I think this is a good story but negative. It comes off as more of a put down of men and less of a lift up of you.

I think instead of focusing on what men think of you, you should write about what you want. Not negative wants like "I want men to not ask blah blah blah." Positive desires like "I want to be independent." Maybe "I want to climb the tallest mountain on each continent."

There are plenty of "men bashing" stories and maybe that is the kind of writer you want to be. It is a genre here. I read the men bashing stories to try and see things from a woman's perspective.

This leads me to believe that a lot of women have a lot of negative encounters with men and few positive ones. I think that is because a minority of men have an outsized impact of the majority of women. Those bad men are out and about causing mayhem or just a general disturbance. While there is no perfect man many men are not bad. Flawed but positive functioning, not evil. I will not suggest you go find of of these "good men." It seems you don't want a long term heterosexual partner or a long term partner of any kind. That is ok, I think you could be happy that way.

It is really about what you want, not what they want.

Do you know what you want or are you like my first director, "bring it to me and I will know it when I see it." He did not know what he wanted, he was of little help.

TEK