WTF?!? Not The Onion! Woman Designs Chair To Prevent "Manspreading"

Blacknarwhal

Let's Go Brandon!
Sweet mercy, ladies, are you THIS offended by dudes sitting with their legs open?

Several pics and tweets at the link, if you want to see more of this furnishing nonsense in action.

I also personally consider it bad news when news must advertise its own truthfulness right in the headline. Must we now openly declare things not satire in order to make sure they're not mistaken for it?

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-07-17/not-onion-woman-designs-chair-prevent-manspreading

Fair use cited so on and so forth.

Not The Onion! Woman Designs Chair To Prevent "Manspreading"

Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit.news,

A British woman has been awarded for designing a chair that prevents “manspreading” by forcing men to sit as if they don’t have any balls.

I’m not even joking.

“Manspreading,” otherwise known as ‘having a pair of testicles’ – is where men sit with their legs spread apart on public transport.

23-year-old Laila Laurel says she designed the chair “following her own experiences of ‘manspreading'”.

“It came both from my own experiences of men infringing on my space in public, and also from ‘The Everyday Sexism Project’, a website founded by Laura Bates in which women self-testify about sexism they experience,” she told LadBible.

“With my chair set I hoped to draw awareness to the act of sitting for men and women and inspire discussion around this,” added Laurel, who was given the Belmond Award for emerging talent (whatever that is).

But here’s the kicker; Laurel has also designed a chair which encourages women to engage in the very same behavior she complains about the men doing.

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If you’re wondering if that makes any sense whatsoever then stop because it doesn’t.

Also, from an aesthetic viewpoint, the designs look absolutely hideous.



Unfortunately, there is no chair being designed to prevent female bagspreading.


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The response to the design was not very sympathetic.

“This is one of the most ridiculous things I’ve read this year. She has made a chair to prevent men from ‘manspreading’ and made one for women which encourages it?” commented one Twitter user.

“She needs to wear that device that simulates having ball(s), maybe then she would learn to have some sympathy toward men instead of feeling entitled to tell them how to sit,” added another.

“Imagine if a man designed something to stop a woman doing ANYTHING…. the feminist and sexist backlash would be unimaginable,” remarked another.

We’ve now reached the stage where identity politics has to be injected into chairs – chairs for ****’s sake.

As we previously reported, a Transport For London ad lectured men on the tube on how to sit.

Where will the insanity end?
 

Melodi

Disaster Cat
It may end when some (not all thankfully) men quit intentionally taking up two or more seats on buses and trams throughout the western world sometimes plopping themselves in the handicapped section and/or refuses to move their "testicle spread" so an obviously elderly, injured, pregnant or other people who obviously need to sit down can do so.

I do think the chair is a bit silly and over the top but I do understand her point, there is a HUGE (pun intended) difference between the way a polite and courteous man sits on public transport (and similar situations) and the intentional louch of the "man" who spreads their legs as far apart as possible and keeps others from being seated

NO ONE has balls THAT BIG, and if they do they would likely be in surgery...
 

Bardou

Veteran Member
The man on left needs to be wearing a dress to get its point across. The woman on the right is sitting properly.
 

Luddite

Veteran Member
What about the gluteus spreading that some women are packing under their muumuus?

I see 1.5 seats occupied frequently. To quote good ol Rodney "Why can't we all get along?" Courtesy could make most of our problems diminish greatly. Two-way street.
 

Melodi

Disaster Cat
I've seen the same from women. It's not a gender thing, it's poor socialization.

I am fine with that, I just have noticed it more with men - usually young men; women are much more likely to do it with a shopping bag.

Whoever does it is it simply not polite unless there is a real reason for it (a broken leg in a cast, holding a small child, etc and I have several times seen people refuse to budge unless or until the bus stopped and the driver made an issue of it.
 

Faroe

Un-spun
What about the gluteus spreading that some women are packing under their muumuus?

I see 1.5 seats occupied frequently. To quote good ol Rodney "Why can't we all get along?" Courtesy could make most of our problems diminish greatly. Two-way street.

I WISH more women would wear mummus! Around here, it's Spandex, and a crop top. I'm not even sure that's hygienic. The one time in the last ten years I've seen a mummu, my nice neighbor was out watering her flowers in one. She looked lovely - not the sort who would manspread, either.
 

bw

Fringe Ranger
I WISH more women would wear mummus!

Same thing as a caftan. I live in those things, and have done for the last 30 or 40 years. Haven't seen any I like in stores, so my wife and I make mine. Thin ones for summer and two-layer for winter.
 

Bardou

Veteran Member
I WISH more women would wear mummus! Around here, it's Spandex, and a crop top. I'm not even sure that's hygienic. The one time in the last ten years I've seen a mummu, my nice neighbor was out watering her flowers in one. She looked lovely - not the sort who would manspread, either.

Women wear the spandex to show off their ass, and the crop top to show off their breasts. IMHO, there's women who should not be wearing them because their ass is too big and their boobs are falling out. Every time I see a fat ass in spandex, I'm waiting for them to split wide open. That's when you gotta be fast on your feet to run for safety.
 

GammaRat

Veteran Member
Title should be:

Woman designs ineffective, uncomfortable, unmarketable chair.

Next project is a pedestrian bridge in Florida...
 

WalknTrot

Veteran Member
Doesn't bother me in the least. Boyz will be boyz and thank God for it.

Just to annoy these bitches, more guys should start wearing kilts. ;)
 

Coulter

Veteran Member
What about the gluteus spreading that some women are packing under their muumuus?

I see 1.5 seats occupied frequently. To quote good ol Rodney "Why can't we all get along?" Courtesy could make most of our problems diminish greatly. Two-way street.

My first thought.
 

Richard

TB Fanatic
I think it more to do with fat people taking up more than their fair share of public transport seating as well as the distasteful spreading of legs by either sex.

She reminds me a bit of the famous picture of Christine Keeler sitting in the office chair.
 

zeker

Has No Life - Lives on TB
Doesn't bother me in the least. Boyz will be boyz and thank God for it.

Just to annoy these bitches, more guys should start wearing kilts. ;)

now there's a combination

manspreading in a kilt

somebody's gonna lose an eye
 

zeker

Has No Life - Lives on TB
whats that Jim Stafford song about a drunken scotsman in a kilt????

I may not win first prize

but I can be runner up(wink)
 

Dobbin

Faithful Steed
Wouldn't "bucket seats" provide the same restraint? And they've been quietly around for sports-car enthusiasts since forever.

No media time for them either.

Maybe because the buckets are too small for many of large proportion?

Dobbin
 

StarryEyedLad

désespéré pour le ciel
I think it more to do with fat people taking up more than their fair share of public transport seating as well as the distasteful spreading of legs by either sex.

She reminds me a bit of the famous picture of Christine Keeler sitting in the office chair.

Fascinating bit of history!

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There was a time when real men would upbraid any man who was taking up more space than necessary; that seems to be long gone.
 

BH

. . . .
I think this all just proves females look at male crotches and males look at female crotches.

Crotch Watchers Unite!
 

Ragnarok

On and On, South of Heaven
It may end when some (not all thankfully) men quit intentionally taking up two or more seats on buses and trams throughout the western world sometimes plopping themselves in the handicapped section and/or refuses to move their "testicle spread" so an obviously elderly, injured, pregnant or other people who obviously need to sit down can do so.

I do think the chair is a bit silly and over the top but I do understand her point, there is a HUGE (pun intended) difference between the way a polite and courteous man sits on public transport (and similar situations) and the intentional louch of the "man" who spreads their legs as far apart as possible and keeps others from being seated

NO ONE has balls THAT BIG, and if they do they would likely be in surgery...

Sounds feminist to me...

A quick search on you tube proves both your premises wrong in a few seconds:

( 1:49 ) Passenger on NJ Transit refuses to move her bag
Oh... Look at that... Even though they don't have one, women can be dicks, too!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOe5UQ0RnDk

Point 2... ( I like how you educate men about their balls, btw :rolleyes: )

( 5:33 ) Steven Crowder EXPERIMENT: Women Try 'Manspreading'!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG3K5346Uag
 

Ragnarok

On and On, South of Heaven
“With my chair set I hoped to draw awareness to the act of sitting for men and women and inspire discussion around this”

Bullcrap!

You already designed your solution so you have no interest in a "discussion"!

I have come to despise the phrase, "We need to have a have a conversation about____" as much as all the other social justice activist ( they are NOT "warriors" ) bile!
 

packyderms_wife

Neither here nor there.
Women wear the spandex to show off their ass, and the crop top to show off their breasts. IMHO, there's women who should not be wearing them because their ass is too big and their boobs are falling out. Every time I see a fat ass in spandex, I'm waiting for them to split wide open. That's when you gotta be fast on your feet to run for safety.

I'm fat, and I wear spandex. If you don't like it that's your problem!
 

marsh

On TB every waking moment
I loved the Asian chick walking with it on at the end of the Crowder clip - lol
 

ambereyes

Veteran Member
Doesn't bother me in the least. Boyz will be boyz and thank God for it.

Just to annoy these bitches, more guys should start wearing kilts. ;)

Having three older brothers, I gotta agree. No problems in my world with men being men. And yeah, please wear kilts guys. Love my visits to Scotland!!!
 

jward

passin' thru
Wait. Back up. Are caftens mumus worn by males? How cool is that eh.

Uh i must admit ignorance, I had no idea men were taking up more than their fair share of space. To be fair, I didn't know they rode busses and trams either. Personally, I do not care. If you are being a cad, then you suffer the consequences. I prefer to save my outrage for things I actually find to have meaning.

..however, this reminds me of a philosophy teacher I had who would perch on his desk, legs stretched open, one bent at the knee, and proceed to discuss his penis size. ≤it was an outlier, in the wrong direction of the continuum>.

In class. While teaching. To this day, I simply have no understanding of what that was about. But, I didn't find that rose to the level of outrage, nor has anything since.
 

usmcpackrat

Veteran Member
Doesn't bother me in the least. Boyz will be boyz and thank God for it.

Just to annoy these bitches, more guys should start wearing kilts. ;)

I wear a kilt....from time to time.
Special occasions and what not.
It's a skirt if you wear something underneath....and a kilt if nothing underneath is worn.....cold in the winter but you better have balls (no pun intended) to wear it properly.

Just my 2 cents.....
 
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