how to be less fetishised as a femme?

I don't know if it's heteronormativity or warped notions--but Being feminine as a guy has attracted more males to me than women. Most of these men are masculine side. I have no issues with masculine men and have had relations with some in the past.

But a common occurrence with them is they treat feminine men like replacements for women. The ones who hit me up call me by female gendered terms despite me being a cis male. Some ask for weird requests and inappropriate pictures. Then the ones who are 'figuring out their sexuality' and use feminine boys as objects to do so.

It makes me wonder if this is what women go through, being fetishized like this. This has also caused me to be physically harassed by a few who couldn't control themselves, even as a minor. I'm a bit jaded by it and have stopped dressing femme in public. But I don't want it to stop me from expressing femininity in general, as that's part of my expressions. Is there a way to navigate this in a safer way?