The Gaze Exercise

Recently, the young ladies in GirlSpeak engaged in an exercise called the Gaze. In this excerise we were put into pairs for three mintues to examine and stare at our partner. During this process one of us can touch while the other stood still. This experience brought out some deep feelings about the way we felt about being stared at. The second part of the exercise was to tell about our experience of the Gaze. Everyone except a few, felt the gaze was uncomfortable because it gave the partner a chance to see flaws and see how that person felt about themselves by their body language. Also, it opened a door to exploring our true personal feelings about ourselves as young women. The Gaze was a good excerise to take part in and connecting with others, in silence.