Patriarchy under attack: New York police make first 'manspreading' arrests on subway

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The next time someone brings up the GOP’s “War on Women,” be sure to let them know that men in Bill de Blasio’s New York now face arrest for sitting with their knees too far apart on the subway.

#Manspreading: New misdemeanor plaguing NYC subway, first arrests reported http://t.co/R3AIIXUS49 pic.twitter.com/HzO5QjZgUG

— RT (@RT_com) May 30, 2015

Police actually arrested people for ‘manspreading’http://t.co/OYcDYtD7ob pic.twitter.com/vZxqO1kCUH

— Red Alert Politics (@RedAlert) May 30, 2015

Red Alert Politics reports that the Metropolitan Transit Authority’s $76,000 public relations campaign asking men to “stop the spread” has now become a criminal offense “when to do so would interfere or tend to interfere with the operation of the Authority’s transit system or the comfort of other passengers.”

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The fact that there is funding for a "manspreading" campaign and none for battered men's shelters is a good argument against a Patriarchy.

— Justin Little (@Vernaculis) April 21, 2015

sharing a bench with George Mason aka the inventor of #ManSpreading pic.twitter.com/Fynsrk4cuu

— Dane DeHaan (@danedehaan) May 30, 2015

#manspreading Olympics on the A pic.twitter.com/Vw1WjOwMuR

— lana del styles (@frankoharaa) May 15, 2015

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My parents being victimized by a #manspreader directly under a no-manspreading sign. They were later hospitalized. pic.twitter.com/wlcm8vnigx

— Nick Turner (@NicksTurners) May 14, 2015

Absolutely absurd case of manspreading pic.twitter.com/dRA1rFQk9T

— Kyle Bella (@quixoticblazes) May 14, 2015

This #manspreading is really getting out of hand. #ttc #ridetherocket pic.twitter.com/NqZMyWEt19

— ch?ke (@chokeules) May 14, 2015

The jerkoff next to me on this bus is manspreading so much that it's basically cuddling. Would gently caressing his inner thigh fix this?

— Adam Goldman (@theadamgoldman) May 14, 2015

Guy next to me on the train is manspreading so hard I think I just got pregnant

— Danielle Separtridge in a pear tree (@ellesep) May 14, 2015

When will the MTA stop giving women a free pass and start cracking down on #shebagging?

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