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View submission: XKCD 1325: Rejection
This is *purely* anecdotal, and perhaps you know different sorts of women that I do, but unlike men, I’ve never heard a woman, friend or otherwise, complain about being “led on” or “friend-zoned,” and almost all of my friends are women.
Comment by [deleted] at 04/02/2014 at 03:28 UTC
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It happens sometimes, but when you're a girl you generally get led on in a different way. Most single guys I know would sleep with me if I asked. But I've had some "friends" stop talking to me when I said I didn't want to sleep with them. They lead you on by making you think they're interested in who you are, but then they ask you to be FWB. Or worse, when you do sleep with them, they have accomplished their goal so they put no effort into being friends and just want the benefits.
Generally I think the difference is many girls will just take that as a sign that the guy was kind of a jerk and move on, though of course some will take that to mean that all guys only like them for sex. That's certainly reinforced a lot on reddit.