This just took it to a whole new level of bullshit for me.  Man: "ever smile?" My response: Because I read your profile and believe you are capable of high emotional intelligence and understanding (totally untrue, but a tricky teaching technique I use to boost weak students' confidence through a self fulfilling prophecy), I really need you to read this: "A lot of people don’t understand why women would have a scowl or a neutral facial expression. Women are looked at as needing to have this kind of emotional response, to always be happy, always be nice, and caring, and pretty, and lovely. You have to be dainty and poised and have a pleasant demeanor. It is put on us as our responsibility. Many people feel entitled to women’s emotions or expressions, particularly in the public space. Men often tell a woman to smile or initiate a conversation with a woman without her wanting to respond. She doesn’t owe you anything; she can move around the world however she wants to without having to feel like she has some responsibility to give something to someone else, to a stranger." I encourage you to empathize with others and understand why all people might not be smiling, despite their sex gender, but especially women.