I think that's something that definitely needs to change, how women are brought up to behave. Of course, then she's a b**ch, so you can't win. I do agree that being able to respond at the time is something that a lot of women aren't able to do, for whatever reason. Me, I stood up and pushed a guy who tried to sit next to me in a booth after I'd told him to basically get lost. So, yeah, my own instincts, which sound very much like yours, do make it hard for me to understand how women can put up with what they put up with.