It really is not that simple. Consider, for example, if you are a pretty girl. Yes you may have males initiate encounters with you so you didn't have to, and there are times when people are possibly nicer to you, but there are also those times when you get very unwanted encounters which can be very hard to deal with or downright frightening.
I remember once being groped by a creepy fat middle aged man when I was 20, and he would not let me go. My mind fogged and I did not know what to do because he was very strong. Then it occurred to me that there were others in the next room so I threatened to scream, unconvincingly, and I don't know what went through his ugly head while he thought about it, but he finally let me go. I literally could not smile for days, even though I was supposed to for my job at the time. The boss kept me busy around the shop so I would have less contact with customers. This is just one example of the sort of thing that made me stop even trying to look the way girls are supposed to look. The less attention, the better.
I sometimes do actually enjoy social situations, that's true, but other times I am just looking to make it stop. I don't like to pretend to be interested in stupid crap, but don't want to upset anyone, and sometimes laugh at a joke I did not get, and hate the whole thing so much that before long I am just thinking what I could have done differently to avoid this situation in the first place.
That's why these days I rarely go to anything anymore. I like being alone. I love my family, but sometimes just think I am waiting for the day my kids move out and my husband dies. I feel like I can't think or be myself while their distraction in constantly present.
I did not marry my husband because I loved him. I married him because we had a child, and that happened because I was 29 when I had met him and I had never been in any relationship before, and I did want a baby, and he was too thick to be put off by my lack of response. I merely did not resist the process. I have been paying for it ever since. He is very damaged himself and has made my life horrible.
Having said that, being totally alone for so many years was also horrible. Thank god I have my kids, despite everything.