This week I’ve decided to finally expand upon an issue I’d held back for a while now: Creep Culture. First and foremost, I’m not talking about #MeToo here. Those #MeToo stories are tragic and abominable and need to stop now!

But, that’s not what Creep Culture involves. No, Creep Culture is the practice of, for instance, taking a workout video and catching a man glancing your way, and putting that video on TikTok or Instagram to call him out, and get likes and positive reinforcement from all your followers, knowing full well that the person you caught on tape will never see his shaming. What’s more, sure, he did check you out, and I get it, you didn’t want to be checked out, and you feel a little uncomfortable about it, but the internet isn’t a place to air your dirty laundry. Sure, discuss it with your friends, and you’re right to be uncomfortable. But, trust me, unless the guy is walking up to you and demanding your phone number, all we was doing was admiring you and moving on. He doesn’t deserve to be shamed for that. And you don’t need that type of likes.

The problem, though, isn’t that you’ve shamed a dude who really didn’t mean you any harm, the problem is all the dudes who didn’t do it, and see your video, and become deathly afraid of even approaching women. What kind of society are we creating if men are afraid of asking out women, and women don’t want to ask out men? That’s the question!