Men, Stop Staring.

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I was 11, the first time I noticed my mother giving what I later termed the death stare to a man in the grocery store. We were in the checkout line and I was bending over, probably with my butt sticking out and legs bent awkwardly to pick up some candy that she would most certainly not purchase for me. When I stood back up and turned around to ask her about the candy, there was that look…