Technically, she was meant to be lying flat to recover, but the seat was all she could manage. I accepted this, because clearly she was in a lot of pain and discomfort. The male steward who came by & chastened her for having the seat back, however, rolled his eyes & was cross.
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I specify visible injury, because it's quite possible the man in front of me required accommodation for an invisible ailment. He might not have been physically able to lie down across all four seats in comfort, and that's fine! But he still had a choice of seats to recline.
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As I said, it's not a big deal in the scheme of things. Nonetheless, I think it's a salient microcosm of the wider phenomenon wherein men are allowed and expected to take up space in public, while women are censured for doing the same thing. FIN.
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Advice question for you in this subject matter!: I just kept apologizing to the stranger at the bar next to me because he was sitting spread eagle and each time he touched my thigh I’d say sorry. Like, he was airing ‘em out legs spread
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Yet, on my flight to London a guy repeatedly pushed his seat back into my knees until I tapped him on the shoulder and said my height cannot shrink and he was out of luck. Why tf was I more assertive in one situation but not the other??
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