# The female "leave me alone" walk **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 10, 2007, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-female-leave-me-alone-walk/418669 "2007-09-10T13:52:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2007, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-female-leave-me-alone-walk/418669/81 "2007-09-14T16:51:59Z")
[QUOTE=Litoris] Thanks for the laugh. I haven’t had to use a wood stove since junior high, so I smell like a human now, but thanks! /ponders bacon-scented cologne now [/QUOTE] A few years back I purchased a perfume called “vanilla caramel” and wore it often. The attention I got from both guys and girls was astounding. Everybody loved it. Everybody got hungry. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![lobstermobster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobstermobster/32/10033_2.png) [@lobstermobster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobstermobster)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2007, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-female-leave-me-alone-walk/418669/82 "2007-09-14T17:25:06Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] God _damn_, I just want to slather you with bacon salt and I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter. [/QUOTE] I need an adult!!! ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-female-leave-me-alone-walk/418669/83 "2007-09-14T19:00:38Z")
[QUOTE=lobstermobster] [guys dont make passes at bitches who wear glasses](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1224/1381481292_046e22a14d_o.jpg) Okay that might work. thats the resting bitch face and unapproachable glasses barrier. [/QUOTE] heybabyheybabyheybabyheybabythosesurearesomefinelookingglassesheybabyheybabyheybabyheywhattheyberestingonbefinetoobabyheybabyheybabywhydon’tyouandmegohaveadrinkatmyplaceyouknowjustforalittlewhileIsuredolikeswomenwithglassesheybabyheybabyheybabywaitwait…WAIT! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2007, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-female-leave-me-alone-walk/418669/84 "2007-09-14T19:02:06Z")
[QUOTE=lobstermobster] I need an adult!!! [/QUOTE] OK, fine, you win. _Real_ butter. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![lobstermobster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobstermobster/32/10033_2.png) [@lobstermobster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobstermobster)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2007, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-female-leave-me-alone-walk/418669/85 "2007-09-14T19:25:13Z")
[QUOTE=An Arky] heybabyheybabyheybabyheybabythosesurearesomefinelookingglassesheybabyheybabyheybabyheywhattheyberestingonbefinetoobabyheybabyheybabywhydon’tyouandmegohaveadrinkatmyplaceyouknowjustforalittlewhileIsuredolikeswomenwithglassesheybabyheybabyheybabywaitwait…WAIT! 😃 [/QUOTE] no no no the point of this whole thing is getting hit on while walking around on the street ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-female-leave-me-alone-walk/418669/86 "2007-09-14T19:28:55Z")
You three, get a room! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lobstermobster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobstermobster/32/10033_2.png) [@lobstermobster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobstermobster)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2007, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-female-leave-me-alone-walk/418669/87 "2007-09-14T19:33:14Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] You three, get a room! 😃 [/QUOTE] look this is not my problem. things have gotten completely out of hand ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-female-leave-me-alone-walk/418669/88 "2007-09-15T00:38:03Z")
Sorry, I was just trying to be funny :o I’m a porch dog… ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-female-leave-me-alone-walk/418669/89 "2007-09-15T04:45:46Z")
[QUOTE=An Arky] Sorry, I was just trying to be funny :o I’m a porch dog… [/QUOTE] I’m not! I’m an Iron Chef and the secret ingredient is **lobstermobster**! \m/:mad:\m/ ---
**Author:** ![lobstermobster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobstermobster/32/10033_2.png) [@lobstermobster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobstermobster)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-female-leave-me-alone-walk/418669/90 "2007-09-15T05:13:38Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] I’m not! I’m an Iron Chef and the secret ingredient is **lobstermobster**! \m/:mad:\m/ [/QUOTE] are you threatening me? wow you guys sure do turn on me fast. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-female-leave-me-alone-walk/418669/91 "2007-09-15T16:05:03Z")
[QUOTE=lobstermobster] are you threatening me? wow you guys sure do turn on me fast. [/QUOTE] Alas, there was no “salacious” smiley available. _leer_ ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-female-leave-me-alone-walk/418669/92 "2007-09-25T00:34:48Z")
[QUOTE=Soul] Men, on the other hand, have a different “leave me alone walk” (please forgive the broad brush I’m using here – sociology is nothing if not overly general). It usually follows the more masculine ideals – look high and over people rather than at the ground, puff out the chest and throw back the shoulders. Essentially, instead of making themselves too small to be bothered with, men generally prefer to make themselves too intimidating to approach. Both postures are immediately recognizable because they exaggerate gender norms that we are all familiar with, no matter if we agree or disagree with them. This is, of course, vaguely recalled from Sociology of Gender many moons ago, so YMMV. [/QUOTE] That’s cool – I’m not the biggest girl in the world, but from Soul’s description, I have a “leave me alone” walk more like a man than a woman – walk tall, walk fast, wear the ‘bring it on, bitch’ expression. And I have glasses too! … Wait, that’s what I do _every day_. Dang. Guess that’s why I never get dates, let alone catcalled. :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-female-leave-me-alone-walk/418669.md?page=4)