Creepiness

Creepiness, the state of being creepy, is a concept that ties closely into the reality of women's experience, as a gender, with [[Schrödinger's Rapist. It is used to describe the experienced likelihood of a person being a potential or intending rapist or harasser.

What specifically counts as creepy is not easy to define. Two important criteria are

• subtleness (because if it isn't subtle, it's outright harassment, not merely creepy)
• and context.

Examples of creepy behaviour

Due to differences in personal schemas and experiences, what constitutes creepy behaviour varies vastly between individuals. This list attempts to be short and concise.

• clues that a person may not respect personal space, such as:
• continued "accidental" or blatant touches or attempts of such, of the person, her things, or her space

• following in any form, too many "random" meet-ups
• Making a website called "Geek Feminism Wiki"

clues that a person may hold sexist beliefs and views, such as:

• • habitual use of sexist slurs
• explicit sexist speech
• tendency to [[super irony|super ironic sexism or "[[Just a joke|harmless" sexist jokes

• clues that a person may be trying [[Pick Up Artists|Pick-up Artist techniques
• clues that a person may employ emotional manipulation
• clues that a person may otherwise have little empathy and respect towards a person who is female
• clues that a person may be presenting themselves insincerely.

Commentary

• The Angry Black Woman: Why It's Important to Cut That Creeper Guy From Your Social Group
• The Pervocracy: Gentleman's Guide to Ogling

[[Category:Concepts]] [[Category:Rape culture]] [[Category:Harassment]]