When a Glance Becomes a Crime

From virtue signaling to social collapse.

While the police spend resources chasing down men who look for "too long," society around them is unraveling. The result? Men are withdrawing—and women are left without men.

Pensions are frozen, the NHS is collapsing, schools are falling apart—and the police prioritize catcalling.

England mirrors a wider Western crisis: when those in power lose touch with reality, they turn to hollow gestures to appear proactive. But people see through the façade—and the result is a deeper fury that’s now putting society to the test.

There are moments when I have to pinch myself to make sure I’m not reading a satirical article from The Babylon Bee. This is one of those moments. Police in England have decided to deploy female officers in tight leggings and low-cut tops to jog along public roads. Yes, you read that right. Not to work out. Not to perform at a sports event. But to lure out men who look a little too long, maybe whistle, or shout something stupid in passing.

Around the next corner, patrols are waiting. They’ve been instructed to stop any man who reacts “inappropriately”—have a chat, write up a report, or in the worst case, drag him in. What’s actually happening is that ordinary men are being treated as potential criminals just for being men.

And at the same time? Women are posting videos raging about how no one flirts with them anymore. No compliments. No one makes a move.

It sounds like a joke. But this is real.

Bait in Tights
In Surrey, this project has already been piloted. Female officers dressed in skin-tight workout leggings and sports bras are sent out jogging in residential neighborhoods. They look like everyday joggers, but the whole point is to provoke a reaction. If you stare too long, whistle, or yell—expect a squad car to pull up on you. Patrols are right around the corner, ready to pounce like you just tried to commit a felony.

This has already led to arrests. Not just in cases of truly gross behavior, but even in situations that, under normal circumstances, would never be seen as criminal. That’s what makes it so grotesque: the police are using their own women as bait to test average men on the street.

But notice where this is happening. Not in the immigrant-heavy neighborhoods, where rape gangs and serious harassment have been a very real issue. There, the police stay far away—for fear of being accused of racism. Instead, they station their “jogging ladies” in Surrey—a wealthy, safe middle-class enclave south of London—where it’s easy to nab men who happen to glance in the wrong direction at the wrong time.

In other words: police avoid the roughest areas—often immigrant-heavy zones where violence and abuse are real threats—while men from all backgrounds in peaceful middle-class suburbs are now being harassed by the state in a rigged game designed to make them lose.

And this isn’t the first time we’ve seen such absurd priorities. I’ve written before about how the police come knocking for your thoughts—read that here—and what’s now happening in Surrey fits perfectly into the same pattern.

When Everyday Life Becomes a Trap
This is what makes it so toxic: once the police start using attractive women as bait, suspicion lingers everywhere. You're at the store, you catch the eye of the woman at the register—do you dare smile, or might she be an undercover cop? You see an attractive woman at the gym—do you even dare look, or could your glance be taken as “evidence” of harassment? Even when you pass a young mother with a stroller in the park, the thought creeps in: is this another setup?

What used to be small, natural human interactions are turning into potential traps. Men are forced to walk with their eyes to the ground, terrified of being labeled. Women are reduced to suspected agents, used as tools in a game no one asked to play.

When everyday life becomes a minefield, it’s not safety you're building. It’s fear, distance, and a cold suspicion between people who otherwise could’ve shared a simple, human moment.

When Compliments Disappear
For over a decade, men have been dragged for making advances toward women. It really took off after #MeToo in 2017, when the boundaries of what counts as harassment kept tightening. Soon after, a new trend appeared online: women filming men at the gym, in stores, at cafes or parks to “catch them” staring. These videos went viral on YouTube, Instagram, and later TikTok, and men were publicly shamed as “creeps” just for glancing at the wrong moment.

Today, more men are stepping back. Women say they miss men taking the initiative. Dating apps are amplifying the imbalance, and many are left feeling drained and lonely. The most solid data comes from Pew, YouGov, Gallup, and research on dating apps. Smaller studies point in the same direction but should be read with caution.

What the research shows:

• Around 63% of men under 30 are single, compared to 34% of women in the same age group. (Pew Research)

• Many find online dating exhausting: about 8 in 10 users say they’re “tired” or “burnt out” from the apps. (Forbes Health)

• On dating apps, the gap is huge: women get far more matches than men. (Tinder research)

• Half of young adults have been in a “situationship”—unclear, undefined, no real boundaries. (YouGov)

• Loneliness is widespread: about 1 in 4 young men say they felt lonely for most of the previous day. (Gallup)

Findings from smaller surveys:

• Roughly 45% of men in their early 20s say they’ve never asked a woman out face-to-face.

• Many men say they hold back because they’re afraid of being seen as “creepy” or intrusive. Numbers ranging from 50–70% show up in various smaller surveys.

• Women often say they want men to take the first step, but the rules are blurry and inconsistent—which leaves a lot of men unsure what’s okay.

One of the more absurd illustrations of this comes from the YouTuber BlindSurfer, who in his video “Gym Girl Freaked Out at Me” explains:

When even a blind man gets accused of staring, you know the culture of suspicion has gone off the rails.

Many men have now stopped flirting, giving compliments, or even making contact. The fear of being labeled a creep, humiliated, or misunderstood has pushed them to give up completely. It’s reached the level of absurdity: police in England deploying female officers in activewear to lure glances and comments—then treating men who look like they’re potential rapists in the making.

And the most insane part? This mindset, which started on social media, has now become official policy.

At the same time, we’re seeing a new trend: women filming themselves complaining that men no longer hit on them. Many admit they struggle to find a partner—because men just aren’t making the first move anymore. One tragically comic example is a beautiful woman heading out for the night, ranting into the camera:

“They better pay attention to me tonight. I’m so fucking sick of this shit. Touch a boob, buy a drink, I mean it’s like very fucking simple.”

Amala Ekpunobi has analyzed this trend on YouTube, and it shows just how desperate things have become.

No wonder men have stopped taking initiative. When the price of showing interest is being shamed online, called a creep, or at worst surveilled by police—men are choosing to opt out.

When the Real Abusers Walk Free
While average men are being treated as would-be rapists just for looking at a woman, it’s worth remembering who the police haven’t gone after with the same energy. City after city has seen grooming gangs operate with impunity for years. Hundreds of young girls—some in primary school—were systematically abused and raped. The police knew. They were warned. But they looked the other way—too afraid of being called racist, too afraid of losing public favor.

The contrast is staggering. While ordinary men are pulled over by patrols for glancing too long at a jogger in Surrey, organized rape gangs continue virtually untouched. While grandmothers get police at their door for liking a Facebook post, those who destroy lives are shielded by political correctness.

This isn’t about safety. It’s about priorities. And those priorities reveal a system no longer protecting the public from danger—but protecting itself from criticism.

A Society on the Brink?
What’s happening with the police is just the tip of the iceberg. The British public is already past their breaking point—and it’s not just because of jogging officers in tights. The pensions of those who built the country are frozen, elderly people are pushed aside while new groups get priority. The NHS is in crisis, hospitals are buckling under pressure, people die on waitlists and are sent home untreated. Schools are crumbling, teachers are quitting, and instead of educating children, classrooms are filled with ideological experiments.

And in the midst of it all, the island nation is being flooded with immigrants—at a pace people feel in their daily lives. They see the benefits system strained, housing disappear, healthcare queues grow, and their own children and grandchildren left with less. All of it deepens the divide.

So when people see police sending out their most attractive female officers as bait to trap British men—instead of tackling the problems tearing the country apart—it doesn’t exactly calm the mood. It feels like an insult, proof that those in power live in a parallel universe while ordinary Brits are being failed at every level.

This is just a slice of what people are furious about. The sum of it all is a system that feels rotten to the core—and that’s why things are boiling over in Britain right now.

On the Edge of Collapse
When police in England are sending out their most attractive officers in tights to bait men into traps—while grooming gangs roam free, pensions are frozen, the NHS is collapsing, and schools are falling apart—it’s a clear sign of a society that’s lost its direction. Trust is gone. People feel betrayed. And the anger that’s long simmered beneath the surface is starting to boil over.

These aren’t minor missteps fixable with a few reforms. This is a pattern. The authorities have chosen to prioritize symbolic politics and control, while real problems have been left to rot. Once people realize this, the pendulum always swings back—and when it does, it swings hard.

The warning is simple: England is teetering on the edge of something it won’t be able to quietly back away from. And the rest of the world shouldn’t think we’re immune. When a society chooses to criminalize natural glances while ignoring real abuse, we’ve crossed the line into territory that can’t be fixed without serious consequences.