Umm, I do…not usually when I’m talking to a guy though…I don’t want to be TOO obvious. And usually only to a guy I’m interested in (or a crotch I’m interested in…hmmm). Just out of mere curiousity.
This is why men find it far easier to carry on conversations when they’re in the car and both facing forward.
One of those news stories you hear on your local NPR station. (notice I didn’t say NPR radio station) I head it and it sounded reasonable and it stuck. Can I find an on-line source? No, sorry.
Well, from a guys perspective, I tend to sneak a glance from time to time. I think I used to be really bad about it, but I really don’t have much of a problem now. When I was a teenager, I’d tend to sneak a few too many glances, I think, but I never would flat out talk to the boobs and not glance up. Now, if someone’s got a really nice set on them, I make a conscious effort to concentrate on her face instead of her chest, but it can be hard sometimes if she shows a lot of cleavage. For the most part, however, I’m more interested in the person than her assets, and so staring isn’t a problem for me anymore.
Jman
For a while now. I was taught it at university in my teacher training, and I graduated 4 years ago. They wouldn’t have had to tell me though. I’m pretty sure I would have figured it out on my own, but I was glad to be spared the trial and error runs.
My African-American students never look me in the face when being reprimanded. They are quiet and respectful. They listen and apologize if necessary, but they do NOT look me in the face. Somewhere along the way, the idea has been ingrained in them that one should not look an authority figure in the face. Obviously, I’m not speaking for ALL black youth, but that is my experience. Certainly there are exceptions to the rule.
I once asked a dear friend of mine, who happens to be over 80 and African-American, about this practice. She said that a child who looks directly in the face of an adult is “trying to take the words out of his/her mouth.” I’m not sure what that means, and I don’t have a cite, but that’s my two cents worth.
I have wondered if the practice is left over from slavery and whether or not I should encourage the kids to look me in the face, but I hesitate to demonize a behavior that is no longer subordinate. Of course, one could argue that it is a subordinating behavior…based in hegemony. And I suppose that’s true, but I’m not going to tell girls not to wear high heels just because I see it as a subordinating behavior. I can tell them why I think they do it and hope that they change their own behavior, but I can’t force someone to change something taught to them by their families without them seeing the reasoning themselves.
i dont really care is people stare at my boobs all the time, whihc seems to happen, but when they make the effort to try n bursh them with their shoulder or, “oops” bump into them, that gets really annoying
i had a friend who would do that constantly…alwyas bump into me…so i made the effort to always let my hand drag at my side and punch him in the nads or grab his ass
he got the point after a while
As it happens, I’m a tall woman with large breasts. It happens to me all the time…Sometimes it’s just glancing, that’s ok especially if the man is short because they’re closer to his eye-level, but when I get the lecherous drooly continuous stare while they are talking to me I just say “They’re really smart, but they can’t talk yet…”
Gets them every time, but frankly, it’s just rude…
As a male, I’d LOVE it if a woman talked to my crotch 
Actually I’d be extremely flattered at a glance in that general direction. I’d feel like she found me attractive enough to see if the whole package is appealing. But, yeah, I probably would get a bit paranoid if we were carrying on a conversation and her eyes never met mine, no matter what they were looking at.
And, Trancey, I’m surprised the ‘grab-ass’ method of deterance worked. One of the most flattering experiences I’ve had was back in college in a semi crowded elevator full of females when my butt pinched. I must have smiled the rest of the day
umm…my butt WAS pinched…that makes a LOT of difference