Woman admits she paints fake HICKEYS on her neck with eyeshadow in an attempt to stop unwanted men from approaching her at the gym
- Sydney, a comedian and college student in Michigan, took to TikTok this week to share a video of herself sporting brown marks on her neck at the gym
- She explained that she smeared brown eye shadow on her skin to make it look like she had hickeys, saying no man has tried to correct her form since
- The viral video has been viewed more than 1.4 million times
- Many commenters thought it was sad that she has to go to these lengths to keep men from bothering her while she is working out
A woman has revealed that she draws fake hickeys on her neck to keep guys from coming up to her at the gym and trying to flirt with her by correcting her form.
Sydney, a comedian and college student in Michigan, took to TikTok this week to share a video of herself sporting brown marks above her collar bone while doing a workout.
‘Life hack — no man has tried to correct my form since smearing brown eyeshadow on my neck like hickeys,’ she captioned the clip, which has been viewed more than 1.4 million times.
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Say what? Sydney, a comedian and college student in Michigan, revealed on TikTok this week that she draw’s fake hickeys on her neck to ensure guys leave her alone at the gym
Fooled ya: The viral TikTok shows her lifting her chin to reveal the brown marks on her skin that look like hickeys at first glance
It works? Sydney said she hasn’t had a man try to correct her form since she started doing this
The viral TikTok shows her lifting her chin to reveal the brown marks on her skin that look like hickeys at first glance.
‘Guess my form is just better this week,’ she wrote when she posted the video, saying it was her teammate who gave her the idea.
The video has received nearly 2,000 comments, and many people thought it was sad that she has to go to these lengths to keep men from bothering while she works out.
‘Misogynistic problems require misogynistic solutions,’ one person wrote.
Inspiration: In the caption, Sydney thanked her teammate for giving her the idea
Outrage: The video has received nearly 2,000 comments, and many people thought it was sad that she has to go to these lengths to keep men from bothering while she works out
‘They respect the “man” you were “with” more than you as a human being which says a lot about society,’ someone else shared.
‘Men will literally respect imaginary men more than real living women,’ another commenter agreed.
However, one person missed the point and noted that the guys were probably trying to flirt with her.
‘No hate. But is it possible it was their way of flirting?’ the stranger asked. ‘Seeing [hickeys] means you are taken so they don’t try to flirt.’
FYI: In a follow-up video, Sydney responded to a commenter who missed the point and noted the guys were probably just flirting with her
No thanks: ‘That’s the whole point,’ she explained. ‘They’re trying to flirt with me, and I don’t want it’
Sydney responded to the question in a follow-up video, saying the flirting attempts were the problem.
‘You silly goose. That’s the whole point,’ she explained. ‘They’re trying to flirt with me, and I don’t want it.’
She said that whenever men see the ‘hickeys’ they think, “Oh, off the market. I don’t need to correct her f**king form.’
The TikToker added that their insistence on trying to correct her form is also frustrating because she knows what she is doing.
‘I’m staring at myself in the mirror. I know that my form is great — well, not great. It’s pretty dang good,’ she concluded. ‘And when it’s not, it hurts and I notice.’