The word creep illustrates major differences in the mind of a man and woman. Just a simple experiment that actually highlights a simple factor in attraction.

I grew up thinking that creeps were the guys who came on far too strong. Who obsessed about a certain girl. Who sexually assaulted girls. Who raped girls. I think this is a generic male idea of what a creep is.

The oblivious male conclusion from this is: I will be extra nice and respect a girls boundaries.

However over time and observation I've learnt that women perceive the creeps as the socially retarded guys, the geeks, the out of shape guys, the guys with bad posture, the ugly guys, the poor guys, the unconfident guys.

Eg. I was talking to a nice girl yesterday, she told me about a creep she met recently. I asked her why he was a creep, the answer was "he's just like one those losers you would see in high school", though apparently he was nice.

When these "losers" even just talk to girls there is a high chance they will be labelled a creep, even if they are super nice: They aren't even worthy of eye contact.

Therefore the enlightened male learns: To avoid creepdom, focus on gaining the traits girls find attractive (muscular, confident, fun, emotionally stoic men).

No groundbreaking ideas for this sub, but it is interesting how the interpretation of a single word can highlight our natural differences.