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[[File:EMT_Madrid_amplía_su_señalización_a_bordo_del_autobús_para_evitar_el_“manspreading”_(01).jpg|thumb|A poster from an anti-manspreading campaign in Madrid, Spain.]]
  
[[File:EMT_Madrid_amplía_su_señalización_a_bordo_del_autobús_para_evitar_el_“manspreading”_(01).jpg|thumb|A poster from an anti-manspreading campaign in Madrid, Spain.]]
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"Manspreading" or "man-sitting" is a pejorative neologism referring to the practice of men sitting in public transport with legs wide apart, thereby covering more than one seat.
  
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A public debate began when an anti-manspreading campaign started on the social media website Tumblr in 2013; the term appeared a year later. These campaigns have been heavily criticised as public shaming campaigns, as the subjects are often clearly identifiable, and the associated practice of taking non-consensual photos of men with emphasis on their crotch has been compared to creepshots or revenge porn.
  
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The usage of the term has received substantial criticism from both feminists and antifeminists. Law enforcement regarding manspreading has unduly targeted Latino men, including a case where a Latino teenager was allegedly charged for having a backpack next to him on the train.
  
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OxfordDictionaries.com added the word "manspreading" in August 2015. Lyndsay Kirkham, an English professor at Humber College, Toronto, said the practice was a metaphor for the permission men were given to take up a disproportionate share of space in society.
  
   
 
[[Manspreading]] is a term used by [[feminists]] and others to shame men. It is claimed that men take up a disproportionately large space when when seated, particularly on public transport. [[Anti-feminist]]s have pointed out that women often use disproportionate amounts of space when sitting with a handbag and often other bags as well, a practice called [[shebagging]].
  
[[Manspreading]] is a term used by [[feminists]] and others to shame men. It is claimed that men take up a disproportionately large space when when seated, particularly on public transport. [[Anti-feminist]]s have pointed out that women often use disproportionate amounts of space when sitting with a handbag and often other bags as well, a practice called [[shebagging]].
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The term may have originated on a blog called ''Men Take Up Too Much Space On The Train'' which went offline between 20 January 2015 & 27 September 2018.<ref>https://archive.is/HEhdf</ref><ref>https://archive.is/http://mentakingup2muchspaceonthetrain.tumblr.com/</ref>
  
The term may have originated on a blog called ''Men Take Up Too Much Space On The Train'' which went offline between 20 January 2015 & 27 September 2018.<ref>https://archive.is/HEhdf</ref><ref>https://archive.is/http://mentakingup2muchspaceonthetrain.tumblr.com/</ref>
   
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Latest revision as of 04:59, 14 September 2025

Screenshot taken from a feminist video showing exaggerated manspreading.
A contrived example of manspreading from Stockholm, Sweden.
A poster from an anti-manspreading campaign in Madrid, Spain.

Manspreading is a term used by feminists and others to shame men. It is claimed that men take up a disproportionately large space when when seated, particularly on public transport. Anti-feminists have pointed out that women often use disproportionate amounts of space when sitting with a handbag and often other bags as well, a practice called shebagging.

The term may have originated on a blog called Men Take Up Too Much Space On The Train which went offline between 20 January 2015 & 27 September 2018.[1][2]

Misandry is the hatred of, pathological aversion to, or prejudice against men.[3] The first recorded use of the term dates from the 19th century.[4] At the present time misandry is widespread in Western society but may be in decline.

These days it seems you don't need to look far to see negativity focused at men. What is often known as casual misandry permeates western civilisation where many men and women commonly make negative statements about men without apparently regarding this as a problem or being challenged by anyone else present. This problem has steadily deteriorated and we have now reached the point that books with titles such as Are Men Necessary? When Sexes Collide[5] and The End of Men[6] can be published without significant objection from the wider community.

Negative and inaccurate portrayals of men and boys have permeated mainstream media and online knowledge repositories such as Wikipedia, where the bias is particularly evident. Wikipedia editors routinely write negative commentaries about men and Wikipedia admins protect those commentaries while censoring counter-narratives that might show less biased, more accurate information. This practice is reinforced by feminist editing gangs who congregate in regular 'edit-a-thons'[7][8][9] with the sole purpose of increasing feminist ideology within Wikipedia articles, and to censor male-positive discourse and research on men. In a nutshell those in control of Wikipedia have succeeded in deplatforming much reliable information about men and boys.

This site encourages publication of factual information about men and women and the cultural contexts in which they meet. It aims to be the keeper of rational and evidence-based conclusions, while rejecting popular forms of gender bigotry.

Due to licence compatibility articles may be imported from Wikipedia with appropriate attribution. These articles can then be corrected for woke bias and other problems. Generally only selected sections of articles are imported from Wikipedia as many Wikipedia articles are now so long that they obscure important information.

Wiki4Men rejects gynocentric and misandric narratives.

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References

  1. ↑ https://archive.is/HEhdf
  2. ↑ https://archive.is/http://mentakingup2muchspaceonthetrain.tumblr.com/
  3. ↑ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/misandry
  4. ↑ http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/boys-men/201403/why-is-discussion-boys-and-men-opposed
  5. ↑ Maureen Dowd., Are Men Necessary?: When Sexes Collide, Berkley (2006)
  6. ↑ Hanna Rosin., The End Of Men Riverhead Books (2012)
  7. ↑ Katherine Timpf., ‘Storming Wikipedia’: Colleges offer credit to students who enter ‘feminist thinking’ into Wikipedia. Campus Reform (2013)
  8. ↑ Wikistorming: Colleges offer credit to inject feminism into Wikipedia. Fox News (2013)
  9. ↑ https://magenta.as/this-is-what-happens-at-a-feminist-edit-a-thon-for-wikipedia-15baea4ac8cd
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