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Manspreading

Post by mantra » Wed Jun 03, 2015 3:47 am

It's about time men kept their legs together.

In New York you can now be arrested under a new law called "subway etiquette", which means some blokes think it's their right to sprawl on a seat with their legs apart taking up room which interferes with the comfort of other passengers.

We teach our daughters to keep their legs together, but we need to start teaching our sons to do it too.

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Two men were arrested for "manspreading" and taking up too much room on the New York City subway, documents have revealed.

The Police Reform Organising Project (PROP) collected 117 vignettes of citizens' interactions with police for a report on the New York Police Department's attitudes to race and class.

"Police officers had arrested two Latino men on the charge of 'manspreading' on the subway, presumably because they were taking up more than one seat and therefore inconveniencing other riders," according to the report.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-01/f ... rk/6511362

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Re: Manspreading

Post by AiA in Atlanta » Wed Jun 03, 2015 4:25 am

Don't want to see some dude's moose knuckle anyway ...

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Re: Manspreading

Post by AiA in Atlanta » Wed Jun 03, 2015 7:10 am

I ride the train in Atlanta most every day. The seats are such that manspreading isn't a possibility as this video shows:


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Re: Manspreading

Post by Rorschach » Wed Jun 03, 2015 3:49 pm

mantra wrote:It's about time men kept their legs together.

In New York you can now be arrested under a new law called "subway etiquette", which means some blokes think it's their right to sprawl on a seat with their legs apart taking up room which interferes with the comfort of other passengers.

We teach our daughters to keep their legs together, but we need to start teaching our sons to do it too.

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Two men were arrested for "manspreading" and taking up too much room on the New York City subway, documents have revealed.

The Police Reform Organising Project (PROP) collected 117 vignettes of citizens' interactions with police for a report on the New York Police Department's attitudes to race and class.

"Police officers had arrested two Latino men on the charge of 'manspreading' on the subway, presumably because they were taking up more than one seat and therefore inconveniencing other riders," according to the report.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-01/f ... rk/6511362
Easy to see you are not a man mantra.
BTW that guys jeans look so tight he probably can't close his legs even if he tried. Ah the price of fashion... surely a woman would know all about that.
As for men... they have a physical feature that makes it rather difficult to do as you would like mantra. Ever been "ruptured"? Kicked in the proverbials?
There are reasons men don't sit cross legged or with their knees together mantra. I would have thought you'd, know why by now.
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Re: Manspreading

Post by Black Orchid » Wed Jun 03, 2015 4:13 pm

There is a difference between reasonably spreading your legs to be comfortable and being over-the-top arrogant about it surely?

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Re: Manspreading

Post by Black Orchid » Wed Jun 03, 2015 4:16 pm

If men 'need' to occupy 2 seats maybe they need to pay double fares :lol:

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Re: Manspreading

Post by mantra » Wed Jun 03, 2015 4:34 pm

AiA in Atlanta wrote:I ride the train in Atlanta most every day. The seats are such that manspreading isn't a possibility as this video shows:

What language do the natives speak in Atlanta?
Rorschach wrote:Easy to see you are not a man mantra.
BTW that guys jeans look so tight he probably can't close his legs even if he tried. Ah the price of fashion... surely a woman would know all about that.
As for men... they have a physical feature that makes it rather difficult to do as you would like mantra. Ever been "ruptured"? Kicked in the proverbials?
There are reasons men don't sit cross legged or with their knees together mantra. I would have thought you'd, know why by now.
I used to think they did it on purpose, especially when they're sitting next to a young female. Maybe it is difficult for males to sit with their legs together, but some of them think it's their right to spreadeagle them and don't care about the person next to them whose legs are being squashed.

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Re: Manspreading

Post by AiA in Atlanta » Wed Jun 03, 2015 9:28 pm

mantra wrote: What language do the natives speak in Atlanta?
you watched the video - they speak some slave dialect that isn't always easy to understand ...

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Re: Manspreading

Post by skippy » Wed Jun 03, 2015 9:39 pm

AiA in Atlanta wrote:
mantra wrote: What language do the natives speak in Atlanta?
you watched the video - they speak some slave dialect that isn't always easy to understand ...
I watched the video but I still don't know what it's about. AIA , how do you find the crime rate and safety on public transport in Atlanta?

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Re: Manspreading

Post by AiA in Atlanta » Wed Jun 03, 2015 9:42 pm

Have heard that black on black crime is high in Atlanta. I have never had any trouble on the trains and have never seen anyone else have any either.

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