A lady will look you in the eye to acknowledge your existence and to see if you are a gentleman, or will at least act like one; a (typical) non-lady-like woman today will pretend you do not even exist (think Hitlery) and breeze right on by you, or through you if you don't get out of her way.
Personal experience. YMMV. (I live in the country. I do not think I've ever been on a "busy" sidewalk in my life...)
” I do not think I’ve ever been on a “busy” sidewalk in my life...)
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I’m a woman who has been on many of them——looking a strange guy in the eye is not recommended,believe me.
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