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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.]]
   
[[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 [[she-bagging]].
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[[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]].
   
 
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>

Latest revision as of 09:58, 23 May 2023

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]

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