Yes it's 100% profit. You can walk in a store, take something, walk out. Fence to friends or on craigslist. There you go, 100% profit.

The confidence isn't about confronting people though, it's the stealing itself. I'm constantly scared that camera up in the corner is watching me, or someone is gonna turn the corner as I'm concealing.

About the blind spots, how can you make sure where you're at is a blind spot? How do you look for blind spots without seeming suspicious? Also, how do you bring multiple items to your blind spot, then coming out with nothing, without setting off some alarms? Is it just for the legal aspect of it?

How can I gain confidence to start shoplifting? How can I look for blind spots? I was thinking of lifting some earbuds from Rite Aid today because they're supposed to be easy, what do you think would be the best strategy?

In case you haven't noticed much of today's culture is based on misogynistic values of the past. With continued use it eventually lost it's original misogynistic background and anyone except for you would not give it a second thought. It's frivolous to try and reconstruct America's "misogynistic" characteristics, as you would call them. So no, I don't think that's a problem at all, and even if it is, the problem is so small that only people like you, who make it their job to scrutinize somewhat vaguely feminist issues, would notice it.

P.s, men are statistically more likely to partake in risky behavior meaning that these terms do have scientific backing to them.

It was very obviously used colloquially to mean bravado whereas you intentionally misconstrued it to be a literal gender issue.

This entire post has nothing to do with gender so why did you make it out to be like that?

I understand this strategy, but why do you prefer to wait until the next day to get it and also risking it being found? I personally would rather just get in and out.

Just steal other stuff and resell to pay for the books.

3 old women shouldn't give you many problems.

Then since you're such a bigshot you must not remember much about how it's still very possible that walmart will call the police if the LP is a dickhead and it's better to just try and not get caught the first time instead of walking in and out of the store buying nothing two days in a row.

Meds or drugs like DXM, candy, makeup, school supplies, etc.

Don't talk about subjects you're not educated on please