A video showed up in my newsfeed which is supposed to be a protest against the harassment of women in India, the worlds capital for rapes and objectification of women. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDYFqQZEdRA) Apparently, smiling at somebody covered from head to toe sitting across from you in the train is a totally unacceptable behavior among human beings. What's so offensive about looking at someone's face? If a woman is sitting right in front of a person, it is arguably rather offensive not to look her face and and just stare down at their own feet. Looking at someone's face is by definition the farthest thing from treating them as objects. Whenever someone starts a lecture about the difference between looking and staring or creeping etc, I say: give me a break. Staring is not nice, but that is not end of the world either. "Creepy is a girl-speak for any male attention coming from someone whom the girl does not find attractive." Now moving on the oth...
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