Here ' s how it actually happenedBrave feminist gently steps on man ' s foot , smirking inwardly , says , Excuse me . Man moves his legs out of instinct , replies , Sorry . Man gets up to get off for his stop . I was thinking about this on my flight last night . We were descending and the attendants were going around asking everyone to put up their tray tables and put their seats up . I was in the window seat and the guy in the aisle seat had his seat down still . The attendant told him multiple times to put his seat up , being very polite the entire time this guy was ignoring her . He puts it up and as soon as she left he reclined again . At first , I started getting frustrated at this stranger . I realized , if this is really such a victory for him , then go ahead and take it . Your life must be pretty shitty if something so petty means so much to you . I ' m sure he went home and told all his friends how he stuck it to this bitch flight attendant not a direct quote , just inferring what he said . Same thing with the tweet poster . If making a man stop spreading his legs is a FUCKING VICTORY FOR FEMINISM , fine . Take all those petty victories , because you need them more than I and we do .