Women fear rejection and disapproval more than men do

I’ve noticed this quite a few times over the years that yes, women do seem to fear rejection more. I especially have noticed how women are quick to rationalize away when males are being rejected.

I always wondered why is that the same women will try to trivialize male-rejection (oh grow up, be an adult, its no big deal), are the same women who will then talk to you about “passive rejection. You don’t know what passive rejection is? Its basically an excuse some women give for letting men do all the work and risk-taking. They will actually say something like “well, we women get rejected all the time too”, “I mean, when a guy walks by you, and asks another girl out, that’s rejection”, “Or when you go into a club, and all the other girls are getting checked out by guys, and I’m not, well, that’s me being rejected!”.

It does sound ridicolous that they’d equate “not being checked out” with being told by a woman that you’re ugly and don’t get a date. I’m obviously exaggerating for effect, but you get the point. No way is passive rejection anywhere close to active rejection. The only way you can explain women doing so much less risk-taking then men seems to be some deeper fear of being rejected..

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This may be why women have been evolutionarily designed to fear rejection and disapproval much more than men do.