How do different cultures define and manage personal space?

Nov 20, 2015 ... Manspreading is when a guy, oblivious to those around him, takes up more than his fair share of space on public transportation—most frequently ... Jan 23, 2016 ... When a man is seated close to another person but spreads his legs or arms in such away that reduces the amount of space the person next him has. Apr 17, 2016 ... Reclining your seat is the airplane equivalent of manspreading (it's a word now!), when a guy on the subway or the bus or the public park bench spreads his ... Feb 28, 2025 ... Miss Manners for February 28, 2025 ... DEAR MISS MANNERS: I ran into a co-worker whom I had not seen in 25 years. The nature of our jobs did not ... Dec 5, 2016 ... 'Manspreading' describes a man sitting with his legs wide apart, taking up a lot of room. This term is generally used in the context of public transport. Dec 30, 2014 ... It is a petty mundane anti-male attack. I agree that some people over do it and rightly so should be called on it. But it is gender neutral as ... 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 ... Dec 20, 2014 ... The new ads — aimed at curbing rude behavior like manspreading and wearing large backpacks on crowded trains — are set to go up in the subways ... Aug 5, 2017 ... This new text focuses on challenging the claim that manspreading is the result of skeletal anatomy (as claimed by the headline of the article in question) Jun 7, 2017 ... Madrid just announced that it has banned manspreading—when a man opens his legs to take up a bunch of unnecessary room in an enclosed space— ...