Why is it some men get all offended if a woman they don't know is wary around them?

[JoePhilly]

250. Thanks ...

The situation I described was in the grocery store parking lot, mid-day, other people in the parking lot.

And I agree completely on the "no touching" ... that was the last think I wanted to do ... a few others have attacked me above saying maybe I should have shouted at her. Maybe that would have been better.

At the time, I was trying to get her attention in the least threatening manner I could. So while I was trying to be loud enough to be heard (and I do think she could hear me), I also know that I did not want my tone to seem threatening in any way.

Its sad that there are guys who've created an environment in which women, for very legitimate safety reasons, have to start-out feeling threatened in such situations. The guys who don't know women feel threatened in such situations are probably the same ones who would get upset when a woman appears to feel threatened. I wasn't upset with the woman for feeling threatened, I knew it was happening. So I was just trying to minimize the perceived threat level I knew I would generate in trying to return her sunglasses.

A funny note within this serious topic ... the sun glasses that the woman dropped, looked expensive to me. I'm not an expert, but back around 1997, my wife got me to buy a really nice pair of Rayband sunglasses for over $100. I didn't want to buy them. I said that was way too much for sun glasses because I always would lose or break them. But she said, "if you spend that much for sunglasses, you'll take care of them". So I bought them. She was right (she usually is). And I still have them and wear them all the time. So when I picked up the woman's sunglasses, and saw that they looked expensive ... it kind of created a sense of urgency. Having had them for close to 15 years, I'd be miserable if I lost my raybands.