Posted on 01/04/2019 7:50:27 AM PST by a little elbow grease
There are only a few sure things we can count on in this crazy, ever-changing world: The moon's regal orbit around the earth. The gentle change of the seasons. And the fact that, on any given subway car, there will be at least one man with his legs spread across multiple seats. A problem as frustrating as it is mysterious, the man who takes up multiple seats on public transit with his splayed-out legs inspires all sorts of questions among his fellow riders: Is the leg-spreader exercising his male privilege, or, as some defenders would have you believe, merely attending to the unique spatial requirements of his balls? Is he blocking off empty seats to his left and his right with his knees out of obliviousness, or passive-aggressive malice?
(snip) --- And yet, despite all that scrutiny, I found that I still had questions about the dudes I saw stretching out daily, luxuriating on pee-smelling rush-hour trains as if they were fine European spas. Did it actually feel good to stretch out like that? Physically? Emotionally? Would it feel good if I did it? Would people be angry that a woman was slouched and spreading? Would I even care?
I decided, for the length of one weekend, to become a slouch-and-spreader. To truly understand the phenomenon, I decided I'd act like the worst examples I had encountered in my own commuting life: I wouldn't budge for a knee nudge or exasperated expression. I would hold my ground. I would embody the worst of slouch-and-spread assholery to the letter. I would try very hard to imagine that I had balls, and that those balls were desperate for air. And by the end of the weekend, I hoped to understand what made the slouch-and-spreaders slouch and spread.
(Excerpt) Read more at bustle.com ...
and too much (censored)
Cause we have balls and you don’t
Pink beaver?
Airing out the nuts. If they get too sweaty, you can get a vicious rash.
Thats not very lady like. Her dad must be so proud.
This is one instance of a more general phenomenon. People showing lack of consideration for others in public places. The one who puts his/her feet on the seat across from his/hers. The one who puts stuff on a seat.
Obviously, today, man hating is rampant and it’s Ok to write drivel like this. She is incapable of seeing this as what I said it is, and can only visualize it as a MAN-ACTING-BAD problem. Also, if you were to write about women acting like turds it would not get into print. Write about men if you want to make money.
Besides, what do you ride a train maybe once or twice a year? No one in their right mind would get on the subway. Or live in a place where you had to.
Well, Gabrielle, it’s because we have external genitalia while women don’t. Believe it or not, men and women are not the same. Men require more space. Deal with it, shrew.
In my opinion, whether guy or girl, that looks very uncomfortable...
Ok, that was a funny piece. This woman has some writing skills!!
Perfect, right out’a the .... (ahem) ...... box.
Because you know what they say about guys who cross their legs.
This is like asking, “Why do butterflies spread their wings?”
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Yes .... that's good to hear.
To me it's not too frequent that articles are written in an easy, flowing manner these days. She does it.
This woman is one interesting writer.
I just found this article this morning by chance, and I'm going to see what else she has done. I glanced at a couple of sites of hers and ..... she is "out there".
:-)
She's got a baby on board - more comfortable for her that way.
You mean guys like this? Bath House Barry?
Maybe it is so their tie wont get wrinkled...
keeping legs together heats up your balls killing sperm
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