I’m well aware they do. So you have to pick a side. Either it’s acceptable to ask about someone’s physical characteristics, or it’s not. You can’t argue for one sex to do something and the other to be given carte Blanche because that’s not how equality between the sexes work.

The current prevailing attitude (not of this author) is that it’s unacceptable for men to ask these things. Men who do ask such things are likely to be ignored, blocked or called out. That’s the same treatment the OP is getting.

My personal view (against the direction of travel) is that it’s fine to ask people about their bodies - I’d rather a potential partner have all the information up front and not waste my time. However, I appreciate I’m fairly pragmatic and relatively emotionally hardy. I suspect I’m in the minority on this - and that’s fine. We can put a moratorium on physical characteristics questions but it must be applied universally.