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Men "Taking Up Too Much Space" on the Bus: Female Privilege
09-19-2013, 11:33 AM
My countermessage to the current feminist meme sweeping the internet is that the "problem" of men spreading their legs on public transit isn't an issue with male privilege to "assert themselves" into space, but an issue with female privilege over the entitlement to immunize themselves completely from body contact with strangers.
http://wp.me/p3rRQC-2Y
http://wp.me/p3rRQC-3a
In doing so, I dissect a shaming article by Jenny Block, a woman who would have to intentionally try to be more of an MGTOW ur-villain stereotype: open marriage, articles about slut-shaming and polyamory, and what looks like a lot of extra help in staving off the wall.
Comments and criticism are welcome, either here or on the blog. Does the message come across fluidly? Is there an aspect of it I should expand on?
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Men "Taking Up Too Much Space" on the Bus: Female Privilege
09-19-2013, 12:22 PM
If some dude pulled the spread legs move on you in the subway would you let them get away with that? Probably not. Those guys just do it on women and men they think they can dominate. I can see why that would be annoying.
It is a good idea to take up space and to have people respect the space you take up. The subway is not the best place for this though.
Women do pull the "take up an extra seat with the book bag" and "sit on the outside seat with an empty inside seat" moves. That is annoying in the abstract but it just means a free seat for me.
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Men "Taking Up Too Much Space" on the Bus: Female Privilege
09-19-2013, 12:34 PM
The man version of shit test.
"I have refused to wear a condom all of my life, for a simple reason – if I’m going to masturbate into a balloon why would I need a woman?"
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Men "Taking Up Too Much Space" on the Bus: Female Privilege
09-19-2013, 12:43 PM
Quote: (09-19-2013 12:36 PM)Beyond Borders Wrote:
Quote: (09-19-2013 12:34 PM)Kingsley Davis Wrote:
The man version of shit test.
Sometimes, but not always. The man in the above story was incredibly oblivious to what was going on. I think it was a cultural thing - like how people from certain countries get up all in your grill when talking to you, as if they have no concept of personal space, and always look like they're yelling. It only happened when he was falling asleep but we were all in and out the whole way so it was a constant nuisance.
True, but nevertheless....First World Problem.
"I have refused to wear a condom all of my life, for a simple reason – if I’m going to masturbate into a balloon why would I need a woman?"
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Men "Taking Up Too Much Space" on the Bus: Female Privilege
09-19-2013, 01:57 PM
To be fair, most of the top comments for the DM article are having a go at feminists and people with so little life, that they have time to complain about this.
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. - H L Mencken
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Men "Taking Up Too Much Space" on the Bus: Female Privilege
09-19-2013, 02:05 PM
Should show some pictures of fat single mothers with baby carriages to see how much space they consume per person. Usually it's like 4 seats plus a large section of the aisle for 2 people.
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Men "Taking Up Too Much Space" on the Bus: Female Privilege
09-19-2013, 02:13 PM
1) Women don't carry a dick and two balls around between their legs...how would they know how much "space" a guy needs??
2) I don't get guys who cross their legs like women. I tried it once and it hurt.
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Men "Taking Up Too Much Space" on the Bus: Female Privilege
09-19-2013, 02:18 PM
Quote: (09-19-2013 02:13 PM)presidentcarter Wrote:
1) Women don't carry a dick and two balls around between their legs...how would they know how much "space" a guy needs??
2) I don't get guys who cross their legs like women. I tried it once and it hurt.
Exactly,
med do this primarily to space out the bits and pieces.
and men who cross their legs like women are typically homos or effeminate.
....(see Obama on the View)
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Men "Taking Up Too Much Space" on the Bus: Female Privilege
09-19-2013, 02:23 PM
If a guy came up with something similar, bashing women about some trivial habit they have, said guy would be labeled a "misogynist" and put on the Southern Poverty hate group list, and possibly lose his job for being a hater.
Take care of those titties for me.
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Men "Taking Up Too Much Space" on the Bus: Female Privilege
09-20-2013, 07:26 PM
Quote: (09-19-2013 04:18 PM)AnonymousBosch Wrote:
This. In the supermarket they use their enormous prams as battering rams. How much fucking stuff do you really need to take with you to look after one kid? Guys humping into battle carry less.
Or on an airplane? Check the infographic about the differences between how men and women fly linked in Block's article. A big chunk of the problem is "shit women choose to haul with them."
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Men "Taking Up Too Much Space" on the Bus: Female Privilege
09-20-2013, 10:32 PM
What about fat women sitting next to me on the plane with their asses encroaching into my space? Plus taking up a seat that could be occupied by an attractive woman whom I'd want encroaching into my space.