all of this staring. nothing will intimidate them from looking away. even shooting them a look of "what the hell are you looking at, loser?" nothing makes them turn away, look away, divert eyes.
it's frustrating and sickening. I enjoy being in qatar, but i cannot enjoy the looks and i cannot get used to it. it's hard to ignore.
i want to go about my daily life, do the things i need to do (you know, basic things like driving a car, shopping for grocerys, walk down the street) without un-blinking eyes latched on my every move. it's sick.
Infact, i often get so furious that they think they have a RIGHT to stare this way at any woman. does it matter that this woman could be a mother? a wife?
on more than one occasion i have told them off. they KNOW it's wrong to stare, believe me. but they know no one will do anything about it. i will. i will always speak up if i get too mad. but it's exhausting. there are too many of them to teach a lesson. so then i feel defeated.
sometimes, i think they need a good slap to the head.
there are only a few woman who don't mind the attention, no matter who it comes from.
i haaaate it. and i believe that the majority of woman hate it as well.
we want to feel free. not dreading every stoplight, or walk on the sidewalk, or trip in the mall.