Re: Look me in the eye
It appears as if your views closer mimic the redneck than mine.
Do you have a job in the US, or are you living off welfare? Have you benefited from the US educational system? In any professional situation it is proper and professional etiquette to meet eye contact. Sorry, but it is. The sex of the participants doesn't matter.
Sorry to say, but I believe your theory of 'look me in the eye' comes directly from the backwaters of any trailer park...
In the old days in English schools, the student never looked at the teacher directly as a mark of respect...Always looked down...
In well educated families, even today in America, when a father reprimands his son, the son never makes eye contact but looks down...
During drill instructions, the sargeant or the drill instructor is never looked in the eyes...
In Japan, the highest sign of disrespect is making eye contact with your senior or superior...
In Buddhist culture, it was considered highly disrespectful if a Lama or a priest was made eye contact with...
And many other examples...
But of course, in redneckistan, someone practicing their culture or social norms is questioned, poked, made fun of or must be made to change...
Don't blame you at all...