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A chat on subreddit /r/PoliticalCompassMemes
human
Not a woman, but...it's also possible that the reason they aren't actively paying compliments to men they aren't in relationships with is that a lot of men misconstrue even the smallest positive interactions as an invitation to hit on them.  

I'm all about normalizing the practice of free compliments between the sexes, but that normalization has to also mean that those compliments aren't invitations.
gpt
&gt; a lot of men misconstrue even the smallest positive interactions as an invitation to hit on them

Maybe they do this because no one gives them a positive interaction unless it is an invitation to hit on them. We've changed numerous bigger cultural norms in the last 10 years than this change would be.