look me in the eye

“I imagined someone telling an autistic person to look them in the eye…I was already aware that its difficult”
“…unable to look others in the eye. He cannot connect with people the same way I can when I look someone in the eyes.”
“The image I had was a book about truth and integrity, with looking someone in the eye traditionally being a visual clue of honesty.”

These three posts all contain a different view on a certain act that most people think is a simple act. The first post has simpathy for a child who is unable to look a person in the eye. They have knowledge on autism and would most likely be more understanding to someone unable to look another person in the eye. The second post “he cannot connect with people the same way I can” displays understanding that there is a certain “connection” when people look each other in the eyes. It is almost a given that when you talk to someone you look each other in the eyes. Not doing so can lead people to think any numbers of things about you like you are being “rude” or “sneaky.” The third post reaffirms this belief that looking people in the eye is a “visual clue of honesty.” Looking people in the eye when talking is a cultural “norm” and not doing so can lead to many “assumptions” on what ones motives are. This is evident by so many people in our class have different views on what the cover was trying to convey. The act of looking someone in the eye is not as simple as it appears to be