I find that most people, especially men, seem to equate eye contact with wanting to fight or disrespecting them. This is true in Detroit (where I'm from) and in Atlanta (where I now live). When did this start and how can we get away from it ?
2006-08-29 06:45:20 · 4 answers · asked by elthe3rd 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
No, it's actually a very primal programming set into most mammals. It's a way to establish dominance in most pack animals too. However, humans have (or supposed to have) evolved past this. Your lower thinking humans do this. The higher thinking ones move on with their day.
It would also be based on tone. If a man is looking at another man with raised brow, it could mean inquisitiveness of familiarity. Perhaps it's an old friend or aquaintance. If with a furrowed brow, it is deffinately a dominance challenge.
Some women have also assimilated this behavior, as they have found masulinity attractive or nessasary in their surroundings. Prison is a good example for women adapting to primal settings.
When men and women meet with eyes...the meaning is far more objective...I'm sure you know!
2006-08-29 06:58:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just a guess, but maybe they are afraid someone is going to figure something out about them that they themselves didn't know. Or maybe, it's because some people don't want to be close to others. In any case, they see it as someone telling them that something is wrong with this picture, and thus, see it as a threat.
I don't know that we can get away from it, but if someone asks, just explain why you were looking at them in the first place.
2006-08-29 13:57:14 · answer #2 · answered by lilfireyballofhate 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, for some, eye gazing is the beginning of romance!
2006-08-29 13:59:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I look at the ****
2006-08-29 13:51:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋