Wednesday, 05 August 2009

• Watching People Check Out Other People

  New York City is probably a city of eye candy in many ways. Then again, I guess any large city is the case too. But I think NYC is the most diverse eye candy available then. [hahaha]

  Today I decided to walk from Union Square down to the financial district. The distance is about 2.5 miles, so it's quite a long walk. And then I had to walk back still...so overall I walked 5 miles this afternoon.

  I chose to walk on Broadway for most of the way of the 2.5 miles. There were tons of tourists, so I walked on some side streets like Mercer for a while. And while doing this, I walked behind a lot of different guys - some in groups, some with their girlfriends, some with family, some just by themselves. And through all this, I watched these guys check out other girls...or sometimes guys depending on orientation.

  I'm quite sure girls check out guys too but it's never as obvious or as blatant as when men do it. And it seems there are different levels. From what I've seen after this 5 mile hike, I have narrowed it down to these levels:

  Level 1: The guy just looks at the woman's face - longer than just a passing glance. A double take you might say.
  
  Level 2: The guy looks at the woman's face, then does a quick look over her body and then continues on walking.
  
  Level 3: The guy looks at the woman's face, body, and then as she walks by, he turns briefly to follow her, but his head doesn't pass over his shoulder.
  
  Level 4: The guy looks at the woman's face, body, and as she walks by, his head turning completely around and his upper torso slightly turning with it.
  
  Level 5: The guy does all of Level 4, then turns around for a second, only to turn around again to see her walk away - checking her out from the back.
  
  

  Groups of guys seems to be the most obvious/blatant when it comes to checking women out.  At one point in my walk, I was behind three guys, probably in their mid-20s, and this one woman with her boyfriend walked by and all three of them just turned their heads to watch her walk away. They started smiling, obviously talking about her amongst themselves. Then, they turned around once more to catch another glimpse of her, then turned back around. And then two of three guys turned around once more for another glance. By now, I'm just thinking, "Can you even see her anymore?"

  And all this time they didn't notice that someone was very aware that they were doing this. Hint: meaning me.

  Another common one are business men standing outside their buildings talking in groups. These men are in their late 20s, early 30s, and a young woman will walk by, and they will stop momentarily in their talks to just watch her walk past, and then continue talking like nothing happened.

  Or, as I neared the apartment, it was just around the time when men were getting off work in Wall Street, so a lot of them were out on the streets. And I could probably just count one by one as each one caught a glance of an attractive woman, and turn briefly to see her, then continue on their way to the subway station.

  And all this time I'm just watching them with intense interest.

  Now, from what I've seen, if you want to raise your chances of being checked out - or just dressing in a style that appeals most to men, then it seems you should do the following:

  1. Grow out your hair and wear it down. Short hair is fine too, but most of the women I see being checked out have long hair, that's worn down.
  2. Wear shirts that show that you have a bosom. Yes. I mean your breasts, ladies.
  3. Wear shirts that show some neckline and shoulders. Think Cleopatra with her long, beautiful neck.
  4. Wear heels.
  5. Wear flattering bottoms. It can be shorts, skirts, pants - whatever it is, it doesn't seem to matter, as long as it looks good on you and with the rest of your attire.
  6. And some make-up probably doesn't hurt. Not too much though.
  
  

  So there you have it. What I've learned in these 5 miles of walking of watching people check out other people.

  How accurate do you think this is in your own opinion?

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