system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5:Does making eye contact go against your biological instincts (in cases where you're not trying to be threatening)?

Throughout the animal kingdom, eye contact is considered a form of aggression. Many human cultures also do not consider eye contact to be an appropriate behavior. However, Western cultures generally expect eye contact and attribute a variety of negative traits to those who don't maintain it (most of the time). This could indicate that in humans, eye contact is related to culture. But even many Westerners have trouble maintaining eye contact, which would indicate that Western culture is only masking biology.
gpt
I think in Western Culture it is seen as a sign of respect because you are looking at the person who is speaking and visually paying attention to the speaker.
This is different from starring someone down, or "shooting daggers". This is also different from the don't fuck with me stare.  All of them involve looking at the subject the difference is facial expressions.  Squinting pinching tensing of your facial muscles tells much more than your eye movement.