I wonder if this is a issue with the person or in what part of the world you're in? I've only briefly been in North America (not the US) but otherwise spend my

I wonder if this is a issue with the person or in what part of the world you're in? I've only briefly been in North America (not the US) but otherwise spend my time in South America, East Asia or Europe, and never once have I've been assaulted (verbally or otherwise) from 1000+ encounters where I've talked with strangers. Which makes me very weird to read some of the responses here. What is the difference and why am I not experiencing the same where I go? I'm not muscular, have a pretty weak stance/look in general so I'm not intimidating enough for people to be scared of me exactly.