Creepiness, the state of being creepy, is a concept that ties closely into the reality of women's experience, as a gender, with Schrödinger's Rapist. It is used to describe the experienced likelihood of a person being a potential or intending rapist or harasser.
What specifically counts as creepy is not easy to define. Two important criteria are
- subtleness (because if it isn't subtle, it's outright harassment, not merely creepy)
- and context.
Examples of creepy behaviour
Due to differences in personal schemas and experiences, what constitutes creepy behaviour varies vastly between individuals. This list attempts to be short and concise.
- clues that a person may not respect personal space, such as:
- continued "accidental" or blatant touches or attempts of such, of the person, her things, or her space
- following in any form, too many "random" meet-ups
clues that a person may hold sexist beliefs and views, such as:
- habitual use of sexist slurs
- explicit sexist speech
- tendency to super ironic sexism or "harmless" sexist jokes
- clues that a person may be trying Pick-up Artist techniques
- clues that a person may employ emotional manipulation
- clues that a person may otherwise have little empathy and respect towards a person who is female
- clues that a person may be presenting themselves insincerely.
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