I am walking in the park.
Just being in my own world.
Which is when I see a guy stare at me constantly and uncomfortably, each time I pass through the bench he is sitting at.
You can easily make out this is what he is sitting here for.
People’s body languages speak out loud.
However, this is not something new.
As a girl, you go through bits and pieces of it a lot of the times you step out of your home. So, I also walk with an armour when I get such uncomfortable stares.
For the next round of my walk in the park, when I come across this guy, I stare at him back.
Longer than he does.
Like Kali Maata.
Not in a sly, meandering way.
Rather a purposeful “you are screwed right now” manner.
And I do that with the emotion of threat.
The next round of the walk, he quickly glances again, and I return the long fearful stare to him for longer.
His stare vanishes instantly.
Of course, we are all looking at and observing people all of the time. But there is always a difference between looking and (uncomfortable, female) staring that comes as a part and parcel of being a female.
Over time, I have found this to be a meaningful strategy than to just walk around comfortably.
This is my way of letting them know “not every quietness is submissiveness”.
Yes, one may argue, you may just walk away.
But till when? Till when?
Also, fear and face it on your face is a powerful way to silence such meaningless laggards.
Fear always, always takes the best of them.
I do this a lot of the times I get to see someone stare at me uncomfortably.
Not because I am ever going to run into them.
However, they are certainly going to stare another girl after me, and they need to know they just can’t get away.
Sometimes, quietness is not the answer.
Killing with your eyes without speaking a word is.
