Franklin Wu
1 min readJun 4, 2020

This would all be presuming that a women would want to show any attractive qualities or want to attract a man at all. What I see ALL the time — like no exceptions ever — is the scowling wallflower. I really have to doubt if women have any interest in men at all from what I normally see. Women stay with their friends, never look up, avoid eye contact at all costs and never interact with strangers. So, yes, it would be refreshing to see someone who smiles, laughs, acts friendly and doesn’t look like they’re going to pull out a can of pepper spray if I approach them. This is the “elephant” in the room. Interactions and suspicions have become so dysfunctional that it is worse than a middle school dance where everyone is afraid of cooties. It may be too late, but ladies, please try to not be the scowling wallflower.

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Franklin Wu
Franklin Wu

Written by Franklin Wu

Writing about relationships or the lack thereof.

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howzabout instead of criticizing women’s natural reaction to nonstop cat-calling, harassment and sexual assault, you try to rein in your fellow men and grow your capacity for empathy?

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Franklin unfortunately all public spaces are not friendly places for women to be. Women do not get the freedom to move around the world as a man would. Some men unfortunately are not nice! Especially in public places, and this brings unwanted…

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