The concept of ‘manspreading’ was invented by train companies to cover up the fact that they cram so many rows of little seats in that they aren’t wide enough to fit the average man (at least in the UK, don’t know about other countries).

Semi joking here, as I’ve seen plenty of guys pointlessly taking up more space than they need, but I think I have a point too as I’m not even a particularly big bloke and the seats are all too narrow for my shoulders, I need to scrunch up to fit in which gives me a big neck ache after about 15 minutes. Train companies have invented ‘manspreading’ to deflect blame for making seats 10 inches wide.