How did "creeps" and socially awkward men become conflated?

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103. But really, all labels are are descriptive words.

"A guy who has never even glanced in a woman's direction and might be completely unaware of her existence might be called creepy by one woman, while the next sees him as harmless." This is true. But it's true of just about anything. No one on this planet is going to be universally loved in all aspects by everyone. And a man, through no fault of his own might get labeled a creep simply because a woman doesn't like him. That's life. Sometimes people just don't like us. But if someone repeatedly gets labeled a creep over and over again, then it's a clue that it's not the women judging them, it's them, and something in their behavior might need to change. And that's no different than any other trait. If others repeatedly judge one to have a sociably undesirable trait, whatever that might be, a person might want to do some self examination and make some choices. Or decide they want to ignore it and keep on keeping on. But if they do, it's really hard to complain about the reactions of others.