Men Invade Space
Oct. 20th, 2009 06:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
teaberryblue
This happens a lot, but most specifically it happened to me on the train last Friday whilst going up to see my parents. It was especially annoying because this guy sat down next to me in one of those “family” seats where they are facing both ways, so I moved across and opposite from him so that we would both have legroom AND armroom– and he proceeded to lounge over the entire three seats of the now-free row he had, effectively cutting off my ability to stretch my legs. MEN INVADE SPACE
Panel 1:
(Tea and a random Man and Woman are sitting in a row. Man is sitting with his legs and arms well into Tea's and Woman's space)
Tea: What is wrong with this picture?
Man: Ho-de-hum!
Woman: You are pushing me out of the frame.
Panel 2:
(Bus, Train, Plane)
THIS HAPPENS
ON BUSES
ON TRAINS
ON PLANES
ANYWHERE WHERE PEOPLE ARE SEATED IN ROWS.
Panel 3:
(Tea and Larry Craig in a public restroom. Larry's leg is sticking into Tea's stall)
Tea: US Senators even do it in public restrooms!
Panel 4:
(Tea)
Tea: Seriously, guys, what is up with this? I have seen a lot of wee-wees. They do not need all of that space! For real, take a look in the mirror.
LADIES NEED MORE ROOM THAN YOUR BALLS..
Mirrored from Antagonia.net.
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(no subject)
Date: 2009-10-20 10:47 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-10-20 10:54 pm (UTC)I once gave a guy on a plane a dressing-down about it. I was like, dude, I did not pay $200 to have your elbow in my boob.
(no subject)
Date: 2009-10-20 10:51 pm (UTC)This is when I use my fat to my advantage.
On plans, no one wants to sit next to The Fat Person, but I really do keep my rolls in check... until a dude starts moving his leg onto MY side, then I'm like, fine, fuck you, and relax, and don't care if my fat spills over to cover a bit of the arm rest. So take that, men!
(no subject)
Date: 2009-10-20 10:55 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-10-20 10:59 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-10-20 11:00 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-10-21 12:22 am (UTC)And Tea? Excellent comic! <3
(no subject)
Date: 2009-10-21 01:19 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-10-21 03:41 am (UTC)Although one time on the subway I was sitting next to the metal divider near the doors and someone was sitting on the other side of the three seat section -- and a lady who easily weighed 350-400 lbs tried to squeeze between us. You should have seen my arms. Everyone looked at me with pity in their eyes. IDK THIS WAS RUSH HOUR, I WASN'T GETTING UP! If you are fat, you know EXACTLY how much space you take up. C'mon.
(no subject)
Date: 2009-10-20 11:44 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-10-21 01:29 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2009-10-21 12:13 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-10-21 01:30 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-10-21 12:29 am (UTC)It's societal; it's considered manly to take up as much space as you want, like any seat you're sitting in is your personal throne...while girls are still taught that the only proper way to sit is with ankles or knees crossed as to take up as little space as possible. And as long as we women continue to not say anything to these assholes taking up our space, they'll keep doing it. /feminist theory
(no subject)
Date: 2009-10-21 01:18 am (UTC)I think though that it is one of those things that bears mentioning when you are not "in the moment" though because it will ideally remind men to think about it when they are in those places, as opposed to risking a situation where you deal with someone really confrontational. I am okay with being confrontational right back but a lot of women are understandably uncomfortable.
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Date: 2009-10-21 01:04 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2009-10-21 01:57 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2009-10-21 04:22 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-10-21 04:31 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-10-21 04:40 am (UTC)You have expressed my rage! Maybe I will print this out and leave it places! There are always guys all around them that are sitting like completely normal human beings, too. I do not believe that their balls are just that big.
(no subject)
Date: 2009-10-21 04:58 am (UTC)And I secretly think that these are actually the guys with really small penises.
(no subject)
Date: 2009-10-21 12:58 pm (UTC)Ugh. I just don't need my thigh pressing against a stranger's thigh.
(no subject)
Date: 2009-10-21 05:26 am (UTC)It's annoying I know, but nothing tries to put more space between other human beings and himself than the American guy.
(no subject)
Date: 2009-10-21 01:17 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-10-21 08:21 am (UTC)Makes me wonder if things would be different on the bus now, but these days I never go alone since Aleph is here. I am looking a lot girlier than I used to after all...
Fun fact: When I was working to build my new shiny confident persona in my teenage years, the first and most important thing was to steal the male body language, especially the way they are sitting with their legs. So I am a confident don't mess with me sprawler myself that takes up a lot of room... *blushes* To be fair, in normal seating I cannot sit with my legs together, because my height is mostly legs, and they just don't fit in the space between the seats. Seriously. If there's room, me and Aleph generally takes different seats since he has massive shoulders to add to this..
(no subject)
Date: 2009-10-21 01:24 pm (UTC)I don't think it's the same as truly being a large person and needing more space than a little seat gives you-- bigger people tend to be more self-conscious of their space and try to compensate for it. But when a 5'7" dude is taking up his seat and half your seat it's like, wtf.
(no subject)
Date: 2009-10-21 08:56 am (UTC)Poeple are jerks, man.
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Date: 2009-10-21 01:16 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-10-21 01:30 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-10-21 01:56 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-10-21 02:02 pm (UTC)Oh! I just checked your profile and you are much older than us! But if you lived there in the 80s-90s you might have known them anyway?! Their parents are Patty and Paul?
(no subject)
Date: 2009-10-21 02:13 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-10-21 02:15 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-10-21 03:07 pm (UTC)I also usually put my bag on the floor between my feet, so when I am lowering it, I bring it down on the side of the offending man's legs (rather than directly between mine). I'll make sure I intentionally hit my bag against their knee, and sometimes that makes them move their leg away from me.
(no subject)
Date: 2009-10-21 03:19 pm (UTC)And also, people of either gender who insist on standing less than a foot behind you in line. I start out by edging away, but usually they just close the distance. Luckily, I'm a big girl who always carries a big bag...so when the opportunity presents itself, I'll sling that bad boy back over my hip, hard. Caught one guy so by surprise that he actually *APOLOGIZED.*
Hmm...clearly I have personal space Issues. :)
(no subject)
Date: 2009-10-21 10:18 pm (UTC)Can you make shirts that say, "LADIES NEED MORE ROOM THAN YOUR BALLS"? Possibly with something else on the other side? It would warm the cockles of my little heart.
(no subject)
Date: 2009-11-04 02:28 am (UTC)cafe press???
(no subject)
Date: 2009-10-25 12:52 am (UTC)Just wanted to share. :)