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          • manspreading
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          • The practice whereby a man, especially one traveling on public transportation, adopts a sitting position with his legs wide apart, in such a way as to encroach on an adjacent seat or seats. Oxford
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          • A student has faced an "unpleasant backlash" over her award-winning chair designed to stop "manspreading". - BBC News by
          • Anna Dovgalyuk, 20, has started splashing a mixture of water and bleach on the groins of men with their legs spread too far on the St Petersberg metro. The law student embarked on the one-woman crusade to stop manspreading and has accused men in her native Russia of "gender aggression" but says the country is not doing enough the tackle the problem. - The Sun by
          • Whilst it's most certainly not the politest of ways to sit oneself, does the act of manspreading really legitimise anybody to define space as “inherently gendered”, as Mic subsequently did? Is it actually a case of men monopolising a woman’s space out of intrinsic entitlement? Or does science play a bigger part than we might think? - Independent by
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    • Portuguese
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          • Manspreading, ou man-sitting, é a prática de homens sentarem-se no transporte público com as pernas abertas e, portanto, ocupando mais que um assento. Wikipedia - by Julio Cinquina
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          • Uma jovem britânica de 23 anos ficou em primeiro lugar na edição deste ano de um concurso voltado para designers com sua criação de modelos de cadeiras para combater o hábito do manspreading, quando homens se sentam com as pernas abertas sem qualquer necessidade. - O Globo by Julio Cinquina
          • Uma das maiores queixas feitas por mulheres que fazem uso de transporte público é o hábito de homens abrirem as pernas quando estão sentados. Essa atitude leva o nome de manspreading, de acordo com o vocabulário feminista. - Estadão by Julio Cinquina
          • Os autocarros de Madrid vão colocar novos autocolantes contra o "manspreading", uma palavra inglesa que exprime o costume de alguns homens de se sentarem com as pernas abertas. - Diário de Notícias by Julio Cinquina
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          • syndrome des couilles de cristal
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          • Manifestation exagérée de la présence masculine dans l'espace public LCI - by Antoine Dequidt
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          • "Le syndrome des couilles de cristal" Dans une lettre que LCI publie en exclusivité, l'association commence par revenir sur une déclaration de la RATP, recueillie par nos confrères de 20 minutes, et donnée, plus tard, mot pour mot à LCI : "Le manspreading n'a pas suscité le besoin d'une campagne spécifique, les plaintes de nos voyageurs portent en premier lieu sur les incivilités relatives à la propreté" peut-on y lire. Qu'à cela ne tienne : Osez le féminisme invite donc chaque usagère des transports franciliens se sentant concernée à envoyer une plainte auprès de la société de transports. La plainte-type, pouvant être postée par toutes dans l'espace réservé aux clients du site de la RATP et accompagnée d'une photo, précise ainsi : "Peut-être avez-vous entendu parler de ce phénomène sous son nom francophone, "le syndrome des couilles cristal" (...) Je vous saurais gré de ne plus présager à l'avenir de ce que vivent les femmes dans les transports en commun. Au-delà du ridicule de la catégorie "ambiance et sécurité" dans laquelle je poste le message, je souhaite que vous traitiez enfin la problématique du sexisme dans vos infrastructures". - LCI by Antoine Dequidt
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