Luke Sharp wants to hear if you think men caught taking up more than one seat should face punishment to deter others from following suit.
In 2014, New York’s subway system commenced a crackdown on manspreading, launching a campaign titled, “Dude, stop the spread please. It’s a space issue.” In a similar vein, Madrid’s transport authorities erected signage in 2017 to deter manspreading.
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Madrid officials acted after a prominent women’s group—Mujeres en Lucha—garnered 10,000 signatures on a petition urging EMT Madrid, the city’s bus and transit network, to tackle the issue.
Is manspreading attractive? Findings by American research fellow Tanya Vacharkulksemsuk suggested that spreading out legs and arms is perceived as more attractive when males do it in a speed-dating setting.
But on public transport? Well, men have come to their own defence, but everyone else has a different perspective.
“We have balls and we don’t like them to suffocate,” one Reddit user wrote.
“It’s not manspreading, it’s a necessity, (we) can’t squeeze our balls together, they are very sensitive,” another said.
“Not acceptable at all. (They) would definitely get a nudge from me. On what level (do they) think that is OK?,” another added.
“I was raised to not impose on strangers in public and assume any polite person also was. Everyone should be considerate of how you’re impacting the people around you, especially on public transit,” an anonymous user argued.
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