Do women throw around the word "creep" a little too liberally?

I have a girlfriend at this moment so I am not really dealing with this personally because I rarely hit on or flirt with women do there really is no chance of rejection or acting /looking like a creeper (if you are in a relationship with a normal woman other women find it nearly impossible for you to be seen as a creeper for some stupid reason)

But I have dealt with being called a creep or creepy or a creeper in the past. Lately, I have been hanging out with my girlfriend and her friends a lot lately. She has an enormous amount of female friends. I have met so many women in the past few months. Many of them are 10's on the attractiveness scale.

Anyway, being around women this much lately, I have come to the realization that women call pretty much any man that they are not attracted to a creep. Any man who approaches them that is not their type is a creep. Any man that is too old or strange looking is a creep. Any man that approaches them awkwardly or acts shy or awkward is a creep. It even applies to people that aren't even hitting on them or talking to them. A guy they see on the street corner minding his own business- he has dirty clothes or bad style he's a creep. It's incredible. I used to think I deserved this treatment from women. But the reality is that the vast majority of these men don't deserve to be treated or judged this way. It is about as hurtful to most men as being called a whore or a slut.

Men won't show it but I think alot of women don't realize (especially women who haven't been in a relationship in a while) that men have the same emotions and feelings that they do.

I don't think women realize how hurtful this can be to a man especially one who is in your social circle. To call him that is to pretty much judge him to be dangerous and once he is labeled a creep; the women in your social circle will avoid him and the men will follow suit. You should be flattered that most of these men are trying and shouldn't be so quick to judgement.

The word creep should be reserved to for the guy who follows you home through a dark alley running around with his wiener hanging out. It should be reserved for true stalker types. Because there are some really sick people out there and from what I have seen most of these guys that get labeled as such are FAR from it. Strange yes, awkward yes, annoying yes, ugly yes, old yes, but creeper.. not necessarily. You should really only call a guy this after you have made it clear that you have zero interest in him and he continues to pursue and harass you IMO.

Your thoughts are welcome.