We don’t always know exactly how we come off to others. You might consider yourself to be super friendly, while a stranger on the bus might say you look intimidating while listening to music and wearing sunglasses. At the same time, behavior that you might consider perfectly normal may actually be making those around you extremely uncomfortable.
One curious Reddit user recently asked others to share some common things men do that come off as creepy, and women and men had plenty to say in the replies. Below, you’ll find some of the most popular responses, so enjoy reading through and be sure to upvote the behaviors you wish men would stop exhibiting as well.

#1

Dude is no one gonna say unsolicited d**k pics? Like y’all be airdropping them. I had a guy tell me that women appreciate it cause they wanna know what they’re working with. Nobody gonna work that s**t if that’s your opening.
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307points
#4

Lingering/being flirtatious when a woman is at her job. Shes smiling because she has to, she's talking to you because she has to. Yea, maybe she's into you, but the fact there's no way to really know since she's basically forced to interact with you, it comes off creepy.
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231points
#5

Sit next to you when you're the only two people in a place with many, many seats.
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208points
#6

When I was 19 I was a phone girl at a local pizza place. I would answer the phone and take people’s orders for carry out or delivery. One time this guy called and said he was placing an order for delivery. By the end of the order he changed his mind and said he wanted to order carry out.
The dude shows up and my coworker helps him and he says “you’re not the girl I talked to on the phone. I want to talk to that girl.” I realize he’s talking about me and I ask what’s wrong. He then tells me he thinks I have a really soothing voice and should do ASMR. I was like ok that’s weird but relatively harmless?
The guy gets his food then leaves. We can see him sitting in his car for like 15 minutes. Then he came back in the store with a map and started asking me a bunch of weird questions for directions to somewhere. I said “why can’t you just use google maps? I see you have an iPhone” and point to his phone. Then as I point I see him try to hide the screen. He had the audio recorder pulled up! This weirdo came back in the store with a thinly veiled excuse of asking for directions because he was trying to record my voice!!! It was so creepy. I told him “wait one second” and went to the back and told some coworkers what was going on. A friend of mine who worked in the kitchen, a 6’2 muscle head walked out and was like “IM GREAT WITH DIRECTIONS. MY GIRLFRIEND IS TERRIBLE AT THEM (while gesturing to me). LET ME HELP YOU!” Suddenly the guy didn’t need directions anymore.
So yeah. I’m going to say whatever that was, that was creepy.
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201points
#7

I’m a guy but a semi-frequent bar patron. Whenever guys ask bartenders what time they get off that they’ve had little to no interaction with is incredibly creepy. Gives off “I’ll be waiting for you in the parking lot” vibes.
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188points
#8

Not backing off when a woman indicates in any way whatsoever verbally or physically she isn’t interested, yet they continue or think they can continue to harass you or change your mind
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170points
#9

Hey where do you work? Oh which one? Yeah there's like six of them.....which one do you work at? No I won't show up at your work lol hahaha hey..... hey.... hey.... did you block me? What did I do wrong?
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158points
#10

Flirting with/hitting on women who are at work, commenting on our breasts/a*s, making any type of comment referring to a sexual act to a woman you are not imitate with, and not taking no for an answer
151points
#11

Touch my waist to move by me. I'll drop kick you. There is no reason for it, and it makes me irate every single time.
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149points
#12

Stand an inch away from you when you're in a line
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147points
#13

I don't like it when men refer to "the wife" like she's "the lawn mower" or "the tv" or something
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142points
#14

Me: "I'm married." *Shows ring*
Random guy: "I don't believe you. They all say that."
Then it just gets creepy because no matter what you say they just don't believe anything and keep pressing you to leave with them. That hyper aggressiveness is creepy.
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139points
#15

Men looking at women and licking their lips. JFC.. creepy,sleazy creeps.
Edit to add. There's a difference between just licking your lips and the sleazy creepy way some men do it.
Edit to add. There's a difference between just licking your lips and the sleazy creepy way some men do it.
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131points
#16

Talk to me (a male) about how much they disrespect women like i'm "in on it"
especially if i've never met the guy
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126points
#17

Personally I find it creepy when men insist that only unattractive men can be creepy. Not only do they assume that women only pay attention to hot guys and immediately write off the rest, but also that there's nothing wrong with their own behaviour that being better looking wouldn't fix.
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121points
#18

I (31, F) was walking up the stairs at a train station carrying a large suitcase the other day. A guy wanted to help and just took my suitcase from me without asking. I had to tell him 3 times I was ok and didn’t need his help. The suitcase wasn’t particularly heavy, just big. Don’t just grab other people’s stuff without asking! I know he just wanted to help but still!
120points
#19

Asking if I live alone. Just find this question so creepy intrusive like can’t imagine they asked another male this question.
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119points





