I've seen a lot of women on reddit and other question apps call men weird or shame men for not wanting to be friends with women, especially ones they like that reject them. They say he should be HER friend regardless and that it hurts the WOMAN to lose a "friend". Women will also say he wasnt a true friend if he didn't want to be around her after she rejected him, to which I'd argue that if that guy didn't give her GF benefits like paying for meals, protecting her, doing favors for her without her showing appreiciation and giving anything in return she wouldn't be his friend either. But the difference is that he would still do those things for her as a BF or friend and more, but as a friend she wouldn't do any of that stuff for him. My point being is men gain little to zero benefits being friends with women while women gain all the benefits to being friends with men. Thats why men dont want that as a consolation prize, its insulting. But this also confirms that women cant handle the truth and would rather be lied to. Instead of just being OK and relieved that she wont have to deal with a potential creep she'd rather him lie to himself and her just to satisfy her own ego. If a man was in her position he wouldn't shame her to keep being his fleshlight, but for some reason women think men need to be their mule. If a woman can deny a man sex he can deny her friendship.