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AN anti-manspreading campaigner has sparked debate after sharing a video of herself splashing male commuters with a mixture of bleach and water on a Russian metro train.
While some have argued the seated position is a physical necessity, others have said it displays sexual attractiveness. Here's what you need to know about manspreading, why men do it and who Anna Dovgalyuk is.
Manspreading, sometimes referred to ballrooming or mansitting, is a term to describe the way in which some men sit on public transport with their legs spread wide apart.
Both the position and the term have sparked widespread criticism and debate online, and it has been compared with examples of women taking up excessive space on public transport with handbags.
OxfordDictionaries.com added the word "manspreading" in August 2015, describing it as: "The practice whereby a man, especially one travelling on public transport, adopts a sitting position with his legs wide apart, in such a way as to encroach on an adjacent seat or seats."
Oxford Dictionaries said it noticed the emergence of the term at the same time as New York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority launched a campaign to "encourage courteous behaviour on the subway" around December 2014, which called for ending the practice of taking up more than one seat.
They said: "Evidence of the word manspreading first registered on our tracking corpus in November 2014 when the campaign was first ‘teased’, and the word’s use shot into the stratosphere in December, when the campaign officially launched."
A number of claims have been made in relation to the reasons for manspreading, including accommodating testicles, shoulder-hip proportion and sexual attractiveness.
According to the Toronto Star , men's rights group the Canadian Association for Equality launched an online petition in 2014 urging the Toronto Transit Commission to "take a more gender-neutral approach to people hogging space".
"It’s physically painful for men to close their legs and we cannot be expected to do so, and it’s also a biological necessity for us to do so,” the campaign reportedly stated.
"We can’t force women to stop breast feeding on buses or trains and we can’t force them to stop bringing strollers on, why should we force men to close their legs?
"This is sexism plain and simple and it cannot be passed."
Economonitor reported that the seat position is not rude behaviour, but is a necessity because of hip-shoulder ratio.
They said: "One of the data sets that we studied show that the average man’s shoulders were far wider — 28 per cent wider than his hips... If a man sits on the subway with his knees together, and other passengers crowd in closely on both sides, then his torso likely won’t fit on the top half of the seat if his knees are positioned less than shoulder width apart."
But a UC Berkeley post-doctorate researcher published a study which found that spreading legs and arms is more sexually attractive when males do it.
Using photographs, Tanya Vacharkulksemsuk found that images of men spreading out got 87 per cent of interest among female viewers.
"Based on our results garnered from thousands of single persons at an actual speed dating event, and using a dating application, it is evident that postural expansion can dramatically increase a person’s chances of making a successful initial romantic connection," she said.
Anna Dovgalyuk, 20, has started splashing a mixture of water and bleach on the groins of men with their legs spread too far on the St Petersberg metro.
The law student embarked on the one-woman crusade to stop manspreading and has accused men in her native Russia of "gender aggression" but says the country is not doing enough the tackle the problem.
Anna warned her targets in a video: “This solution is 30 times more concentrated than the mixture used by housewives when doing the laundry.
“It eats colours in the fabric in a matter of minutes - leaving indelible stains.”
She has also accused manspreaders of a "disgusting act that is being fought around the world - but hushed up here".
Anna, who calls herself a "social activist", claims the bleach stains are "identification spots" to "immediately understand which body part controls the behaviour of these men.”
The student claimed to be acting “on behalf of everyone who has to endure the manifestations of you declaring your macho qualities on public transportation”.
Russian news outlet Rosbalt has claimed the video is fake - but Anna has insisted it is "absolutely real".
She also revealed no one has sued her so far, adding: "I don't think people are going to go to the police to file a report about jeans."
People have previously campaigned against manspreading on Madrid trains .
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What is manspreading and why do men do it? That’s the question of the hour after a UK design student brought the topic to international discussions.
As we shared yesterday, the student received a celebrated design award for creating an anti-manspreading chair . The chair was created not so much as a functional seat but just as a commentary on the subject of manspreading and gender equality. That said, many people didn’t get the message and proved the student’s point by violently expressing disapproval of the piece of furniture.
But that entire discussion got us thinking, what exactly is manspreading, why’s it such a big issue, and why does it happen?
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If you ask someone off the street what manspreading is, you might get a wide range of answers. Is it a natural physical reaction and pose/posture? Is it a sign of the patriarchy? Is it a topic of gender norms and societal pressure? Apparently, it’s all of the above.
The term manspreading is usually focused on when men sit with their legs widely apart. In most cases, this term is used for when men do this in public spaces like on subway trains or park benches.
From there, the topic turns into a larger debate about gender equality (as the design student was trying to allude to). Many women feel that men unconsciously spread their legs as a show of power and marking of territory. To claim the space as their own, as you will. Meanwhile, women, who are trained by societal standards to be less submission, often sit with their legs and arms tucked inward. While these two positions may be natural for men and women, it presents a problem for women.
But why do men manspread? Well, there’s actually been plenty of studies that have looked into the situation.
Plenty of men on the internet and on Reddit will tell you that men manspread because of the way men’s bodies are built. Specifically, they say we have penises and balls that need space. But what do experts think? Well, it’s a mixed bag.
As spinal neurosurgeon John Sutcliffe explained to the Independent , manspreading could be because male and female pelvises are built differently.
“The overall width of the pelvis is relatively greater in females and the angle of the femoral neck is more acute. These factors could play a role in making a position of sitting with the knees close together less comfortable in men,” he said.
That said, Sucliffe believes that the idea of men’s balls being in pain when they sit with their legs closed is not accurate.
“I suspect most men would suggest the reason for adopting the more spread posture in sitting would be the avoidance of testicular compression from the thigh muscles. The pelvic rotation goes some way to improve compression in both aspects,” Sutcliffe explained.
Then a study by UC Berkeley post-graduate researcher Tanya Vacharkulksemsuk states that men may be unconsciously spreading their legs to attract others.
“Based on our results garnered from thousands of single persons at an actual speed dating event, and using a dating application, it is evident that postural expansion can dramatically increase a person’s chances of making a successful initial romantic connection,” she wrote.
It seems there’s a lot going on with manspreading. Part of it is biologically based on the way men’s hips are built. Part of it is hormonally and psychologically based on deep-rooted mating practices from long ago. And some of it is based on men psychologically claiming space and territory.
But all that said, should men stick to doing the act because it's psychologically or biologically pressed on us? No. If we’re in public spaces and taking up more than a seat’s worth of space, men are being indifferent to the people around us.
While we don’t want to get into the whole debate of gender equality and issues, we can agree that people should be courteous to the others around them. If there are people next to you, check your legs and make sure you’re not claiming space for two. And if no one’s nearby, let your legs free. Because then, who cares?
At the end of the day, this topic doesn’t need hurt feelings or overly defensive remarks. It’s just a politeness thing and that's an easy fix.
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Manspreading: Public bus signs tell men to keep legs together
Manspreading: Public bus signs tell men to keep legs together
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Buses in Madrid, Spain, will soon have a new warning sign directed at men: Don’t spread your legs.
Madrid’s public transportation service, EMT, worked with an equality and feminist group to develop an icon reminding passengers to respect everyone’s space .
The signs show two blue bus seats with a red figure wearing shorts spreading his legs wide, into the accompanying seat. A red X is in the top left corner.
Manspreading, when men open their legs wide while sitting, was recently subject of a Madrid-based Change.org petition that asked for signs in public transit.
Other transportation companies around the world have developed similar signs.
In 2014, the New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority released a poster campaign showing a man with his legs spread and the slogan: "Dude…Stop The Spread, Please. It’s a space issue."
Seattle, Washington's transit has used an icon of an octopus invading others' space. Japan has also posted signs urging commuters to avoid manspreading.
But a knee jab on a subway ride isn't the only reason manspreading is a hot button issue. Many say it is an example of gender bias that men require more space.
News site Mic conducted an experiment showing a man and woman spreading out on NYC subways. They recorded people staring and taking photographs of the woman who spread out, and largely ignoring the man who did the same.
Some men have criticized the term, saying women take up space in similar ways, using the hashtag #femspreading .
Spain's @EMTmadrid has made 'manspreading' illegal. They OBVS didn't see my article on femspreading: https://t.co/1DNul0eqFH #manspreading
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The subway is the favorite place of no one, ever. It’s crowded, hot, and makes you think death is imminent every time the train makes the slightest turn.
For many, though, none of these annoyances hold a candle to manspreading. There’s already barely enough room in the subway car, and it only gets worse when guys insist on spreading their legs, stretching their arms, and basically assuming the Lounging Douche position.
It’s inconsiderate, unnecessary, and an immature way of signaling dominance to a crowd of people who will never, ever be impressed with you. Dude, you’re on the subway. Your only social mission should be “Don’t irritate everyone around me.”
However, according to science , there may be more to manspreading than simply being an obnoxious commuter.
In what is now the second-most popular TED Talk ever , psychologist Amy Cuddy explains how certain postures can have measurable effects on our hormones, which in turn, affect the way we see ourselves, and the way others see us. It’s groundbreaking info, even if it does validate some of the more annoying people in your life, like your yoga instructor, and that guy who keeps telling you how to stand during a job interview. (Got it, Dad.)
According to Cuddy, the findings of several studies reveal that when our body language is typically “beta,” we have higher levels of cortisol, the stress hormone, and lower levels of testosterone, which gives us confidence. Seems like that would make sense, though, right? If you’re stressed out, you’re not going to present yourself with confidence.
But apparently this process also works in reverse.
Researchers learned that if subjects assumed “alpha” body language, with the body exposed, they showed increased levels of testosterone and decreased levels of cortisol in as little as two minutes. That’s why Superman is such a badass. It’s the power stance.
More and more, we’re realizing that the mind-body connection is a powerful force. If you believe something about yourself, physical changes can be the result. No, that doesn’t mean that drunk you really can take on that guy twice your size at the bar, but it does mean that people who stand or sit in a confident pose end up feeling more confident.
Though there hasn’t been a study on this subject just yet, it makes sense that manspreaders are a little desperate to feel confident. That annoying way they sit on the subway? Turns out it isn’t simply to be a jerk—it just makes them feel more manly than they actually are.
Joe Oliveto totally didn't test this theory on himself when writing this article. Follow him on Twitter.
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