As I said and which seems to be willfully ignored, there is a big difference between 'not getting creeped out' and letting a strange man get into your car! One does not indicate the other!
AND...general suspiciousness or lack of trust(what you're advocating), and hunches, are far, far more dangerous to rely on than being able to identify real situations where crimes occur. Why? Energy is wasted on lack of trust and suspiciousness, it should be spent observing carefully and learning where crimes occur.
I don't get 'creeped out' very often at all(and if I did, I would compare it to the real risk), but I ALSO don't park my car in a dark alley next to a bar or let a stranger into my apartment!
Personally, I think it is FAR more dangerous to rely on some vague 'creep radar' or 'hunch' instead of learning where and how crimes are committed and preparing and protecting yourself!
Frankly, the main reason I think I have never been seriously harmed is that I DON'T rely on 'creep radar', but on facts and statistics and information. I avoid situations where crimes occur. For example? An adult male 'uncle' or 'friend' who likes to play with my children and wants to baby sit them all the time? HELLLOOOOO...Parking a car in a dark place by a bar? HELLLOOO.
So here is a person who 'doesn't get 'creeped out'' but also, doesn't even sit down in a RESTAURANT unless she can park her car in a well lit, highly trafficed area RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE RESTAURANT!!!
In fact, I would challenge you to compare your safety practices to mine. I don't rely on hunches, I analyze where risk is and I avoid it. When I am exposed to risk it is a CHOICE, KNOWING THE RISKS, such as stopping at an accident and getting out of my car...but I darn well better see someone on the ground and bleeding and bones sticking out of their leg, AND thinking that I even know what to do for them(ie, I am a doctor or EMT and I have my stuff with me), otherwise I need to stay out of the way anyway! Otherwise I am going to floor it and call 911 to report an accident.
I prefer to rely on something much more reliable than 'creep radar', which I think is FAR MORE likely to lead a person to ignore a dangerous situation.
So? The old guy who publicly hugs kids a lot? Depends, but probably not too concerned...unless he shows up at my house and offers to 'entertain' the children while I'm gone!
One thing I learned about child molesters, your 'creep radar' totally ignores. Most of them, the child will come to THEM...they act almost totally passive to the observer, and the child crawls all over THEM. They get the child to do that in very, very subtle ways. Not the obvious.
I would far far more suspicous of an adult (male OR Female, by the way and any age, by the way) who the kid runs to and crawls all over in an odd way, than the one who reaches out for a hug in a public place...but again, 'it depends'.
