They sit cross-legged, in a row, on a raised seat, and each holds up before him his fan to prevent distraction by looking on the audience, and especially to avoid gazing at the women.
Gender discrimination plays a role, as do fear of the different, and ancient superstitions, e.g., in Manipur, where pregnant women avoid gazing upon the disabled for fear their foetus will be deformed.
Each day, he wipes tables and tries to avoid the gaze of his unsympathetic manager.
But these examples are often invisible to those of us lucky or privileged enough to avoid its gaze.
He recently shifted his desk to avoid the gaze of a tiny camera he found hidden behind the wall molding.
I'd had enough of not looking one way to avoid the gaze - that would chill me or thrill me - of one jury member or looking that way to avoid the same gaze from another jury member.
(Participants either talk directly to the camera — and sometimes to the various silent camera persons, who are introduced in the final credits — or avoid its gaze).
"Will they let you keep writing?" "Er, probably not, well, maybe a bit," said Sam as he looked into his pint to avoid my gaze.
My Ultra-Secret Spy Stuff is the summer camp accessory for kids who want to chronicle their tween angst -- and avoid the gaze of nosy bunkmates and priggish counselors.
