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  • Woman who invented anti-manspreading chair gets vile rape threats after creation divides opinion

    07/20/2019 10:03:48 AM PDT · by Morgana · 70 replies
    DAILY MAIL UK ^ | July 20, 2019 | Danyal Hussain and Darren Boyle for MailOnline
    A university student who won a national award for designing a chair that stops men from manspreading has faced vile rape threats. Laila Laurel, 23, studying at the University of Brighton, created the piece of furniture to stop men from widening their legs and encroaching on other people's personal space. In her design, two bits of wood are positioned on the seat to physically stop whoever is sitting down from moving their legs apart. She received the award last week but says that she has been sent 'unpleasant backlash' since, with men sending explicit photos and rape threats to her...