As soon as the words left his mouth, I leaned forward, blocking his view of my seat mate. "You're not part of this conversation," I said. "So here's *my* challenge for *you*: shut the fuck up."
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Unlike our interrupted conversation, my words were not quiet. Other passengers quickly exhaled, tittered. A flight attendant heard it.
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The man kept smiling. He looked right through me, past me, at my seat mate. It was the look of someone who was doing their best to ignore something that angered them. I didn't move.
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Finally he leaned back, still smiling, and busied himself with his headphones. My seat mate had lost her train of thought, but we got the conversation back on track.
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It was still on our minds for the next hour at least. I could tell she was picking her words carefully now. She mentioned a professor had given her similar feedback. Clearly this man's interruption had bothered her.
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I was fuming. I'm still fuming. I'm so fucking tired of watching women get stepped on. I'm so tired of watching women bend.
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At one point my seat mate mentioned she wasn't as good with confrontation as I am. I responded "I'm 30 years old and an SRE. You get used to it." In other words, I've taken men's shit and I'm ready to give some back.
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But I shouldn't have to. None of us should.
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So count this as Yet Another Instance of one white man ruining it for the rest of us.
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He didn't look at us the rest of the flight. *sips tea*
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