Should women make the first move more often?

People may have different experiences, but for me women normally don't make the first move. Ive heard them say they are afraid of rejection or they are shy/anxious which is understandable. I have the same issue, but I still try to approach and make the first move. A lot of them say they will never approach a guy, if they stare at a guy and they don't get the hint, it's on them. I'm sorry but staring is not making the first move. If a guy just stares at a women he's considered a creep. I feel there would be more relationships if women made the first move more often. This is just my opinion.

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BlueVeins · 22-25

The whole situation around "making the first move" is just another example of society being a clusterfuck and there not really being any solutions. It [i]tends[/i] to be true that women don't want to make the first move, and if they don't want to, that's obviously their right. It also tends to be true that women feel creeped out if a guy makes the first move and she's not into it, which is valid; ya can't help the way you feel. That leads to men not wanting to make the first move either, which has bad consequences, but you can't really fault someone for not wanting to be seen as creepy.

All this results in a natural stalemate where nobody does anything, and the only ways out are for someone to either make a move or get around the problem entirely by creating a social space where interest is implicit. Go on some dating apps. Women, get out of your comfort zone. Men, take some risks. Non-binary people, do whatever non-binary people do idk. Or everyone do none of that and continue being alone, y'all can do whatever you want idc.