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14:57 Apr 4, 2020

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English term or phrase: manspreading

Definition from Oxford:
The practice whereby a man, especially one traveling on public transportation, adopts a sitting position with his legs wide apart, in such a way as to encroach on an adjacent seat or seats.

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A student has faced an "unpleasant backlash" over her award-winning chair designed to stop "manspreading". BBC News
Anna Dovgalyuk, 20, has started splashing a mixture of water and bleach on the groins of men with their legs spread too far on the St Petersberg metro. The law student embarked on the one-woman crusade to stop manspreading and has accused men in her native Russia of "gender aggression" but says the country is not doing enough the tackle the problem. The Sun
Whilst it's most certainly not the politest of ways to sit oneself, does the act of manspreading really legitimise anybody to define space as “inherently gendered”, as Mic subsequently did? Is it actually a case of men monopolising a woman’s space out of intrinsic entitlement? Or does science play a bigger part than we might think? Independent

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マンスプレッディング

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マンスプレッディング

Definition from Wikipedia:
マンスプレッディング（英語: Manspreading）は、男を意味する「man」（マン）と開くを意味する「spread」（スプレッド）をかけ合わせたかばん語。マン・シッティング（英語: Man-sitting）とも呼ばれる。公共交通機関において男性が開脚座りを行うことを指す。

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足を広げるな！ ― manspreading 電車やバスなどの公共交通機関を利用する人は一度ならず感じたことがあることでしょう。そうです、座席に足を広げて座り、2人分くらいのスペースを占領している迷惑な人のことです。マナーアップ広告などで最近は少なくなってきているのでしょうか、あるいは座席の物理的な設計が足を広げにくくしているのかもしれません。この手のマナーアップ広告は日本だけかと思っていたら、ニューヨークの地下鉄でも同じようなものがあるそうです。知りませんでしたねぇ。 - えいご1日1語
Manspreadingとは？今日ネットラジオを聴いていたら、ニュースになっていたのがmanspreading ロシアの女性が電車内でMan がspreading しているのが気に入らないので、股間に洗浄液をかけまくったというニュース。 Manspreadingは脚を大きく広げて座ること。たしかに電車でめちゃくちゃ脚を広げて座る男いますね。「いくら気に入らないとは言えこれはやりすぎじゃ？」という声と「いいぞもっとやれ」という両方の意見があり、たくさんリツイートされていた。僕は小心者なので、脚を広げるどころか可能な限り小さく縮こまっているので、洗浄液をかけられる心配はなさそうだ。 - Manspreadingってどんな意味？

Yasutomo Kanazawa
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