No, but the point is I know my friends and coworkers. I don't know the random men coming into my store. You can tell people's intent when you're interacting with them. It is patronizing when these men do it. It's about privilege. They think they have the right to be casually intimate with me. They think that because I'm a women, I want them to be. I don't.

And for the record, I don't like it when women do the patronizing thing to me either, and I don't think women should be doing the "sweetheart"/"darling" thing to men. But I didn't address that here because that issue isn't as prevalent. Again, it's about privilege. Our society tells men that women want them to be casually intimate with them, and women end up being the ones having to put up with the creepers. You have to draw the line somewhere, and I'd rather stop anything sketchy before it even starts. I want the world to be a safe place for my daughters. I want it to be a safe place for me.

I know a lot of people think I'm overreacting, but the point is that it's a symptom of a much larger problem, and it really isn't okay.