Women are weak?

Ok, so I was in a store heading to the men's wear department. A woman was in front of me going in the same direction pushing a shopping cart fairly slowly. She looked to be in her mid 30's but I'm not really a good judge. I wasn't in any particular hurry so rather than try to get around her I just patiently took my time. After a couple of minutes she started turning around and looking behind her. Then she stopped and told me in a very flustered manner to stop following her. I replied that I was just headed to the men's department and proceeded to go around her. As I passed her I heard her say "sure" in a very condescending manner.

When I got home I told my wife about what happened and she suggested that the women might have thought I was lewdly checking her out but more likely she was just afraid that a man was following her. I was a bit taken aback and asked her why she would be afraid. She said that women learn very early on that they are no match for a man when it comes to strength and that many men use that advantage to bully women. When she saw the look on my face she said that she knows I'm not that kind of man and that's one of the reasons she loves me so much.

So I have to ask, is that true? Are women conditioned to fear men? If you were in that situation would you have been afraid if you saw a big guy "following" you?

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