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This man is under arrest - for MANSPLAINING! The MVU is on the case as they investigate this heinous crime - and is that a case of felony manspreading as well? Find out on this episode of MVU! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUlgEmaQDDw

...He was very sexist towards me," she said of Putin, who once said it is "better not to argue with women" after Clinton lamented the difficulties in forging a relationship with him. She continued: "We had some interesting, even helpful, interactions in private and then the press would be invited in and he would say something insulting about America. He would then manspread for effect."

A picture is worth a thousand words 

A university student who won a national award for designing a chair that stops men from manspreading has faced vile rape threats. Laila Laurel, 23, studying at the University of Brighton, created the piece of furniture to stop men from widening their legs and encroaching on other people's personal space. In her design, two bits of wood are positioned on the seat to physically stop whoever is sitting down from moving their legs apart. She received the award last week but says that she has been sent 'unpleasant backlash' since, with men sending explicit photos and rape threats to her...

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...

A liberal "activist" has taken to the subway armed with bottles of diluted bleach to attack men who "manspread" in public. The term "manspreading" was made famous by Hillary Clinton last year after she claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin was guilty of the practice - where a man sits with his legs apart - every time they met.

A woman says she was slugged in the face by a racist lunatic on the subway — all because she asked him to stop “manspreading.” The aftermath of Thursday’s violent exchange was caught on video as a good Samaritan tries to defend the woman and usher her violent attacker off the train. ..." The victim, Sam Saia, said she was riding the N train through Bensonhurst while on her way to work in Manhattan when the man sat down and started overcrowding her around 7:45 a.m. “He proceeded to press me against the wall and man spread me excessively,” she...

Racist manspreader assaulted woman on subway: cops A racist manspreader assaulted a woman on the subway because she asked him to give her a bit more room to sit down, police said Saturday. The 34-year-old victim was seated inside a northbound E train on Tuesday at around 5: 10 pm when the man sat down, partially on top of her, police said.

As if Hillary Clinton's new book couldn’t get any stranger, newly released audio reveals she thinks Russian president Vladimir Putin is a sexist "manspreader." "When I sat with Putin in meetings, he looked more like one of those guys on the subway who imperiously spreads their legs wide," the former secretary of state says in "What Happened," "encroaching on everyone else's space as if to say, 'I take what I want.'" "They call it 'manspreading,'" she asserts.

“Manspreading” on campus buses is indicative of the larger culture of sexism that is pervasive on campus, according to one University of North Texas student.

Why do men "manspread'? Real women experience the every day discomfort men do on public transit.

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...

For months now, the Transit Authority in New York City has been advertising their request that men riding trains, subways and buses keep their legs together when using mass transit. The sin is called “manspreading,” and it happens when a male passenger chooses to sit with their legs lightly spread apart forcing other passengers to have less room in their own seat. Here’s an example of this heinous new form of "misogyny." (Watch video at link) It’s disgusting. Pure and simple. The government in New York City has once again proven that they are willing to regulate and govern, even...

Smash the patriarchy! New York police allegedly arrested two men for “manspreading” (sitting with their legs far apart) on the subway, according to a report entitled “That’s How They Get You” released by the Police Reform Organizing Project. “On a recent visit to the arraignment part in Brooklyn’s criminal court, PROP volunteers observed that police officers had arrested two Latino men on the charge of ‘man spreading’ on the subway, presumably because they were taking up more than one seat and therefore inconveniencing other riders,” the report states.

The NUS Women's Campaign, which states that it "exists to represent and extend and defend the rights of women students," is asking people to be "mindful" about clapping, as the loud noise could be "triggering" for some people. Instead, the group is asking members to use "jazz hands," as they are silent. This is not a joke. This is the actual tweet that went out:

BuzzFeed has written a full-length article about Tom Hanks crossing his legs on the subway. The piece, called "Tom Hanks Is Just A Regular Guy Who Takes Up Too Much Room On The NYC Subway," attacks the actor for "manspreading," as BuzzFeed calls it. An entire article because of this picture, despite the fact that BuzzFeed readily admits it "does appear there are empty seats in the subway car:" How dare Hanks, writes the article's author, Alison Vingiano. "Hanks," Vingiano quips, "is probably not a frequent rider, however, because it doesn’t seem like he’s down with the MTA’s new rules...

The advertising campaign in New York telling men to stop “manspreading” has cost the city’s taxpayers more than $76,000.“Dude…Stop the Spread, Please” was the biggest takeaway from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) new campaign announced last month, instructing riders on proper subway etiquette. “Manspreading” is when a man keeps his legs apart while sitting.Invoices obtained by the Washington Free Beacon from the MTA through a Freedom of Information Law request reveal that the campaign has cost $76,707.70.The MTA hired Edison Lithograph and Printing Corp. to print thousands of posters and placards, which will appear in 2,600 subway cars. The company...

You might not think that it’s appropriate for the government to launch a campaign telling men how to sit on the subway. Well guess what? You’re wrong. If you “manspread” on the subway (which, by the way, means to sit with your legs apart, in case you are a fixture of the patriarchy who doesn’t educate himself on important women’s issues), you are doing so much more than taking up space. Here’s what’s really going on with manspreading, as explained by some of the bright, forward-thinking minds on the Feminist Internet: 1. Manspreading is saying, “Who gives a f*** if...

It is the bane of many female subway riders. It is a scourge tracked on blogs and on Twitter. And it has a name almost as distasteful as the practice itself. It is manspreading, the lay-it-all-out sitting style that more than a few men see as their inalienable underground right. Now passengers who consider such inelegant male posture as infringing on their sensibilities — not to mention their share of subway space — have a new ally: the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Taking on manspreading for the first time, the authority is set to unveil public service ads that encourage men...

Full Title: Why do you MANSPREAD? Woman with her tape measure confronts splay-legged men on the subway about the space they consume It is a gripe that frustrates subway riders daily: men with their legs splayed. So one woman decided to confront male commuters about the amount of space they consume. The investigation comes a month before New York City's MTA launches a campaign targeting 'manspreaders'.