All Men

I was walking home just now. The streets, although well-lit, were mostly empty because it was midnight. I found myself walking right behind a young woman, who looked like she worked as a nurse at the nearby hospital. The sidewalk was wide and also empty, but I found myself crossing the street, to walk in the same direction but on the other side. It was a subconscious thing that I did, and there really was no reason to. But a thought came to me later that I wanted to avoid being a possibly menacing presence for this woman, just because I was a man walking right behind her.