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Woman Sick Of Men Spreading Legs In Subway Gets Revenge, And Here’s How Men Respond
We have, in the last few years, been subjected to an odd kind of lazy, unimaginative wordplay whereby the word ‘man’ is prefixed onto certain things, ascribing male characteristics to them somewhat unnecessarily. Examples include manbag, man-scaping, man-flu, mansplaining and now, manspreading, which is the male act of taking up additional space on public transport by splaying his legs too wide.
The city of Madrid evidently thinks that manspreading has become such a problem that they decided to ban it altogether on their public transport system, in order to “remind transport users to maintain civic responsibility. equal rights and respect the personal space of everyone on board.”
This woman decided to fight back against this obnoxious behavior equally, by giving men a taste of their own medicine and teaching them how to respect her personal space. She was quickly praised by another woman, who attempted to provide psychological reasoning behind the phenomenon of manspreading, believing that it’s basically just another sign of male dominance and oppression.
Enter a guy on the scene, coming in to ‘mansplain’ (ugh) his take on the situation, which he believes is actually quite simple, and the entire discussion is just basically, nuts.
Scroll down below to check the best comebacks from both sides for yourself, and let us know what you think about the issue in the comments. Do the ladies have a point? Or is it really just a simple matter of comfort for the cojones, placement of the plums? Or are they just rude people, unaware of their own selfish behavior? Join the discussion!
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Gabi 7 years ago
I am a woman and spread my legs. Not to show off my crotch, but because it is effin comfortable. If you sit next to such a spreaded guy, they usually close their legs. Not because of being intimidated but because not every man is a jerk, not every man who sits like this is a jerk and shows of partiarchy crotchdominance. They close their legs to give space. And that's it.
Rafaella Bueno 7 years ago
Yup. Most of the time guys will sit like that if they have free space around because it's more comfortable, but they'll usually close their legs as needed if they see someone else wants to sit. If I have space, I'll sit with my legs closed but straight - it's what's comfortable to me. I can and will take as much or as little space as is available in public transport.
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Virgil Blue 7 years ago
Have testes, I sit like that because they were poorly placed for bipedal mammals. Will close up shop if asked or if someone sits next to me.
Daria B 7 years ago
That's the right and natural thing to do. But, sadly, there really are men (and women) who think other people do not exist in this world.
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Jeremy Rankin 7 years ago
Women giving men advice on how to manage their junk is like a man giving a woman advice on pregnancy.
Rafaella Bueno 7 years ago
"Womansplaining", I guess? Indeed I wouldn't try to assume what it feels like to have a d**k and balls. Just ask the guy to please move over a bit because you want to sit. You can't really complain that men don't listen to women if you don't even try to talk to them.
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Jeremy Rankin 7 years ago
Women don’t have d***s that get sweaty and uncomfortable if crunched together. Im gay man and I assure you I’m not trying to dominate the women next to me in the subway.
JustAYugiohFan 7 years ago
Very true. I’m a woman and even I understand that you guys have different parts, and you guys have to do things differently.
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anarkzie 7 years ago
"She was quickly praised by another woman, who attempted to give a psychological reasoning behind the phenomenon of manspreading, believing that it’s basically just another sign of male dominance and oppression." There is literally nothing that a man can do that some random feminist will not, after giving a deep psychological analysis, attribute to trying to show male dominance and oppression. They're up there with flat earthers and the anti vaccine crowd.
Melanie Sheldon 7 years ago
Some feminists, are just not aware of your situation. Some are crazy. Some totally empathetize with your situation. On behalf of all feminists, I apologize for the lapse in judgment.
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Suzi Gauthier 7 years ago
I'm a woman, and I have always "manspread" unless I'm wearing a skirt or dress, although I pull everything in to make room if someone wants to sit near me. I've been scolded by other ladies for not sitting "ladylike" but I just don't care.
Reggie Kraken 7 years ago
Blokes have meat and two veg between our legs; it's very unconformable sometimes to sit with your legs together so we spread them. It's nothing to do with taking anyone else's space. Why do people have to try and put sexism or the patriarchy into everything? We got squished and warm balls people, they needs to breathe.
Shana 7 years ago
Ugh that comment about dominance... *rolls eyes* Do they forget men have something hanging between their legs? :P So yeah, I'm with the guy in the next comment on this one. We all like to sit comfortable, (the guy in the last pic is taking it a bit too far though) and unless the train/bus is packed with people, it shouldn't be such a big deal to sit like that? Ofcourse if there are a lot of people that want a seat and guys still refuse to close their legs to make room, then they're just jerks :P (Note: wearing loose shorts without any underwear and "manspreading"... please don't... It's ok to sit like that but we don't need to see your junk) Another note, I hate words like mansplaining and all that.
Laur Lupo 7 years ago
Nope, the last guy is a d..k and most us guys hate that kind of person as well. He is taking up 3 spaces for nothing. He is the equivalent of a car taking up 3 parking spaces. And going commando in shorts is horrible for the family jewels. The skin on skin action is horrible and the skin down there is really sensitive, especially if you shave. Too bad so many people tend to go all out to be the worst kind of person they can be when the opposite is so easy to do.
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Gabi 7 years ago
I am a woman and spread my legs. Not to show off my crotch, but because it is effin comfortable. If you sit next to such a spreaded guy, they usually close their legs. Not because of being intimidated but because not every man is a jerk, not every man who sits like this is a jerk and shows of partiarchy crotchdominance. They close their legs to give space. And that's it.
Rafaella Bueno 7 years ago
Yup. Most of the time guys will sit like that if they have free space around because it's more comfortable, but they'll usually close their legs as needed if they see someone else wants to sit. If I have space, I'll sit with my legs closed but straight - it's what's comfortable to me. I can and will take as much or as little space as is available in public transport.
Load More Replies... Virgil Blue 7 years ago
Have testes, I sit like that because they were poorly placed for bipedal mammals. Will close up shop if asked or if someone sits next to me.
Daria B 7 years ago
That's the right and natural thing to do. But, sadly, there really are men (and women) who think other people do not exist in this world.
Load More Replies... Jeremy Rankin 7 years ago
Women giving men advice on how to manage their junk is like a man giving a woman advice on pregnancy.
Rafaella Bueno 7 years ago
"Womansplaining", I guess? Indeed I wouldn't try to assume what it feels like to have a d**k and balls. Just ask the guy to please move over a bit because you want to sit. You can't really complain that men don't listen to women if you don't even try to talk to them.
Load More Replies... Jeremy Rankin 7 years ago
Women don’t have d***s that get sweaty and uncomfortable if crunched together. Im gay man and I assure you I’m not trying to dominate the women next to me in the subway.
JustAYugiohFan 7 years ago
Very true. I’m a woman and even I understand that you guys have different parts, and you guys have to do things differently.
Load More Replies... anarkzie 7 years ago
"She was quickly praised by another woman, who attempted to give a psychological reasoning behind the phenomenon of manspreading, believing that it’s basically just another sign of male dominance and oppression." There is literally nothing that a man can do that some random feminist will not, after giving a deep psychological analysis, attribute to trying to show male dominance and oppression. They're up there with flat earthers and the anti vaccine crowd.
Melanie Sheldon 7 years ago
Some feminists, are just not aware of your situation. Some are crazy. Some totally empathetize with your situation. On behalf of all feminists, I apologize for the lapse in judgment.
Load More Replies... Suzi Gauthier 7 years ago
I'm a woman, and I have always "manspread" unless I'm wearing a skirt or dress, although I pull everything in to make room if someone wants to sit near me. I've been scolded by other ladies for not sitting "ladylike" but I just don't care.
Reggie Kraken 7 years ago
Blokes have meat and two veg between our legs; it's very unconformable sometimes to sit with your legs together so we spread them. It's nothing to do with taking anyone else's space. Why do people have to try and put sexism or the patriarchy into everything? We got squished and warm balls people, they needs to breathe.
Shana 7 years ago
Ugh that comment about dominance... *rolls eyes* Do they forget men have something hanging between their legs? :P So yeah, I'm with the guy in the next comment on this one. We all like to sit comfortable, (the guy in the last pic is taking it a bit too far though) and unless the train/bus is packed with people, it shouldn't be such a big deal to sit like that? Ofcourse if there are a lot of people that want a seat and guys still refuse to close their legs to make room, then they're just jerks :P (Note: wearing loose shorts without any underwear and "manspreading"... please don't... It's ok to sit like that but we don't need to see your junk) Another note, I hate words like mansplaining and all that.
Laur Lupo 7 years ago
Nope, the last guy is a d..k and most us guys hate that kind of person as well. He is taking up 3 spaces for nothing. He is the equivalent of a car taking up 3 parking spaces. And going commando in shorts is horrible for the family jewels. The skin on skin action is horrible and the skin down there is really sensitive, especially if you shave. Too bad so many people tend to go all out to be the worst kind of person they can be when the opposite is so easy to do.
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