'Get your arse out, mate': we turn the tables on everyday sexism

[pipoman]

1. This goes somewhat to almost all women's

Reluctance to make eye contact with men in public. Most women determine a man peripherally, then avoid eye contact. The look isn't enough to recognize if they know the man. Prior to my current position, in all my previous jobs, I didn't know that many people outside of the few I worked with. This has become very obvious to me in the last few years because I now know hundreds (probably thousands) of people as my current job has made me a very public person. When I go to the grocery store I find myself always having to engage women I know who are shopping alone. Once I say something and they look at me they often say something like, 'I was so engrossed in my shopping I didn't see you'. This isn't confined to an age group either, old and young alike. It is less prevalent when I am with my wife or another female.

Now I know why because I see how some men flirt, ogle, and eye any woman who makes eye contact with them. .it can be uncomfortable for me when I see this, it must be demeaning and uncomfortable for the woman who is subject to this type of unwelcome attention.