# Today I learned about Manspreading

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-learned-about-manspreading/707915>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 22, 2014, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-learned-about-manspreading/707915 "2014-12-22T15:35:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2014, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-learned-about-manspreading/707915/61 "2014-12-26T23:48:09Z")

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Frankly I’m tall enough that sitting on those dinky little seats is simply uncomfortable in a way that shorter people just do not understand. So if the train isn’t crowded I’m going to sit comfortably. Deal with it.

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**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2014, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-learned-about-manspreading/707915/62 "2014-12-26T23:51:05Z")

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By the way, have we seen any outrage about the sneak photos on [http://mentakingup2muchspaceonthetrain.tumblr.com](http://mentakingup2muchspaceonthetrain.tumblr.com) from those that moaned at great length about blogs of women on subways (like that one of women eating food)?

Bet we haven’t.

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