It's all about learning how to read social cues and non-verbal communication. I'm autistic and I have had lots of trouble in the past on picking up social cues, reading body language and other stuff. The whole point is to check for the ones checking for you. I don't just approach a girl because she looks good. I need more than that. I like a challenge, but that's not the kind of challenge I think is appropriate.
Learning to read people's behavior is like looking at patterns for me. If I see the right patterns, it's a green light. If not, most of the time I keep it moving. Since I adopted this way of doing things, I approach women far less than most normal rates, but when I do approach, it's 100% every time - because majority of the time it's been anticipated (correctly) that my interest is reciprocated. If it's not, I just apologize and keep it humble, regardless of the reaction.
I don't catcall, whistle or any of that shyt - I also don't touch girls I don't know (mainly because I don't always like being touched by people I don't know). I recognize because I've been disturbed on the few occasions I'm not interesting in socializing when I'm going about my business on the street (yeah, even by girls) so I know how annoying it is, but it can also be dangerous for women. Read #YouOkSis on twitter to see what I'm talking about. Not isolated incidents. Having more social awareness is usually the answer. Because it didn't come innate to me, I had to do the research and actually learn to read people (even people watch) to really get it down, so now I can easily mitigate these problems. The next step for me IMO is educating other men how to navigate these things and why a lot of stuff is problematic to women. I expect lots of "
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