Violence is not a joke.
Indeed. Regardless of who it is against. Regardless of their race or gender. I hope we can agree on that.
Neither is manspreading.
In comparison it is a complete joke. And that's my point. If somebody throws acid in somebody's face because she removes her veil, that's a serious problem. If some guy feels more comfortable by not keeping his knees perfectly straight ahead.... that's hardly a problem. Accusing him of misogyny for it is more the problem there.
You may not do this but some men definitely 'manspread' as a way of asserting or attempting to assert dominance.
If you say so. Far far more of them do it because it is simply more comfortable. Think about it. They have something in between their legs. And of the ones who take up seats forcing other to stand, do you think that's a male thing? I've seen plenty of women taking a seat for their purse or coat or whatever. Its a jerk thing. Not a gender thing.
Obviously, not every guy who takes a wide stance---er seating position on public transport is deliberately being a dick or is consciously being aggressive but it is impossible to know unless you witness further behavior. Even if personal experience did not inform us, we should all be aware of how common it is for women to be blamed for sexual assault or to have assaults minimized.
So lets not presume ANYONE to be doing something bad when we have no evidence they have done anything bad. Spreading out is not sexual harrasment in and of itself. If you are so triggered that you consider it so, the problem is you and not him.
There's really no legitimate justification for anyone on public transport to deliberately take up as much extra space as possible when space is limited and users are many. At best, it is ill mannered and inconsiderate.
Sure. That goes for women as well. It isn't a gender thing. Some feminists make it a gender thing, and search for other ridiculous affronts while they ignore actual repression of women and ally themselves with backwards cultures and religion that repress women, such as when they celebrated sarsour. Nice to see them finally dumping her.