Posted on 01/04/2019 7:50:27 AM PST by a little elbow grease
There are only a few sure things we can count on in this crazy, ever-changing world: The moon's regal orbit around the earth. The gentle change of the seasons. And the fact that, on any given subway car, there will be at least one man with his legs spread across multiple seats. A problem as frustrating as it is mysterious, the man who takes up multiple seats on public transit with his splayed-out legs inspires all sorts of questions among his fellow riders: Is the leg-spreader exercising his male privilege, or, as some defenders would have you believe, merely attending to the unique spatial requirements of his balls? Is he blocking off empty seats to his left and his right with his knees out of obliviousness, or passive-aggressive malice?
(snip) --- And yet, despite all that scrutiny, I found that I still had questions about the dudes I saw stretching out daily, luxuriating on pee-smelling rush-hour trains as if they were fine European spas. Did it actually feel good to stretch out like that? Physically? Emotionally? Would it feel good if I did it? Would people be angry that a woman was slouched and spreading? Would I even care?
I decided, for the length of one weekend, to become a slouch-and-spreader. To truly understand the phenomenon, I decided I'd act like the worst examples I had encountered in my own commuting life: I wouldn't budge for a knee nudge or exasperated expression. I would hold my ground. I would embody the worst of slouch-and-spread assholery to the letter. I would try very hard to imagine that I had balls, and that those balls were desperate for air. And by the end of the weekend, I hoped to understand what made the slouch-and-spreaders slouch and spread.
(Excerpt) Read more at bustle.com ...
Why Do Guys Spread Their Legs When Sitting on The Subway? My Weekend of Sitting Like a Man
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(snip) -- But of the 20 or so folks that I sat next to, most of them, male and female alike, just quietly tried to fit themselves around my body without saying a word or expressing any clear frustration. Though most of the women pulled their bodies inward and away from me for the entire ride, a few of the men slipped into the seat next to me with a pulled-together body posture, before trying to spread their legs out into my space once they were anchored in a seat. (I won those battles, by the way.)
Why weren't men and women alike calling me out when I slouched and spread? It took me a few rides to realize that it was because people were afraid that I might be crazy.
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This girl is pretty funny ..... enjoy her story if you have the time.
Because we have a package we don’t want to squash you cupid stunt
Yep
My guess over the years is because seating is too low for men. If seats were higher, men might more comfortable. Of course then, women wouldn’t like it because their legs would be dangling. Just my guess.
I recently saw a video, I apologize I would not be able to find a link to it, in which a man asked women to wear a prosthetic “package” and have a seat. Every woman who tried the experiment naturally and unconsciously splayed their legs upon seating. They all seemed surprised, but then they reluctantly understood “manspreading”. (Truth is, in most cases it’s the belly, not the balls. Watch an enormous woman sit. Older ones were taught to keep their ankles together, not their knees, so they spread as bad as any man.)
What a bumb ditch.
When you’ve got a major sized package like the One Man Gang Bang here, you need some SPACE. Can’t play football in a cubicle, either.
The fact it pisses off feminists and other SJW’s is just butter on my toast.
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I never thought of that...
--- Mickey Rooney
Having ridden on subway vehicles in NY, Washington DC, London, Munich, Frankfurt, Berlin, Hamburg, etc....I can say that when you have seats that go along the window....all guys do it. When you have normal seating...guys typically don’t do it.
I wonder if she attracted any stray cats?
Love that movie!
“... the man who takes up multiple seats on public transit with his splayed-out legs...”
I call BS.....
This must be a 7 foot tall basketball player....I’ve never seen a guy spread his legs much wider than his shoulders in any seat...
“Because we have a package we don’t want to squash you cupid stunt”
True, but the primary reason is men’s hip bones are such that it is impossible to sit for an extended period with the legs closely together.
Anyone with eyes who has seen a human skeleton can see the difference in mechanics.
Nuts. And maybe because men with nuts BUILT that subway train, mined the ore and refined the steel it’s made from, bored the miles of tunnels, built the bridges that the cross the rivers. It’s our train, just take what we give you Cujo the psycho. The deal is like this, you only get to wreck the life of the guy you’re dating. The rest of us could give a flying fornication about your opinion on how we sit.
Gabrielle Moss has too much time on her hands.
Groinal Warming
Because we have a package we don’t want to squash you cupid stunt
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