Attractivenessa and Interpersonal Space

When a person is about to cross a street, general arousal created by an intruder who violates his interpersonal space would probably have an immediate effect on the speed at which the street is crossed. When the intruder is attractive, the objective of the pedestrian is still to get across the street, but at the same time there might be an inclination to approach the intruder. If the intruder is unattractive, however, the objective of crossing the street may be pursued with greater haste in an effort to avoid further contact with the aversive intruder. The present study investigated the possibility that intrusions into personal space can cause different affective experiences and hence different behaviors.
[ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR: Cynthia Kmiecik, Paula Mausar and George Banziger]

I came across this during research and it made me chuckle in the library. I hope people would NEVER not cross the street because they saw me-- that would make me cry inside.