Having read about the same thing and had my own phase of experimentation - I felt bad when I hold eye contact with someone too long and portrayed myself as "hig

Having read about the same thing and had my own phase of experimentation - I felt bad when I hold eye contact with someone too long and portrayed myself as "higher status" when it's someone who is supposed to have higher status than I am. If I hold the eye contact excessively, it feels like I'm ready to throw them under the bus when the time comes to it. So now I avoid doing it when it's someone who's higher status than I am, who I like and who I want to respect. I think varying eye contact has an effect on relationships, on the other person as well as on myself.