Go with shy. There's no point in negatively prejudging someone, unless it happens to pertain to your survival (ie. figuring out if some guy in an alley seems like a mugger). Three words: benefit of the doubt. Wait, that was four. We shall consider "of the" to be one word and I still win.
edit: After reading your clarifying posts, I'd decide against shy. Either way, I wouldn't take it personally.
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"Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions." - Albert Einstein
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