Posted on 06/09/2017 7:27:54 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
The city of Madrid has joined the likes of other Progressive cities like New York City and banned manspreading on mass transit.
According to Spanish news source the Local, the Municipal Transportation Company (EMT) will be posting signs on the bus system discouraging men from spreading their legs when sitting.
A tweet by the Madrid City Council shows the signs will include a big red x next to a photo of a man with his legs spread and the phrase, Respect the space of others next to it:
In a statement provided to the Local, the EMT said, The new information icon indicates the prohibition of taking a seating position that bothers other people.
Its to remind transport users to maintain civic responsibility and respect the personal space of everyone on board, the EMT continued.
The ban on men sitting in a particular fashion on the train comes after feminist activists in Madrid, known as the Mujeres en Lucha, petitioned the government using Change.org.
In 2014, New York City created a Dude Stop the Spread, Please campaign targeting manspreading.
Two men were reportedly arrested in New York City for manspreading in 2015.
Madrid banning manspreading comes after research allegedly shows that manspreading is due to mens body ratios.
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LOL!!!! That picture is a keeper!!!
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Why is it that liberals won’t allow one iota of criticism of various sexual behaviors that are patently unhygienic, promiscuous and immoral, but then nitpickingly regiment other sorts of relatively harmless behaviors in countless unnecessary ways?
What guy actually sits like that, that wide, in real life? Sitting too wide is also uncomfortable.
You cant sit like a woman because you will crush the equipment. The european guys can because the govts have taken away their balls.
Yeah, this is going to be real easy to enforce.
What moron wrote this law and what morons over there spent time and money trying to get it passed. Have they nothing better to do in Madrid?
To call that ‘manspreading’ is sexist.
Jerry Brown is in China as we speak spreading for the Chinese to have a go. He better make sure he doesn’t go through Madrid on the way home elst he will get arrested.
My dog likes to “manspread” when he sleeps.
Do PARTIAL manspreading like half, 3/4. Let the Sharia Democrats act stupid. They will have to tape measure your crotch.
Use the Sharia Democrats’ rules against them.
I’d say “Missprawling” is far more obnoxious on public transportation. That would be women putting their purse, their books, their shoulder bag and any other typical, cumulative feminine “stuff” on the seats on both sides of them to keep anyone from sitting close by. That’s intentional, not a natural posture, unlike purported “manspreading.”
My dog likes to manspread when he sleeps.
Dog falls asleep belly up with its hind legs splayed out. I call this the “roast turkey” pose.
Unless there were people standing who could have used the seats, what problem is there (other than the aesthetic)? This seems no different from people’s putting shopping bags or other items on seats. If seats are vacant, it does not harm. If people need the seats, any decent person limits space usage (person and goods) to one spot.
We called ours "the dead chicken."
Yes, that can be painful. You could pull a groin muscle that way. I’m guessing that dude is quite flexible.
Always keep one hand free for self-defense.
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