To explore your own shadow can be both very beneficial but also harmful if one does not know how to navigate it. You can literally loose yourself.
That said, regarding the sex predators thing, this can be a real problem, they can be intimidating and manipulative AF. It was not my intention to down play anything with saying “Calm down and stack sats”, I was just in a cheerful mood and was misreading the room I guess.
That said, I believe most men and women grow up to be balanced adults that deserve respect as a default.