Are you afraid of women because of me? I shake my head. I am shaking my head hard (I remember that feeling, shaking my head instead of screaming, though I also did that). I am shaking my head & trying to say calmly, at a normal volume, I’m not afraid of women. I just don’t feel for women what I feel for guys, I guess. I want to answer my mother: No, I’m afraid of you because of you.