"Hah! I bet you never knew you were guilty!" Topic

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Hmmm, she does appear to be on a crazed, anti-man rant, doesn't she. A bit over the top, too.

Easy to say, for a person who doesn't have to worry about squishing sensitive, external, paraphenalia required for the survival of the human race.

Check your privilege of course you are guilty

Yet one more reason to stay away from NYC. Folks such as this belong in nervous hospitals. They have way too much time on their hands.

Funny, when I read it I got the impression that the author's tongue was lodged firmly in her cheek. Perhaps it's just me.

I suspect it is the overcrowding and pollution that makes them crazy.

No one of either gender should have to look at a stranger's crouch. A gentle person is polite to everyone's eyes.

It's just you Mserafin. Everyone knows NYC is full of sick puppies.

As one commenter explained, sitting with ours legs spread does not put pressure on our gentle parts. Nuff said.

I don't sit on commuter trains.

"Manspreading" has nothing to do with masculine assertions (so it seems to me) but speaking as a New Yorker and frequent subway rider, it is indeed rude. In the same way that putting your bag on the seat next to you is. We're all packed in there like sardines, and need to be more sensitive about needlessly taking up space, men and women both.

The word is "legs".
Spread the word.

New York hasn't been worth living in since the Government closed the bridge…

Funny, when I read it I got the impression that the author's tongue was lodged firmly in her cheek. Perhaps it's just me.

It's clearly mocking the SJWs. It's the National Review for pity's sake.

What if you had a rash?

From the same joyful bunch who tell us 1 in 6 women have been raped (they thought about rekajiggering what a '1' or a 6' was, but it was easier to just consider "an over-long stare" the equivalent to forced penetration).

I'm sure if they spent any time around me, the could skillfully interpret all sorts of ways I'm worse than fifteen Hitlers.

Ah yes. Poe's Law.

Look it up.

Cheers,
JohnG

the article does take what was in the original articles a little far. Most of what is said in them is talking about how rude it is to take up more than one seat.

I can agree with that. It is nice to be able to spread out, but not always appropriate.

That being said any interpretation of it as some sort of male chest-thumping activity is exposing oneself as a SJW whiner.

Sigh.

It's satire. Here are the hints;
1) Katherine Timpf is a comedian
2) "There is nothing worse than manspreading. I would much rather be sneezed on or purposely verbally sexually harassed." Really? No……
3) "Manspreading is nothing like when I sometimes come on the train with a giant backpack, because my backpack does not metaphorically spit on your face for your gender." This is very, very funny!

And pretty much the whole article.

Maybe that is why Australians get on so well in NYC. Because our humour is pretty similar!

Cheers,
JohnG

Say what you want about the author but she is spot on. I commuted on the LIRR for ten years, and on more occasions than I can count I encountered morons who would do just that. Once I was in the middle of a three-seat and the skidmarks on both sides of me had their legs spread so far that even with both my knees together their knees were pressed up against mine. I called them out, "Whattsa natter guys, you got blue balls? Give me some space, willya?" They did, and then some. Wieners.

I never once had an issue with any of the thousands of women I sat next to. The author's right. I's a testosterone and territorial thing.

Don't forget "microaggressions".

Contrary to miz Davies it might not be the central appendage that needs the room – there are at least two medical conditions conducive to taking a wider stance when sitting or standing.

One is known as a hydrocele –

A hydrocele is a painless buildup of watery fluid around one or both testicles that causes the or groin area to swell.

(whoever wrote that never sat down too quickly with an advanced case…).

Another condition is testicular cancer – having a tumor that increases the size of that organ by a factor of 2-1/2 again creates a certain need for space…

Thus these gentlemen being accused of 'manspreading' may merely be attempting to alleviate the discomfort of a medical condition…

Of course a wider stance while standing is just more stable – standing with one's legs crossed(?) seems like rather a good way to 'accidentally' come into contact with strangers…

P.S. Gadzooks, anatomical terms get bleeped???

The penis is evil. The gun is good.

It's sexual display of alpha males, left over from our ape days. Pose says ready and able to mate. But the jungle has changed to sardine cans.

A reactive response to Poorly designed underwear.

I'm guilty of so much that I've lost track of my transgressions. :)

You guys don't really get on with the whole "humour" thing do you?

Dear Weasel

Ah, yes- the fatal flaw. in any joke.

Otto

The mutual reactions of her being caught looking up a kilt would be priceless…

'The penis is evil. The gun is good.'
Yuip! today is a Zardoz Holiday , enjoy. :+)

I'm Catholic – how am I not guilty?

Spare a penny for a poor, wounded ex-altar boy, Guv'nor?

Katherine Timpf is a comedian

Nope. She is a satirist. Comedians make stuff up; satirists point out the absurd conflict in daily life. While some of the stuff in her article is "made up" (in the sense that she doesn't have a specific reference), she also links out to actual expressions of the opinions she is mocking.

Also, if she were purely making things up, it wouldn't be funny. For effect she either has to hit on things that are "common knowledge" (which, funnily for her line of comedy, is cultural) or at least evoke emotions that are "commonly felt" (same thing). So even without a documented blog rant, "news" article, or research paper to quote, the stuff she "makes up" is more like "historical fiction" – filling in the gaps in the documentation of reality.

And, of course, a lot of reducto absurdum in it, too. Pulling things slightly out of perspective is a great way to get people to think, "exactly how far do I have to push to get this back into perspective … and is that a good thing?"