Watch A Woman Confront 'Manspreaders' On The Subway

Submitted by Mastodon on Fri, 2014-12-19 19:22

Story here. Excerpt:

'“Are you familiar with the term manspreading?"

Despite measures taken to raise awareness of "men taking up too much space on the subway," there are still many who aren't aware that "manspreading" is even a term. In their new video "Manspreading," the dedicated journalists at Gothamist confront men on New York City subways to ask if they've ever heard of "manspreading" and if they realize they're doing it. The results were a bit awkward.

Most of the men had no idea what manspreading was but, hearteningly, all were open to fixing it once they were educated on the phenomenon.

To conclude their deep-dive into manspreading, Gothamist clarified the amount of lounging that's unacceptable when riding a subway: "If there's space enough for a litter of puppies or a celebrity selfie group shot, you are taking up too much space. Pull it in."

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It's practically the mainstream journalistic wing of NOW.

Anyway, I wonder when there'll be a move on to stop women with a truckload of shopping bags and expansive behinds from hogging up four and five subway seats at a time? Here's an idea though, one airlines may want to consider, too: install wider seats so everyone is more comfy.

Radical thought! But maybe it's just easier to go around shaming men further just for existing. Seems to make the HuffPo people amused enough, yes?

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Submitted by Matt on Sun, 2014-12-21 14:09