NEXT UP: THE WAR AGAINST MY RIGHT TO GRAB YOUR SWEET ASS!
So you probably heard that, in the fine PSA tradition of New York City subway ads telling douchebags to cool it, MTA has a poster campaign telling guys not to sit with their legs splayed out like they're in a Barcalounger with elephantiasis because, as anyone who's been on a train with them knows, it's rude because other people can use the seats they're blocking with their knees. Now, who could be against that?
Paging Men's Rights den-mother Dr. Mrs. Ole Perfesser:
So, if it’s okay to subway shame men, is it okay to slut-shame women? Slut-shaming is “defined by many as a process in which women are attacked for their transgression of accepted codes of sexual conduct.” So now men are attacked. Why is one form of sexism okay and the other not? And don’t give me the crap about the patriarchy. If you shame men in this way, you are a nasty sexist who deserves contempt...
Seats, lady. These guys are taking up extra seats. They -- oh, what's the use; their persecution mania trumps common sense every time. Some classic DMOP Mothering the MRAs routines here and here. I doubt anyone will top -- oh, hold on, here's Alex Jones:
THE TRUTH ABOUT “MANSPREADING”
War on "manspreading" shows why feminism is becoming increasingly irrelevant
Please, can we maybe take one or two places that used to be all-male, and to which we don't really want to go, and let these guys have them back? They clearly need a safe space.