I have figured out that in some cases it has nothing at all to do with you, but with getting an ego boost from having some woman, any woman, acknowledge their existence. What they demand is your attention, and they don't care if that attention is in the form of fear, or anger, because ignoring them is simply not an option. They will simply keep bothering you until you say or do something!

I've found that it ultimately doesn't even matter what you say in response, whether positive or negative (although such men do not like negative responses, they'll take that too).

Feeling down? Not felling too confident? Are you in need of a quick affirmation of your manhood or just your humanity? Why not pester a woman you don't know, have never met, and will probably never see again, to acknowledge that you are indeed a man. And it has to come from a woman because the power dynamic decrees that tat is what women exist for. Can you see them demanding attention from a strange man?