I’m not making excuses for the supposedly postmenopausal woman but it probably was due to her having to sit next to a crying child not some maternal envy theory that so appeals to some guys here.
No one wants to sit next to a crying baby on a flight. However, my flying experience with crying babies is that once the plane attains cruising altitude, crying babies typically stop crying and either go to sleep or chill out. I would rather sit next to a crying baby than a morbidly obese adult any day of the week. Or next to a third-worlder or European for whom deodorant use would be a new experience. Or maybe the complainer should have chosen to fly another airline like Southwest which allows you to pick your own seats. I never had a seat neighbor problem on a Southwest flight.