicing about toxic men and masculinity and that men should control themselves.
   This was likely targeted at a small troublesome group of men but is heard by all.
   The good self-aware guys think about this and take it to heart while the troublesome guy disregards it cause “why should they listen.”

   So most reasonable guys have been told not to for about half a generation in their early years, and the rest didn’t care to begin with and went on their day.

   There are of course a myriad of factors to all this, far more than I could ever give credit to.
   I would highlight a fair bit of it to online sentiment, talking points, and social media as a whole.
   The new 18s truly grew up with this and to me, the difference is undeniable compared to 10 years back.

9. Just as many women’s “why can’t I find a good guy” posts boil down to never asking anyone out.

   I think it’s important for both parties to get out of their heads and give it a shot.