BERLIN—A man lounges across two seats on a crowded Berlin train, oblivious to his surroundings—until the two women opposite him suddenly spread their legs, revealing a message on their trousers: “Stop spreading.”
Feminist activists Elena Buscaino and Mina Bonakdar are on a mission to stamp out manspreading—the habit that some men have of encroaching on adjacent seats without consideration for their female neighbors.
“It is perfectly possible to sit comfortably on public transport without taking up two seats by spreading your legs,” said Bonakdar, 25.
The two female activists’ provocative stunt is part of a wider initiative called the Riot Pant Project featuri…
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