Madrid has moved to ban “manspreading” on its public transport system after feminists convinced the city’s left-wing council that men invading the space of others with their splayed legs was a problem that needed to be tackled. The group presented a petition with 10,000 signatures to Madrid city hall. Campaign in Madrid on public transport to deter 'manspreading'. I have seen women with handbags on other seats, lying back and spreading their legs like men…” Jesus Herraiz from Madrid said on Twitter. Madrid council said that other cities around the world had also mounted campaigns against manspreading, and Podemos announced that it had tabled a motion in the Madrid regional parliament to extend the ban to the capital’s Metro underground network.

Source: National Post June 08, 2017 15:00 UTC