Any signs or reasons that would cause people to stare?

you're ugly

dat ass

Because I'm cute and because I'm probably staring at them too.

You have something on you, you're behaving strangely or you're hot af

if your face is supeer huge

You have really big areolas, more like full pizzas than pepperonis.

you're ugly, you're hot, you look weird, they think they might know you...

"what are you doing"

You're either hot or weird. Stare back at them

you could be in the way of what they're looking at

you're beautiful

sometimes when I day dream I stare at things without realizing

I try not to do mind-reading. In my experiences ppl appear to look at me bc of my unusual hair (it's not "buzzed" as many guys I know), my clothes (I mostly wear sweaters by element or Burton), my yotuhpeople keep telling me I look really young, so it's a puzzle when it comes to assembling reasons y ppl might "stare." W/o deconstructing this concept, I think I also tend to attract attention when I wear sleeveless sweaters or bSically show skin. I think this is called body checking, which I wld situate in the context of Health discourses, fatphobia, and ableism. Of course these cut across race, gender, age, sexuality, etc. So It is tricky. I am tricky

I think another factor may b confidence. I tend to look like really a lot at ppl who look confident or who r feeling themselves. Of course I sometimes read this as arrogance or victimhood -- victimhood (and agency) in a culture that ascribes value to certain types of bodies n not others. I am speaking from a Canadian, colonised perspective btw

This

you're cute, you look weird, you're wearing something that gets attention, they can daydream

You are diseased and people are trying to figure out if you are contagious.

I wanna know too.

Sometimes when I'm on the street, some people would stare at me randomly in some way or stare at me for ages.

Maybe it could be because of my thighs and ass?

I get it a lot because I'm visibly trans. I just stare back and wave smiling, they usually look away as if they weren't staring daggers through me. Sometimes I get cute people to wave back though.