For a long time, this idea of 'creepiness', in which men are randomly labelled as 'creepy' didn't make sense to me. I had a number of questions, like  Why do women feel fear in response to this behavior?  Why do women blame men for their fear-response, instead of looking at themselves and figuring out why they feel that way?  Most importantly, why do men have to change their behavior, instead of women being told to change their mindset around the idea of 'creepiness'?  Here's the explanation.  There are too many women in the world who don't believe in direct communication. Meaning, not only do they not directly communicate their desires and expectations and not only do they think it's okay to not communicate directly - they think that it's the right way to communicate, to have uncommunicated expectations. And, they think that this is how everyone communicates.  Now, when they see a man behaving in a way that is 'weird' or 'out of the ordinary' or giving them attention that they don't understand, they project this lack of direct communication onto the man. Meaning, they project an 'uncommunicated intent' onto him. This projection of the 'intent' is what 'creeps them out'!  Because you triggered these feelings, they have already demonized you, on a rational level. Now, they're just going to look for reasons to destroy you. (And not bat an eye in doing so.) They're going to call on their army of simps and then the army of simps will take you out. This is the problem. The army of simps will believe whatever story they make up and then you're toast.