{"id":1727,"date":"2023-08-03T09:52:18","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T09:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=1727"},"modified":"2023-08-03T09:52:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T09:52:18","slug":"woman-shames-passenger-for-spreading-his-legs-into-her-seat-during-entire-4-hour-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=1727","title":{"rendered":"Woman Shames Passenger For Spreading His Legs Into Her Seat During Entire 4-Hour Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

No matter what kind of public transportation, every passenger should always have the right to feel comfortable in their rides. But sometimes, there are things that people cannot control \u2013 which includes whom you are going to be seated next to on a train or a plane ride. One woman decided to share her own experience of not being able to freely move her legs because of the man seated next to her.<\/p>\n

In November 2022, a\u00a0woman named Emily Kauai shared on Reddit a photo of her legs alongside that of a man\u2019s legs widely spread. Apparently, the man spread his legs throughout the four-hour plane ride. Naturally, it made her feel uncomfortable because she didn\u2019t have the chance to move her legs. It was even harder for her because her height is 5\u20198\u201d, making it more difficult to move on her end. To put it simply, the man was \u201cmanspreading,\u201d and people were torn over his action, which many deemed bad etiquette for a traveler.<\/p>\n

But what exactly does manspreading means?<\/p>\n

According to\u00a0Merriam-Webster<\/a>\u00a0Dictionary, manspreading is \u201cthe act or practice by a man of sitting with the legs spread wide apart (as in a public seating area) in a way that intrudes on the space of others.\u201d<\/p>\n

But manspreading only became popular in 2013 after people on the microblogging platform Tumblr started\u00a0calling out men<\/a>\u00a0who take up space in public transport systems because of sitting with their legs apart.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was how a four-hour flight went today. I am a 5\u20198\u2019\u2019 female,\u201d the woman\u00a0wrote<\/a>\u00a0in her post.<\/p>\n

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For Illustration Purposes Only (With Models) \u2014 istockphoto.com\/yacobchuk<\/span><\/p>\n

Kauai said she told the man to move several times. While he would move over his legs each time she told him to, he would return to watching a movie on his phone time and again for four hours.<\/p>\n

\u201cA couple of times I mentioned it to him, and he would move over… but his legs would casually return to where they rested during his movie,\u201d she\u00a0said<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In the photo, the man appeared to have plenty of room where he was seated, which users pointed out in the comments.<\/p>\n

Of course, her post generated mixed reactions from the people who came across her post, with a lot of them sharing their personal experiences. Of course, most people sided with her.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe dude in that photo is a jerk,\u201d one person said. \u201cUnless you\u2019re less than 48 hours out of a vasectomy, there\u2019s no reason to be manspreading like that,\u201d one user wrote.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cAs a big guy, I do everything I can to get an aisle seat, and then I spread that way when it\u2019s available,\u201d another user wrote.<\/p>\n

Another user shared a trick that works \u201c95% of the time\u201d if a person wants the other person seated next to them to move.<\/p>\n

\u201cCross your legs and put your foot on him until he moves. This works like 95% of the time. I\u2019m female and I either do this or I press my knee over like you would to a sibling. Then say, oh gosh sorry I\u2019m just trying to get comfortable or something,\u201d the user wrote.<\/p>\n

There were also those who sympathized with the man and admitted they do experience the same during flights.<\/p>\n

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