I think it would be ideal if we got to a place where it was just as safe and socially acceptable for women to approach men as well, but in the meantime while we're waiting for that to happen, men can learn to read women's body language and other cues, and most importantly, look at them as fellow human beings with their own thoughts and wishes, rather than something to acquire for their enjoyment and pleasure.

Studies have shown that men tend to overestimate a woman’s interest in them, based on what she is wearing and how interested he is in her. However, when researchers prompted study participants to actually pay attention to emotional cues such as facial expression and body language, they did a much better job of accurately gauging interest.

When men look past their cultural programming that attractive women are there for their pleasure, and actually pay attention to what the woman wants, they are quite capable of grasping if their interest is reciprocated or not, but they don’t always make that effort — in part because the culture doesn’t require them to - although a lot of women are pretty fed up with that and not just accepting it as inevitable the way that they used to. They want to be able to go out in public places without running the risk of being treated like a cake in front of hungry children. We'll never have actual equality until that happens.