I don’t drive, so I use public transportation regularly. I can tell you that taking up more than one seat is not just the X result of “man splay.” I’ve seen women with 20 packages all spread out over 2 or more seats, parents with a gaggle of kids and strollers the size of condominiums, people with suitcases and those shopping carts on wheels blocking seats. These are the ones who always take over the front seats even though they are supposed to be reserved for the elderly and disabled. Heaven help you if you ask to sit down. These people won’t move themselves or their belongings for anyone and they get downright belligerent if you ask. I walk with a cane and it’s a struggle to keep my balance when the bus is in motion, but people just don’t care. It’s every man/woman for him/herself.
It’s the attitude nowadays, especially among the free stuff crowd. Kindness and courtesy toward others have been replaced by selfishness and thoughtlessness. “I got mine and I don’t care about you.”
I see it every day in New York. It's the secret Credo burned into the heart of every liberal.