Hey friends! Happy Wednesday, it’s your daily reminder that today is a brand new day, for new blessings and new segments of appreciation. Today’s post is asking the question are masks increasing eye contact?
As society changes and adapts to the new ways of being in the world, masks have also increased. This means that our eyes are the most prominent factor on the face. Does this mean, then, that eye contact is also increasing?
If so what does that mean for the future when masks will not be mandated? Does this mean that connections are being built stronger?
That we have learned to communicate without assuming the emotions on a person’s full face?
Have we failed to recognize the importance of the full face in communication and research on emotional intelligence? I believe we have!
What does Increased Eye Contact Mean for a Post-Pandemic Society?
When life resumes and masks are no longer required to be in social settings, how will the increased eye contact from the past year (presumably two years, perhaps three) of the post-pandemic society?
Will people be more genuine with their words? Will their morals develop knowing that the key to their soul is the only thing being shown, and there is no escaping an illtruth? Will this increasing the knowing of energy work and reading the eyes of another?
Are we all becoming more interconnected by staring only at each others eyes?
So many questions arise, I doubt that we have ever had a situation such as this in history, however what comes to mind are the gas masks of the first world war, used with mustard gas. The soldiers had to wear them in the trenches in order to live longer and essentailly surivie the horrendous treachery of the war. That being said, all we are being actioned to do as citizens is stay home.
Would you rather go out into battle wearing a mask, or sit at home without wearing one?
Women were forced to compensate for the absence of men during war-time and take over factory jobs, this, I argue led to women’s empowerment, however, I also see how it could be oppressive in nature – it is all about perspective.
If that same idea is applied here, then we land at the place where masks can be either seen as oppressive, or literating. It can be a blessing to only be able to look someone directly in the eyes, or it can be increasingly intimidating. That’s a matter of experience and personal preference or tendencies.
This difference in societal behaviour will pose questions in the future as we progress as a soceity and in hundreds of years, our great grandchildren will look back and wonder how the use of masks changed our behaviour for the purpose of evolution, just as we do so with the world wars. But the thing to remember is posing these questions now, during the time it is taking place, is the best time to conduct ethnographic research and write about the changes in behaviour that are taking place between people.
Remember….
That is all for today. I hope that I posed some questions that poke your brain in the right spot to get your inquiry and curiosity stimulated.
I know that this is a valuable idea, otherwise I would not have written about it .