I apologize. I didn’t realize you had a personal anecdote on your side. Chris ….. Christopher D Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada
chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo ………………………………... On Dec 21, 2014, at 12:18 PM, Beth Benoit <beth.ben...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Seriously, Dude? I'm tall and I've managed to sit comfortably (and without > "muscular cramping in fairly short order") without performing whatever the > female equivalent of manspreading would be. (In an earlier era, that was > referred to as "ladylike.") > > Beth Benoit > Plymouth State University > Plymouth, New Hampshire > > On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Christopher Green <chri...@yorku.ca> wrote: > > > > > > > It is easy, because it isn’t a psychological problem (despite the various > nasty hypotheses that are commonly put forward by those inconvenienced by the > problem). It is, instead, straightforwardly physiological. Seats are almost > always built too short for most men (in order to comfortably accommodate > shorter people). That causes the knees to fall outwards, unless they are > consciously held together at every moment, which leads to muscular cramping > in fairly short order. If seats were a couple of inches taller, the feet > would just touch the ground, and the knees wouldn’t drop to the sides. (Of > course, shorter people would then have the problem of their feet not quite > touching the ground.) There is no public service campaign that is going solve > this problem. It is exactly tantamount to the problem of most seats being > too narrow to accommodate any but the thinest people. > > Chris > ….. > Christopher D Green > Department of Psychology > York University > Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 > Canada > > chri...@yorku.ca > http://www.yorku.ca/christo > ………………………………... > > On Dec 21, 2014, at 10:47 AM, Beth Benoit <beth.ben...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> >> I hesitate to put the title of the whole article in the subject line for >> fear of it hitting everyone's spam filter, but this article about >> "manspreading" on the subways of NYC on the front page of The New York Times >> today caught my attention. ("Manspreading" is the unlovely practice of men >> sitting with their legs in a wide V shape, thus taking up two spaces on the >> subway.) >> >> The thought occurred to me that putting up posters asking men to be more >> considerate of their fellow passengers might not be the most effective way >> to get men to stop doing this. >> >> So, fellow TIPSters, in the name of psychological science, can we think of a >> way to help the M.T.A. effectively fight manspreading? >> >> http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/21/nyregion/a-scourge-is-spreading-mtas-cure-dude-close-your-legs.html?_r=0 >> >> Beth Benoit >> Plymouth State University >> Plymouth, New Hampshire >> >> --- >> >> You are currently subscribed to tips as: chri...@yorku.ca. >> >> To unsubscribe click here: >> http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92&n=T&l=tips&o=41227 >> >> (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) >> >> or send a blank email to >> leave-41227-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu >> >> >> > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: beth.ben...@gmail.com. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aaf72&n=T&l=tips&o=41229 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-41229-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aa...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: chri...@yorku.ca. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92&n=T&l=tips&o=41230 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-41230-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=41233 or send a blank email to leave-41233-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
