Leering men were often unattractive. She hadn’t quite grasped the psychology of it. Maybe being ugly meant they had nothing to lose. Or maybe the ugly man compensates for his ugliness by being a brute, a counterphobic reaction. In any case, such lewd behavior offended Vivian not only as a feminist but also as a shallow person who believed that although she was no model, she was at least more attractive than the man in question. How dare he address her at all?
