Does manspreading relate to dominance or assertiveness?

Dec 30, 2014 ... Man-spreading occurs when transit passengers, most often men, sit with their legs splayed out at the expense of passengers around them. Apr 30, 2023 ... Manspreading describes “the practice whereby a man adopts a sitting position with his legs wide apart, in such a way as to encroach on an adjacent seat. Jun 5, 2023 ... 2. To Assert Dominance. Sociologists believe manspreading may signal dominance and attractiveness. Tanya Vacharkulksemsuk, a researcher at U.C. ... May 6, 2022 ... 4. Turn-taking Structures. Manspreading usually refers to the wide-legged habits of male commuters - taking up more than one butt's-width of ... Sep 11, 2024 ... An Edmonton woman took to TikTok to share a clip of herself being squished in a middle seat on an airplane. ... A Canadian woman's recent flight ... Feb 27, 2015 ... Man Spreading: What is it and what's the big deal? When we use the phrase Rape Supportive Culture, it can sometimes be difficult to know ... Jul 18, 2017 ... So he watched how I positioned myself in a classic manspread, with my torso leaning forward and my feet angled out—a position, I would soon ... Dec 30, 2014 ... There is no medical reason for a man to need to sit with his legs spread out at any time, and certainly not for the short time he is seated while riding public ... Sep 1, 2015 ... Here are six spaces in which our entitlement shows up in forms other than manspreading, offered with the hope that we as men will reflect a bit on how we can ... May 18, 2016 ... Only a minuscule number of people were found to be eating on the subway, just 0.5 per cent of men and 0.6 per cent of women, the researchers ...