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In reply to the discussion: Women in public, no matter how they're dressed, are not "inviting" ANYTHING. [View all]Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)I could post some anecdotal reference to the experience of big, strong and/or "attractive" men and being stared at, but that would probably just invite a "cool story, bro" like the one upthread, an' we all know what that means.
So let me throw this out from left field- I actually think some of this shit may be geographical. In my experience, people on the East Coast, in particular, are far more intently and obtrusively up in each others' bizniz', just in general. This is one of the reasons I can't abide Manhattan. Every time I've been out there it seems like all rules of interpersonal decorum- like, how long to look vs "stare" at a stranger- have been tossed out the window.
The further West one goes, it seems to me, the more people in public at least pretend to not give half a shit about what other people are doing, at any given moment. This even applies to superficial Los Angeles.