Telling people to smile
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Join Date: May 2013
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Originally Posted by SparkleKitty 
Yeah, as a younger woman I used to get this all the time. As a born-and-bred codependent I used to obey the order all the time. I found it very freeing when I realized it's not any woman's job to make themselves more appealing to strange men on the street. Does this happen to men, too?
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Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Ontario
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I have always hated the command of others to "smile".
I tend to respond by making the situation far more uncomfortable than it needs to be by speaking some truth blatantly, this usually puts an end to it.
I tend to respond by making the situation far more uncomfortable than it needs to be by speaking some truth blatantly, this usually puts an end to it.
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