Last week, I was on a train and a much older drunk man came over and started asking me out and trying to make conversation. I ended up trapped on that train with him for about 30 mins, constantly having to consider the risks. I never outright rejected him because we were stuck in an enclosed space and I thought that it was a very real risk that he would become violent. Eventually, along with two other women that I had just met on the train, we managed to convince this man that it was his stop when it wasn't because, without a word we each realized that he would become more of an issue if he followed one of us at our stops.

On a plane, it is even more enclosed and usually only goes to one destination. You can't make the same decisions to keep yourself safe that women have to make all the time. Its also much more likely that you will be in an unfamiliar environment.

Every woman has countless stories like this so this woman was right to be scared.