You know that face you pull when a creep just won’t quit?
Prepare to pull it.
Actress and One Tree Hill star Sophia Bush has penned an open letter to a painfully entitled man she encountered on a plane.
The 34-year-old shared the message on Twitter after a man repeatedly tried to catch her attention.
Bush said she was forced to move seats after he ignored her best attempts at directly and indirectly shutting it down.
“When you make a woman so visibly uncomfortable, that after you’ve ignored all visual cues to please leave her alone (one word answers, she pulls out a book, puts on a hat, she actually asks you to not speak to her with the tone and words you’re choosing to use) that she finally GETS UP and MOVES SEATS, leave her alone,” she wrote.
The actress continued to give the unknown man advice about approaching women.
“Do not continue trying to make conversation,” she said.
“Stop turning around and looking at her. Stop leaning out of your seat and towards her body when she has to grab something out of the overhead bin above her original seat, and sadly also above you, mid flight.”
Bush made the post personal once more to re-iterate how she as a public figure is under no obligation to endure that behaviour.
“In my case, stop believing that you are entitled to make me uncomfortable because you ‘watch my TV show’ so I owe you some magical debt,” she said.
“I make it, you watch it. After that, the ‘exchange’ is done. You do not get to harass me, or any woman, because you think you pay our bills. You don’t bro, I DO.”
The tweet has skyrocketed in popularity since it was posted two days ago.
Thousands of users have retweeted the post and shared their solidarity with the actress in the comment section below.
“SLAY him. But honestly this is disgusting and nobody deserves to be put in this situation,” one fan said.
Other fans just expressed their support with tactical gifs.
The open letter continues to circulate as users are exposed to its all important message: women are not here to entertain you.
Top Comments
Look, we know nothing about the guy here, he may have diminished capacity and unable to pick up on social cues and was medicated for his very first flight and saw a famous person he recognised.
Who can tell, we don't know anything about him.
If he is your average Joe, then sure, give him the burn. As I always say here, I like to know all the facts before the social media vigilantes and their pitchforks are made all bright and shiny.
Thing is, did she actually say -"Thanks for your interest, but I want to read my book. I don't want to make conversation. Sorry." I am in no way victim-blaming here, but there is nothing wrong with having confidence to say unequivocally "I'm not interested, please leave me alone". Some guys won't take the hint unless you spell it out, with no room for misinterpretation. Saying "don't talk to me with those words or tone isn't enough", as they see it as "keeping talking to me but use different words and tone".
If I had a guy interested who wouldn't give up, and would persist into harassment or creepy territory, or wouldn't accept that you'd broken it off with them a clear and confident "I'm not interested. I do not/no longer find you sexually attractive. I'm not going to sleep with you (anymore)." There's no real way to come back from that without looking desperate, worked every time.