Men Invade Space

[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.

Comments

[rattsu.livejournal.com]

Haha yeah, that has happened to me once, I think I told you about that one time? When I was convinced that the guy was flirting with me... I never really thought that this might be a problem for most girls, since... well, 6'3" metalhead doesn't tend to be the kind of person people sit next to and I'm not above shoving back, and is usually stronger than they...

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..

[teaberryblue.livejournal.com]

Oh I am not talking about guys rubbing up against women! That is a completely different phenomenon! This isn't really sexual so much as dominating-- it's shoving body parts into your space in an attempt to make you shrink your personal space. And yeah, adopting a masculine posture can go a long way to eliminating that.

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.