[creep]

>an example of male privilege.

Everyone has privileges in life and everyone has disadvantages. Making this an issue about gender hurts everyone. When you hold the group responsible for the actions of individuals in that group, you risk "tribal" war.

Ask the guy to please make some space for you, and move on with your life.

[eridius]

I'm not "making this an issue about gender". It already is one. Pretending it's not is what hurts everybody. Refusing to recognize issues like this only serves to allow them to continue.

Instead of trying to pretend this isn't an issue and making excuses, maybe you should actually listen to all of the women who have had to deal with manspreading. And maybe just start paying attention the next time you're on public transit, any time it's not 100% full already, look around to see just how many men are spreading. Heck, even when it is 100% full, look around for any time you see a woman sitting next to a man and compare how much physical space they're taking up. Even when all the seats are full, men still manspread, and women end up having to minimize the space they take up as a result.

> Ask the guy to please make some space for you, and move on with your life.

This is a perfect example of male privilege.

[creep]

>maybe you should actually listen to all of the women who have had to deal with manspreading.

I am a woman.

If a man is taking up too much space and I want to sit next to him, I ask him to move over. Never had a single issue.