Today's Women and Compliments?

[najekim]

I was reading the responses so far for the question "Girls how would you feel if a guy complemented your cleavage?" and they made me wonder what went wrong causing women to get "hostile" about being politely complimented in some way about their looks or attributes by strangers out on the street.
Back when ladies were gracious enough just to say "Thank you" if they didn't blush ruby red and continued on. Now the reactions are like you had been bitch-slapped or had all your clothes torn off you in the middle of Main Street.
So the question to the women would be: Why all the discontentment?
Bonus question for the guys: What do you think went wrong?

[Yads_Is_Back]

Well when you tell her she has nice breasts, you might not have torn her clothes off but you were probably thinking about it.

Also, most would consider it rude that you're only looking at her sexually - like you could be complimenting her on her hair or something about her personality.

I will say that I'll take a compliment as a compliment with good intentions; even when it's sexual, it's still a compliment. However, I wouldn't really respond to a compliment like that - at least not the way you'd want me to. I would say "thanks," sure, but I'd keep a distance from you after that, since you only see me sexually. A compliment more like "You're beautiful, pretty, etc." or like "I like when you do your hair like that. It's pretty." is what would really flatter me.

[Yads_Is_Back]

To your update... Obviously compliments in general anybody decent would thank you for it. Even stuck up people thank people for compliments lol, I don't know why somebody would just take that as anything else. The only thing I can think of would be if you come across as a creep.

[thegirlfromthething]

Commenting on a woman’s cleavage when you’re not her boyfriend, friend with benefits, or otherwise sexually intimate with her is inappropriate. That’s way too sexual from a guy you don’t know or only have a platonic relationship with. It’s not polite- it’s crude.

[MountAverage]

This.

[Yads_Is_Back]

True this

[Yamahoo]

I'm not sure, although I will say that I'm not scared to complement woman cause I'm scared of women, I'm scared that they will get offended and I think that's sad.
Ide say the problem is that a minority of women get offended from complements cause they think we're objectifying them 'r somethin'. And ya know what? A minority of guys are like that. But ide like too think that in reality, most women would love a non creepy complement like "I like yer hair, it's cute" but I don't cause I'm afraid they will get mad.

[Yamahoo]

Juz by the by, I'm exclusively talkin' 'bout non creepy complements. If yer talkin' 'bout someone's sexual organs you better be wit' em in some way like der Huzbando/Wife

[stanstraykids]

nope nope nope, complementing a woman on her body is creepy if you're not her boyfriend or anything, plus it makes them uncomfortable. dont do it.

[PurpleTeardrops2]

Complimenting a woman on her cleavage? Are you serious? You incels are so oblivious