Why are so many men afraid to interact with women at work?

Since my coworker got me fired just because I rejected her advances, I am now very careful dealing with women.

She leaned on me while talking to me with her top buttons open, would run her hand over my hair. Joke about me being gay and then I ignore and ignore because I've a girlfriend and I didn't find her attractive because of her bossy/controlling attitude even though she was just my coworker not a manager.

I usually don't make my co-workers friend. I just do what's assigned to me and if I see anything we can improve, I offer suggestions to my manager.

That was the first time I saw guys siding with a physically beautiful woman. They didn't know a thing about me yet sided with her.

Now even when any woman asks me to meet, I ask them to either text me same or email me.

It's not that men are "afraid of women", they're worried that they might do something completely innocent that is misinterpreted as harassment, and then they're dragged through the legal system for it.

So yeah, not "afraid of women" at all.

The main reason I hear is prevention. Any kind of behavior that is too critical would be perceive as abuse. So most people now is trying to avoid interaction with women unless there's more people on the room.