"In any interaction I am aware of the constant potential for violence"
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I think I have a on-off switch according to body language, and then an amplitude switch according to familiarity. So with a familiar, dominant man, the felt risk becomes minuscule, but is still there.
I wonder how much of this is confidence in response. I'm not exactly a particularly competent fighter, but there's a certain baseline assumption that if the situation were to escalate in that direction with most men I could at least handle the situation non-disastrously.
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So once the threat assessment drops below a particular level I can just go "eh, I'll worry about it if it comes up" and ignore the possibility.
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