The First Male Has Been Arrested For “Manspreading” In NYC

[Axulus]

The MTA has been asking men to keep their legs closed, without any sense of irony. And now, someone has been arrested for it.

The government of New York spent on an ad campaign telling men to stop sitting with their legs spread. On May 22nd, police arrested two Latino men on the charge of ‘man spreading.’

Some people are arguing that this is an excuse by police to increase their arrest quotas, and to crack down on undesirable ethnic minority males. Russia Today reported that the NYPD issued approximately 1,400 summonses for manspreading in 2015.

Robert Gangi, Director of Police Reform Organizing Project (PROP), said to Russia Today “We think it’s driven by a quota system. There is almost no other rational explanation for why the cops would conduct this kind of arrest unless they are under pressure to meet certain numbers, to meet with their productivity goals. It’s a classic pattern. Somebody gets a summons for a low-level thing, they don’t show up in court, the warrant is out… A cop stops you a second time, even if for another low-level thing, and it’s the policy of the department to arrest you.”

The first man arrested had his charges dismissed, due to the fact that he was arrested at 12:11 a.m. and the judge believes that no one was likely to be inconvenienced at such an early hour.

Social media users have been taking photographs and documenting men they believe are defying women’s will to change their behavior.

Interestingly, there has been no attempt by police to criminalize women who place their overly large bags on the seat next to them.

http://thelibertarianrepublic.com/the-first-male-has-been-arrested-for-manspreading-in-nyc/

 

[bigfield]

:laughing-smiley-014

Holy fuck that's retarded.

 

[Underseer]

Oh no!

Men are being persecuted by being asked to not take up multiple seats on crowded trains! That's so unfair! The feminazis are persecuting us and punishing us for the crime of being born male! Oh, when will all those horrifying oppression ever end? [/conservolibertarian]

 

[bigfield]

Oh no!

Men are being persecuted by being asked to not take up multiple seats on crowded trains! That's so unfair! The feminazis are persecuting us and punishing us for the crime of being born male! Oh, when will all those horrifying oppression ever end? [/conservolibertarian]

It's not 'asking' if those who don't obey are arrested and charged with a misdemeanour; it's ordering and criminalising.

The whole thing is just ridiculous: are New Yorkers so fucking sad that they have to arrest people for this? What next, arrests for putting a bag on the seat?

 

[DrZoidberg]

I´ve always wondered about that. Sitting with my legs together is not an option. Super easy to pinch, either my balls or the cock. So I always sit with my legs wide apart. I wonder why there hasn´t been somebody in the media who has pointed this out to the ladies?

 

[krypton iodine sulfur]

edit for rephrasing: Is this some form of commentary inspired by an actual specific event or policy, or is it just for a laugh and nothing more?

subsequent edit: never mind. I didn't realize there was an actual manspreading campaign in the city's transit system.

 

[bigfield]

I´ve always wondered about that. Sitting with my legs together is not an option. Super easy to pinch, either my balls or the cock. So I always sit with my legs wide apart. I wonder why there hasn´t been somebody in the media who has pointed this out to the ladies?

Sitting with one's legs two shoulder-widths apart is excessive, regardless of how much cock and balls a man has. Knees shoulder-width apart is plenty, and campaigning to get men to make room for others on busy trains is a reasonable request to make.

The comedy is the fact that someone can be arrested and charged with a misdemeanour for sitting with legs spread.

 

[DrZoidberg]

I´ve always wondered about that. Sitting with my legs together is not an option. Super easy to pinch, either my balls or the cock. So I always sit with my legs wide apart. I wonder why there hasn´t been somebody in the media who has pointed this out to the ladies?

Sitting with one's legs two shoulder-widths apart is excessive, regardless of how much cock and balls a man has. Knees shoulder-width apart is plenty, and campaigning to get men to make room for others on busy trains is a reasonable request to make.

The comedy is the fact that someone can be arrested and charged with a misdemeanour for sitting with legs spread.

I don´t know. My knees are well beyond should width. I just sit like it´s the most comfortable. It´s not like I´m making an effort to spread them. Since this thing became a thing I´ve been taking notice of how wide my legs are. The only reason I have them more narrow is when there´s a person sitting next to me. But then I nearly always have to physically grab my cock´n´balls and lift them. Which feels even less cool than just sitting wide to begin with.

 

[bigfield]

Sitting with one's legs two shoulder-widths apart is excessive, regardless of how much cock and balls a man has. Knees shoulder-width apart is plenty, and campaigning to get men to make room for others on busy trains is a reasonable request to make.

The comedy is the fact that someone can be arrested and charged with a misdemeanour for sitting with legs spread.

I don´t know. My knees are well beyond should width. I just sit like it´s the most comfortable. It´s not like I´m making an effort to spread them. Since this thing became a thing I´ve been taking notice of how wide my legs are. The only reason I have them more narrow is when there´s a person sitting next to me. But then I nearly always have to physically grab my cock´n´balls and lift them. Which feels even less cool than just sitting wide to begin with.

Get yourself some boxer-briefs; they'll put your butcher's parcel up and out on a shelf and prevent unwanted crushing.

 

[DrZoidberg]

I don´t know. My knees are well beyond should width. I just sit like it´s the most comfortable. It´s not like I´m making an effort to spread them. Since this thing became a thing I´ve been taking notice of how wide my legs are. The only reason I have them more narrow is when there´s a person sitting next to me. But then I nearly always have to physically grab my cock´n´balls and lift them. Which feels even less cool than just sitting wide to begin with.

Get yourself some boxer-briefs; they'll put your butcher's parcel up and out on a shelf and prevent unwanted crushing.

I´m way ahead of you. I´ve already got those. It makes it a lot better. But still doesn´t solve the problem. The problem is mainly the skin of the ball-sack. It gets caught between the balls and the cock. It´s a hard problem to address without stapling my cock to my belly.

 

[dismal]

Oh no!

Men are being persecuted by being asked to not take up multiple seats on crowded trains! That's so unfair! The feminazis are persecuting us and punishing us for the crime of being born male! Oh, when will all those horrifying oppression ever end? [/conservolibertarian]

If you want to place a high priority on criminalizing the horrific crime of taking up slightly more than one subway seat without beclowning yourself you can stop talking about "manspreading" and arrest anyone and everyone regardless of sex or gender who...wait for it...takes up more than one subway seat.

 

[Tom Sawyer]

This law is racist against fat people.

 

[ideologyhunter]

I never knew this was a problem, issue, nuisance, but my hometown has about 7,000 people, so you'd really have to spread a lot to infringe on someone's space.
My issue is plumber's crack -- as in, it seems to be more common now than ever, including among women. Our local grocery store had a female stock clerk who wore loose jeans and showed p.c. every damn time she was loading the frozen section. I want standards -- if there's enough p.c. showing that you could stow your Marlboros there, I want some citations handed out.

 

[Tom Sawyer]

I never knew this was a problem, issue, nuisance, but my hometown has about 7,000 people, so you'd really have to spread a lot to infringe on someone's space.
My issue is plumber's crack -- as in, it seems to be more common now than ever, including among women. Our local grocery store had a female stock clerk who wore loose jeans and showed p.c. every damn time she was loading the frozen section. I want standards -- if there's enough p.c. showing that you could stow your Marlboros there, I want some citations handed out.

No matter how much one is against government intrusion into our lives, I think that this is one law that every libertarian and anarchist could get behind.

 

[Toni]

I´ve always wondered about that. Sitting with my legs together is not an option. Super easy to pinch, either my balls or the cock. So I always sit with my legs wide apart. I wonder why there hasn´t been somebody in the media who has pointed this out to the ladies?

So, when you stand up, do you always take a wide stance, by necessity?

 

[DrZoidberg]

I´ve always wondered about that. Sitting with my legs together is not an option. Super easy to pinch, either my balls or the cock. So I always sit with my legs wide apart. I wonder why there hasn´t been somebody in the media who has pointed this out to the ladies?

So, when you stand up, do you always take a wide stance, by necessity?

Standing is never a problem. Nature has seen fit to make it all work beautifully. It´s only sitting that is an issue.

 

[Nice Squirrel]

So, when you stand up, do you always take a wide stance, by necessity?

Standing is never a problem. Nature has seen fit to make it all work beautifully. It´s only sitting that is an issue.

Doesn't your junk just ride up on top of your legs naturally when you sit?

 

[Horatio Parker]

Next they'll be arresting people for putting their bags on the adjacent seat.

 

[DrZoidberg]

Standing is never a problem. Nature has seen fit to make it all work beautifully. It´s only sitting that is an issue.

Doesn't your junk just ride up on top of your legs naturally when you sit?

Most often. But sometimes I´m unlucky. I prefer not to take the chance and find out. So I go wide by default. If I´d just sit and hope for the best it can end very painfully. This isn´t a conscious thought process. I just sit, and the legs do what they do. This is just something I´ve noticed. It still happens I sit narrow-legged. Like when there´s little room. Then I lift and sit. Lifting around people... I don´t know.... feels rude somehow. I try to avoid digging into my groin in public. It´s a thing.

 

[Keith&Co.]

I want standards -- if there's enough p.c. showing that you could stow your Marlboros there, I want some citations handed out.

Or, you could carry a pocketful of unpopped popcorn kernels. See how many you can land in there until they cover it...