I think I get an inordinate amount of that strange behavior because I look like I'm from Afghanistan or something.

That's what they tell me, anyway.

I don't get the open hostility or harrassment Germanic women sometimes receive, but weird stuff like that.

Or they turn around after they've passed and then walk past me really fast and then turn around and approach me again, more slowly. Happened to me, on Wednesday, on my long walk home from the bus. Just wanted another stare. 🙄