Thanks , I ' ve replied to the request hopefully it ' s all figured out soon <| sep |> Do you really doubt that it ' s all over the place ? Every major media outlet has engaged in it , some have built their whole brand around it like HuffPo and The Guardian and these ideas are taught in universities , not a creation of the students . This is a real problem and our feminist PM and his gender balanced cabinet along with his reasoning because it ' s 2015 should clearly illustrate that . It should also be noted that about 5 years ago manspreading was a joke phenomenon from Swedish feminists , it was lambasted by Vice . There are now bylaws against it in NYC and campaigns against it in Toronto . So you can mock or question the seriousness of the problem , but I think that ' s unwise .