she-bagging

alternative shebagging

1. uncountableThe 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

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   Wait - so "manspreading" is the issue? Not "shebagging"? #manspreading more like #shebagging

   2015 January 29, Timbo (@joshuetree), Twitter

   Public transport #manspreading and #shebagging should go says Australian commuters

   2015 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