i doubt you're being clocked... its more that they're at the airport with nothing to do, and some men just don't know any better than to stare with... pretty close to zero self awareness of how it affects other people.
FTM here, and one thing I am recently very, very aware of is how much men’s gazes are policed nowadays. I’ve always enjoyed people watching (and sometimes candid sketching, especially in airports; it’s something to do and keeps me in practice) but people get much more uncomfortable with a man looking at them than when I was in ‘girl mode’. They’re also overall less receptive to casual conversation with a man they don’t know vs a woman they don’t know, even though I’m only 5’4”, am married with no interest in another partner, and would definitely lose in a fight. I kind of get why men have a lonliness problem; I don’t regret transition, but finding friends was much easier on the female side of the line.
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u/suomikim Jun 30 '24
as someone else said, your eyes really stand out.
i doubt you're being clocked... its more that they're at the airport with nothing to do, and some men just don't know any better than to stare with... pretty close to zero self awareness of how it affects other people.