(Report to fix glaring error)
I just assume that it's always an act because how in the world do you even get out of bed if you can't even look at a waiter and ask for a dish? I know part of the problem is a cultural clash; I've tutored recent Hispanic immigrants in English and we had to segregate the classes because the women wouldn't speak up so long as the men were present. Drove me batty.

Maybe I really am just terribly intimidating because I'm simply incapable of being any one but me.