MADRID IS TACKLING MAN SPREADING ON PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION WITH SOME NEW SIGN ROLLOUT.
THE SPANISH CAPITAL'S MUNICIPAL TRANSFER COMPANY IS TO PUT
UP SIGNS DISCOURAGING THE PRACTICE.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT ONE OF THOSE SIGNS.
THERE WE GO, IT IS PRETTY SELF EXCITATORY.
DON'T DO THAT.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH THE TERM.
MAN SPREADING IS AN ENGLISH TERM THAT DESCRIBES THE POSTURE OF
MEN WHO OPEN THEIR LEGS TO WIDE INTAKE OF NEIGHBORING SEATS.
THAT IS ACCORDING TO THE EMT.
ALL PUBLIC TRANSIT HAS STICKERS EXPLAIN THAT ROOM NEEDS TO BE
MADE FOR PREGNANT WOMEN, PEOPLE AT BUGGIES, OLDER PEOPLE AND
THOSE WITH DISABILITIES FOR THE SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS ALL OF
US PRACTICALLY EVERY TIME WE USE PUBLIC TRANSPORT: MAN SPREADING.
THAT COMES FROM THE PETITION THAT LED THEM TO PUT
FORWARD THIS INITIATIVE.
I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A CONTROVERSIAL OPINION ON
MAN SPREADING BUT I WANT TO GET YOUR REACTION 1ST.
I THINK IT IS CRAZY THAT YOU COULD PAY FOR ONE TICKET AND
DECIDE YOUR PRIDE/KNEE DESERVES TWO.
IT'S REALLY DISCOURTEOUS.
YOU SHOULDN'T DO ANYTHING TO TAKE UP, TO MAKE IT SO
OTHER PEOPLE CAN SIT DOWN OR THEORETICALLY, IF THEY ARE
SITTING THERE THAT MAKES THEM UNCOMFORTABLE AS A GENERAL RULE.
I THINK THAT FOCUSING SPECIFICALLY ON MAN
SPREADING, I GET THAT IT TOOK OFF.
THAT'S A SORT OF CULTURE WE LIVE IN.
IT JUST SEEMS ODD THAT THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF WAYS THAT YOU
CAN TAKE UP TOO MUCH SPACE THAT YOU CAN HAVE GIGANTIC BAGS
OR LEAN OVER.
SO HAVE A GENERAL RULE WHERE YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT THE SPACE
BUT SPECIFICALLY MAN SPREADING, IT DOESN'T SEEM NECESSARY TO ME.
I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU, JOHN.
I THINK THAT
THE PROBLEM WITH MAN SPREADING IS INHERENTLY IN THE NAME
THAT WE HAVE GIVEN IT.
MAN SPREADING.
I MAN SPREAD.
I AM NOT PROUD OF MYSELF FOR IT BUT I KNOW THAT I DO IT.
WHAT'S UP?
I KNOW THAT I MAN SPREAD.
THERE HAS TO BE ANOTHER WORD FOR IT BECAUSE IT IS NOT JUST
MEN THAT SPREAD.
DON'T TAKE UP SO MUCH ROOM.
THAT'S WHAT THE SIGN SHOULD SAY.
RIGHT, EXPANSIONISM.
WHAT I ALSO DON'T LIKE YOU SAID IT MEANS WOMEN OR THAT MEN
HAVE THEIR LEGS OUT AND THAT WOMEN ARE ALWAYS LITTLE DAINTY
CREATURES WHO JUST CROSSED HER LEGS AND I'M JUST HAPPY TO
BE ON THE TRAIN.
I ONLY RECENTLY WON MY RIGHTS.
THAT IS NOT WOMEN ANYMORE.
HE DOESN'T REPRESENT HOW WE ARE.
SOME WOMEN I'VE SEEN CARRY PURSES.
GOOD FOR YOU.
DON'T PUT IT ON THE SEAT NEXT TO YOU.
I CAN TAKE UP A SEE JUST AS MUCH AS A LEG.
I LIKE KIM'S REBRANDING EFFORT, DON'T TAKE UP SO MUCH ROOM.
IF WE CAN GO BACK TO GRABBING NUMBER TWO, I THINK DAMAGE
IS SPOT ON BECAUSE THAT STILL SHOWS, DON'T BE THAT GUY.
'S ARM IS ALSO TAKING UP SPACE.
IS HE JUST SHOWING THAT IT IS UNNECESSARY.
BUT I THINK JEN DURING IT TO UNIQUELY MEN IS OFFENSIVE
TO ME AND MY MAN SPREADING.
ALSO, LOOK, THERE'S SOME PEOPLE WE, ESPECIALLY IN
AMERICA BUT INCREASINGLY AROUND THE WORLD, WE ARE GETTING A
LOT OF WEIGHT AND THAT CAN CAUSE PEOPLE TO TAKE UP, THROUGH
NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN A LOT OF SPACE AS WELL.
NOT JUST IN GENERAL TAKING UP MORE SPACE BUT SPECIFICALLY
SPREADING.
IF YOU HAVE A VERY BIG STOMACH, YOU ARE NATURALLY GOING TO
SPREADÖ JUST HOW ANATOMY WORKS SO THEORETICALLY, THOSE
PEOPLE WHO HAVE EITHER A HEALTH ISSUE OR ARE JUST MUCH
LARGER, THEY ARE MAN SPREADING I GUESS THAT
I THINK THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN YOU CAN HELP IT OR
YOU CAN'T HELP IT.
PUTTING HER ARMS AND LEGS OUT IS A CHOICE THAT I AM MAKING
IN THIS MOMENT.
I DUNNO, WHAT IF YOU WERE A COWBOY.
I DON'T KNOW.
I FEEL LIKE IT IS UNNECESSARILY ANTAGONISTIC.
YOU ARE A COWBOY ON A SUBWAY IN MADRID.
INTERESTING STORY, GREAT OPENING FOR A MOVIE.
I JUST THINK THAT PROMOTING MINDFULNESS ON PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION IS ALWAYS A GOOD THING.
THAT BEING SAID, LET'S JUST BE A LITTLE BIT MORE INTENTIONAL ON A
BROADER FOCUS HERE.
REBRAND.
I JUST PUT THE WORD DAMN IN THERE FOR NO REASON.