This is how it feels to be constantly stared at as a disabled woman. SamanthaRenke
Staring is very much an art form. It has many guises. There is the side glance, the blatant, unashamed peering with a slight open jaw in disbelief. The tap-your-mate-on-the-shoulder-to-have-a-quick-look stare. The glance with a giggle. The ‘I know I shouldn’t, but I’m going to anyway’ stare. The stare that is followed by a smile that totally negates any rudeness or ignorance and makes it all okay, right? Then there is the thirst for knowledge stare, usually from kids.
If I’m on my period, if I’m preoccupied, or if I’m in someone’s company. Especially if I’m on a date – I worry that the stares of others will put them off ever returning for date two. I am constantly on high alert. I have to be honest and say for many years my knee-jerk reaction to these people was to tell them to go f*ck themselves.
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