“Sky-High Showdown: How One Woman Took a Stand Against Manspreading in the Air!”
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The model added: “I don’t wanna risk my safety over that. So sue me for not saying anything.”
Challenging people who told her to speak up, Erin concluded: “Why is that my problem? Why is that my responsibility?
“It is not my responsibility to go out and educate these people. It really is not.”
In the video, which has since amassed over 17 million views, Erin filmed her legs totally trapped in her seat
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Open University of Catalonia researcher Begonya Enguix emphasized the importance of naming and addressing sexist practices like manspreading and mansplaining to drive social change.
“The truth is that mansplaining, manspreading, and manterrupting are social practices that have gone unnoticed or been considered normal for many years, the professor explained in a 2023 article.
According to Begonya, male intimidation techniques, such as mansplaining or manspreading, affect women of all classes, backgrounds, and levels of education.
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She stated: “Being a woman becomes our defining feature, our essential identity. When these mechanisms are at work, the weight, thickness, and rigidity of gender subsumes everything we are and do.”
Men are assumed to have the right to know and to express themselves without fear of being constantly questioned, and they are also invited to occupy and dominate public space, the professor argued.
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