Let us chat about " Manspreading "

[TTwiggy]

TheEnd said:

There's something about feminists and finding problems with guys on public transport.

I remember the "girls eating" lit the fuse on a lot of tampons.

Almost every woman I've ever spoken to about public transport has a story involving some random bloke touching her up or pressing his erection up against the small of her back. Maybe they have a reason to be pissed off, eh?

[matchmaker]

I remember a terrific quote from an early edition of "Jonathan Creek" where Jonathan was wedged in the back seat of Mattie's car beside a guy who was manspreading.

"He expands to fill the available space like a gas"

[youngsyr]

TTwiggy said:

TheEnd said:

There's something about feminists and finding problems with guys on public transport.

I remember the "girls eating" lit the fuse on a lot of tampons.

Almost every woman I've ever spoken to about public transport has a story involving some random bloke touching her up or pressing his erection up against the small of her back. Maybe they have a reason to be pissed off, eh?

Yeah, you should really stop travelling on public transport if you can't keep your hands to yourself.

Asking them about it afterwards is a bit "niche" though, isn't it?

[ukwill]

TTwiggy said:

Almost every woman I've ever spoken to about public transport has a story involving some random bloke touching her up or pressing his erection up against the small of her back. Maybe they have a reason to be pissed off, eh?

That's quite some social circle you have there.

[Triumph Man]

youngsyr said:

TTwiggy said:

TheEnd said:

There's something about feminists and finding problems with guys on public transport.

I remember the "girls eating" lit the fuse on a lot of tampons.

Almost every woman I've ever spoken to about public transport has a story involving some random bloke touching her up or pressing his erection up against the small of her back. Maybe they have a reason to be pissed off, eh?

Yeah, you should really stop travelling on public transport if you can't keep your hands to yourself.

Asking them about it afterwards is a bit "niche" though, isn't it?

Different strokes for different folks.

[fido]

TTwiggy said:

There are no 3-seaters on the DLR.

I got on at Canary Wharf and got off at Bank - so what line was I on smarty pants?! Actually I reckon it was you, do you have lanky legs and a complete lack of other peoples space?

[Cotty]

fido said:

TTwiggy said:

There are no 3-seaters on the DLR.

I got on at Canary Wharf and got off at Bank - so what line was I on smarty pants?! Actually I reckon it was you, do you have lanky legs and a complete lack of other peoples space?

Still only 2 seaters
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Docklands_Light_...

[TTwiggy]

fido said:

I got on at Canary Wharf and got off at Bank - so what line was I on smarty pants?! Actually I reckon it was you, do you have lanky legs and a complete lack of other peoples space?

I've been using that route for 9 years. You're wrong.

[TTwiggy]

anonymous said:

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That's right – I thought I'd make up a story because just like the posters above you I find sexual assualt so fking funny.

[Cotty]

TTwiggy said:

I've been using that route for 9 years. You're wrong.

I used to do Tower Gateway to East India Dock, unless they have chaged recently I agree.

[TTwiggy]

Cotty said:

TTwiggy said:

I've been using that route for 9 years. You're wrong.

I used to do Tower Gateway to East India Dock, unless they have chaged recently I agree.

Nope, there are two types of carriage in use now, since the introduction of new rolling stock,but every seat (apart from the 'squeezed' ones and the drop-down ones at the 'bendy bit') is a two-seater.

[BrassMan]

anonymous said:

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If you state that sexual assault is equivalent to being a knob, you'll have a hard time being taken seriously.

OTOH, how would you prove frottage?

[TTwiggy]

anonymous said:

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Plenty of blogs about it. Maybe it's a London thing?

Here's the first link google threw up:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/tho...

[Blue Cat]

anonymous said:

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Most likely because most women just accept it as one of those things plus sometimes it's hard to know sometimes if it's deliberate or an accident.

Also I am fairly un-shockable but that phase "lit a fuse on their tampon" one of the most disgusting insults I have ever heard, I would really recommend NEVER using it when there are women around

[HRL]

TTwiggy said:

Almost every woman I've ever spoken to about public transport has a story involving some random bloke touching her up or pressing his erection up against the small of her back. Maybe they have a reason to be pissed off, eh?

If it's in central London then I doubt it was deliberate. Travelling in on the Central Line every day I'm always being pressed up against other passengers but it doesn't mean it's on purpose. That's overcrowding for you.

Did have one instance a few weeks ago on the overground bench seats on the way home where a skinny guy and myself were seated at opposite ends of a bench seat. Train pulls into Stratford and a huge woman decided that she wanted to sit between/on us both. Felt bad afterwards but at the time I laughed in her face and told her to ps off as there was not a chance in hell she was going to fit between us. She'd have taken 1.5 seats on her own!

[fido]

TTwiggy said:

I've been using that route for 9 years. You're wrong.

Sh8t you're right - it was the Jubilee Line. I'm going to man up and owe you an apology. But that doesn't take away the validity of the Fat Person Squeezing Into Space scenario. Cats have whiskers to avoid this problem - maybe lard arses will evolve a similar system.

[TTwiggy]

fido said:

TTwiggy said:

I've been using that route for 9 years. You're wrong.

Sh8t you're right - it was the Jubilee Line. I'm going to man up and owe you an apology. But that doesn't take away the validity of the Fat Person Squeezing Into Space scenario. Cats have whiskers to avoid this problem - maybe lard arses will evolve a similar system.

Haha - no problem. Not many people on here admit when they're wrong! I did wonder if you were actually on the jubilee line as that has long bench seats.

[Mr GrimNasty]

TTwiggy said:

Almost every woman I've ever spoken to about public transport has a story involving some random bloke touching her up or pressing his erection up against the small of her back. Maybe they have a reason to be pissed off, eh?

Feminist garbage/misinformation.

[TTwiggy]

Mr GrimNasty said:

TTwiggy said:

Almost every woman I've ever spoken to about public transport has a story involving some random bloke touching her up or pressing his erection up against the small of her back. Maybe they have a reason to be pissed off, eh?

Feminist garbage/misinformation.

Right... Laughably, someone on a different thread once claimed that there's no misogeny on this site. Hilarious.

[turbobloke]

TTwiggy said:

Mr GrimNasty said:

TTwiggy said:

Almost every woman I've ever spoken to about public transport has a story involving some random bloke touching her up or pressing his erection up against the small of her back. Maybe they have a reason to be pissed off, eh?

Feminist garbage/misinformation.

Right... Laughably, someone on a different thread once claimed that there's no misogeny on this site. Hilarious.

Not that your response seems accurate in terms of what MrGN said, but if it was apt then the initial comment from all those anonymous women could equally be described as misandry. At this point it's uncorroborated second hand hearsay at best.