Why do people stare? Do people stare at you?

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People stare at me all the time and it freaks me out. When I lived in "less progressive" places like San Antonio and Maine, I assumed it was because I'm slightly weird looking. I have a few tattoos. A typical outfit for me is a t-shirt with pictures of bats on it, tight-ish black jeans, and sneakers. I often wear a denim jacket with a Black Sabbath logo on the back or a leather jacket with a few spikes and a few pins. Nothing radical, but I guess I might stand out in some places.

But now I live in the SF Bay Area where there are lots of people who look a lot weirder than me, and yet people still stare at me all the time. The other logical explanation is that maybe they find me attractive, but then why do gay men stare at me? And why do I get hateful stares? I think that I look like a nice, relatively normal girl, and yet people stare at me as though I was walking down the street naked or something. I don't get it.

Do people stare at you like this? Do you have any idea what could be causing people to stare like this?

I'm mostly ignored but on the off chance someone does look my way, I feel that they are staring at me. Maybe I'm just paranoid.

I have no idea why everyone stares at me.

Two possibilities cross my mind. The first is that the Blondie/Ramones era punk rock girls dressed similar to what you describe and looked hot doing so. The hateful stare may be someone just doesn't like how you dress and/or chooses to read something into it. As for your other question, I do occasionally wear a Pinhead T shirt that will get some glances. The only other stuff I wear that might be noticed, is if someone has a clue what Glock, HK, SigSauer or Kimber means. If they do and don't like it, they can piss up a rope.

I'd have to actually look people in the eyes to find out if they're staring at me, so I couldn't tell you

alot of people stare at me... creepy...

I wonder why..

No sometimes I get stared at and other times it's as if I don't exist.

I'm usually the one doing the staring without knowing it until someone asks me what the hell am I staring at..AKA stop staring at me!! Catch myself doing it a lot more than ppl do to me. I don't know what it is because I'm not really looking at them and yet I guess I am.

To quote those great philosophers, Emerson Lake & Palmer:

"Why do you stare?
Do you think that I care?
You've been misled
By the thoughts in your head..."

I don't know if people stare at me, or not. I'm usually doing my won thing and minding my own business.

I don't think people stare at me. It's my paranoia that thinks they do.

I get stared at all the time, but thats because I am different. I dont let it bother me though, I think that at the very least I've been of some interest and brightened up somebodies dull and boring day.

Mine is silk-screened onto the jacket in gold ink. It's not a patch, but I have nothing against patches - yours sounds cool.

I like staring at the people I love. It annoys them pretty bad, though. I also stare at people in church if they're wearing something interesting.