With a bandaid over one eye this winter, and walking unsteadily and usually with a stick, I felt like the street people were really focusing on me. One actually said, "boy you don't talk to nobody do you?" Why should I stop and talk to strangers who are hustling for money when I am barely making ends meet myself? So I put on a cranky face. Or a more serious one, anyway. Really about the only advice they give women is to look like you know where you're going. Ie try giving off a different vibe. Like they say, it's a jungle out there.