Oh, you mean they bought into the Disney/Church/MSM/Feminist/Socialist meme that women are Higher Beings who must always be obeyed and never spoken to by men unless addressed first? That kind of non-wimpiness? (LOL!) That's a pretty big "just"...
There are a fair number of women who misguidedly love having most men act "shy" of them, since it allows them to maintain the illusion that they can assert control over their relationships. They always end up paying for that in some way.
No it has to do with breaking the ice, and it has nothing to do with behaivor in a relationship. I see plenty of good-looking women out there who lead their men around grocery stores, and malls like puppy dogs, and boss them around. That seems to be the staus quo in this country these days.
Give me a break.
And if it's the other way around, I guess that means the man "controls" everything. And that that's just good and proper, of course, because heavens the man shouldn't have any control.
(Truth, anyway, is that men do not approach women - successfully - without getting her tacit approval 1st [and last], if only eye contact, a fleeting note of approval. Only rapists actually push the envelope even if the woman disapproves. It's true in nature, and it's true in humans.)
Don't ever try calling my men "wimpy". You may find a fist up your butt from any of them. Then we'll find out who's "shy".
Like I said, see if you can distinguish between "shy" and "wimpy". They are NOT synonyms.