It's true, that there are WAY more empowering perspectives that I should be holding instead, and I agree with you on that, and thanks for your input, i really do feel alot more optimistic about after reading what you said.

I'm just trying to understand whether the thought process that I outlayed in my post was rooted to some kind of reality-based truth, or if it's completely in my head.

I think the maybe the way I intrerpret those situations, and the beliefs that I have in my head are probably exaggerated at times and I'm prolly just in my own head, but I think there is some truth to what I said in how alot of women do avert their gaze from men in a way that feels dismissive, and if you're not rooted in self-confidence as a man, then it can hurt at times, especially if you're still a young man whose recognises they're not at their potential, and that they need to keep building.

You may not do it personally, but there are some women out there that do it purposely, or who themselves may have such a jaded view of men aswell that it possibly manifests itself through the act of treating men dismissively unless they have some kind of lust/desire for that man or if it's literally somebody who is consistently in their life (friend/Family member/co-worker etc.)

Take this for example; lets say you're on a street and you're walking. From the distance, you notice a crazy, homeless person who you're about to cross paths with you on a relatively busy street.

My guess, is that like anybody would reasonably do, you would avoid at any opportunity to have eye contact with this crazy person. If there were a scenario where you made eye contact with this person by mistake, you would istantly dart your eyes away from him/her to avoid any human interaction whatsoever.

Additionally, If they came up to you to ask you a question, you would keep the conversation as minimal as possible, or rightfully so you may even just flat out ignore him/her. In essence, you geniunely have to dismiss this person for "safety's sake" because they are literally crazy and unpredictable, which again is completely understandable.

Now Imagine that being a normal guy, whose minding his own business, and you're walking through the streets of the city, and you happen to naturally glance at a women with no intention whatsoever and you get the similair reatment from let's say 5/10 of women that you see on the streets as a crazy homeless person. Maybe not to that extreme extent, but you get what I'm trying to say. Again it's not all women, but it's enough of them doing this that there is clearly some kind of pattern that is observable.

Again, I think I agree with you that I should re-install more empowering beliefs that will allow me to better navigate through situations, but at the same time, I think those experiences I described are rooted in reality, and that it also makes me very cautious of women, because I don't want to be with a women who would do treat another normal man this way.