she-bagging
nounEtymology From she- + bagging.
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The practice of women reserving seats in public transport by means of placing bags upon them.
- Dear @TorontoStar, I'll see your Man-Spreading, and raise you one She-Bagging.2014 December 29, Josh Young (@_joshyoung), Twitter:
- Wait - so "manspreading" is the issue? Not "shebagging"? #manspreading more like #shebagging2015 January 29, Timbo (@joshuetree), Twitter:
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- Public transport #manspreading and #shebagging should go says Australian commuters2015 June 4, Emily Crane, “Are you a man-spreader or a she-bagger? As the U.S. makes selfish behaviour on public transport a criminal offence - Australian commuters think it might be time to follow suit”, in MailOnline:
- I recently penned and tweeted a short poem about “manspreading” on the tube, and while reaction has mostly been laughs of support, I have had some kickback in the form of men bitching at me about so-called “she-bagging”. In fact someone outright accused me of being a “she-bagger”.[…]Point is, this “she-bagging” phenomenon doesn’t happen in a vacuum, devoid of context — it happens in a culture that routinely dehumanises women and disrespects their wish or need for personal space.[…]It’s in these situations that I wish I had blocked the seat next to me. If you’re alone and feeling vulnerable on public transport, I don’t blame women for “she-bagging”. It’s a form of defence.2015 June 28, Sophie Warnes, “On “manspreading” & “she-bagging””, in Medium, archived from the original on 25 May 2022:
- Man-spreading and she-bagging means you are stealing an extra seat that you don’t need.2016 March 14, Brooke Lloyd, “Public Transport Etiquette 101”, in On Dit, Adelaide University Union, page 21:
- It’s important to make the gender traceable point that she-bagging (women with endless bags spread out across train seats and floors) is not the female equivalent to manspreading. It’s not an attack on a woman’s anatomy but rather of some women’s ability to overconsume.2016 May, Charlie Bauer Phd, “Charlie Says”, in Gscene, page 56:
- Related terms
- she-bagger