tl;dr: It's appalling that I was treated as any man would in a similar situation. Where are all the 'good men' in the world who'll protect women from such base treatment.<p>Take any guy, good looking, bad looking, genius intelligence, or idiot. Watch them join a conversation yet make no measurable effort to draw interest from others or offer something of value.<p>How will he be treated? Like like he's invisible. A treatment that isn't just limited to conversation, it extends to life as a whole. Men who have nothing interesting to say or do with their lives effectively don't exist to the rest of the world. That's why we posture and aggressively assert ourselves. To do otherwise is to accept a lifetime of irrelevance.<p>Women have and always will be the 'privileged class' when it comes to human interaction; for the simple fact that most men are singularly incapable of turning off their biological drives.<p>When was the last time you saw a whole group of women fall all over themselves to be inclusive of men (excl celebrities) in any and everything?<p>If you want to be treated with equal consideration that men do, you have to do as we do. Take responsibility and <i>make</i> yourself relevant. Existing and occupying space is simply not enough.<p>Do you know what type of women don't get dismissed or treated as somebody's 'plus one'? The ones who fucking introduce themselves and signal to others that they're more than just an ornament. A la, don't act like an accessory if you don't want to be treated like an accessory.<p>I kinda wish Ronda Rousey wouldn't have lost that last fight because she was on to something really awesome with her 'anti do nothing bitches' campaign.<p>*apologies for the language, I just feel really frustrated that so many women would rather blame men for all of the problems in the world rather than focusing that energy on self-reflection and finding ways to correct the problem