Can we just be friends?

Lately one thing that has been making my blood boil is the notion that if a girl is nice to a guy she is "leading him on." Males seem to have some kind of evolutionary right to get angry at a girl if she asks him to hang out and genuinely means just hang out. Why do guys always think there is a hidden meaning?
A few weeks ago I invited one of my male friends to watch a movie with me after we'd been talking about it at dinner. It really was nothing more than "Oh man I love the Blair Witch Project, I really feel like watching it now. Want to watch it after dinner?" yet he somehow seems to have a given right to be mad at me because I wouldn't let anything more than that happen. I spent the whole movie guarding my hands because the moment I let my guard down he would without fail grab my hand, something that I was not at all comfortable with. As the movie was finishing and I was getting tired I exaggerated my sleepiness and pretended to be all but asleep in a hope that this would make him leave, as this particular friend has a track record of not taking subtle hints to leave and getting mad when I ask more bluntly for him to leave.
Eyes closed and leaning on the wall beside me I played the part and he asked if he should leave (in an obvious 'or I could stay the night' tone). I said "Yeah you probably should" or something to that effect and eventually he did.
The next day I was welcomed to the dining hall by his friends telling me how much of a 'dog' I was because I had invited him to watch a movie and actually meant it. When the story of the previous night was relayed to me I was now the villain who seductively asked him back to my room and then held his hand before teasingly pulling away throughout the night. What horrified me the most was that according to these friends of his, when he asked if he should leave I told him "that it was up to him" and he was the gentleman who left, not wanting to take advantage. Can I throw up now? This blatant lie makes me feel physically ill. To have his friends telling me that he was the good guy because he left even after I'd spent the night seducing and teasing him. I can honestly say that it was one of the most uncomfortable nights of my life and I could not wait to have him out of my room.
When I asked my other males friends what they thought of his interpretation of the night they too put the blame solely on me. One of my friends remarked "So you asked him to "watch a movie" and then you chose a horror movie? What are you doing to the poor guy, Laura?" What infuriated me about his statement was the air quotes around "watch a movie." Call me old fashioned but when did "watch a movie" stop meaning actually watching a movie? And what am I meant to say if I actually want to watch a movie with a friend? Or am I just not allowed to watch a movie with male friends at all anymore?
I am probably either extremely old fashioned or naive, but this is something I continually see happening. Guys getting mad at girls because they have been "lead on" even when the girl has made it clear that she isn't up for anything more than friendship (as I had in my case). Guys, take it from me. Most girls aren't into playing games like that, if they say they're involved with someone else, or they just want to be friends they probably mean it and any further attention is unwanted and will make them extremely uncomfortable. There is a small percentage of girls who I'm sure do play these games (I don't actually know any, but I'm not going to rule out their existence) but these are not the girls you want anyway and you should not be encouraging that behavior.

I'll take my friend Ethan as hope that girls and guys can be uncomplicated friends.