Neurodivergence as a movement started out of functional people with managed symptoms being forced into abusive 'cure' therapies from intolerant parents. It is still by and far the go to movement to discuss the stigma of being mentally ill despite functionality and lack of distress.

What happens if the distress is over other's reaction to the condition, but not due to the condition itself.

That's also in neurodivergence afaik, unless we're talking about trans folk, they're their own category.

> manspreading

Was this really taken seriously outside of the communities you're referring to? I got the sense that an overwhelming majority of people rolled their eyes.

> Just ask a motherf*@&er to move.

Even that's not even usually necessary. I tried to avoid manspreading when I realized it was a thing, but I can't. I have testicles. Sitting like someone without testicles is rather uncomfortable. That said, if someone is nearing the seat next to me, I will (and anecdotally, so will everyone else I observed) pull my legs closer together to accommodate.

When this was a thing, most of the pics I saw on Tumblr were photos of guys being shamed for spreading even while the bus/subway/metro/whatever was only half full, and there was no reason for anyone to have to sit uncomfortably.

>sitting like someone without testicles is rather uncomfortable.

I have a pair as well, but I think a distinction needs to be made between "not having your knees together" and "opening wide because fuck you I want 3 seats". The former is fine, the latter is rude.

>most of the pics I saw on Tumblr were photos of guys being shamed for spreading even while the bus/subway/metro/whatever was only half full

Same here. I suppose it's ultimately a good sign that 3rd-wave feminists are running out of things to complain about.

> I suppose it's ultimately a good sign that 3rd-wave feminists are running out of things to complain about.

They're running out of real things to complain about. That doesn't seem to stop the complaining...

If your testes are so sufficiently swollen that you can't comfortable sit with your legs together, that could be a sign of a medical condition and you should consider seeing a doctor.

My testicles are average in size, but as squats are part of my workout routine, they tend to get mushed by my legs.

I can't believe we're actually talking about this... Is this what feminism has become? Maybe I should just take my pants off to show the whole world what horrible, horrible oppression I'm facing at the hands of women. I know, I can call it being "body positive"!

Either that or I can continue to care, sit comfortably, and take solace in the fact that these women are ultimately making complete fools of themselves.

Indulging the idea that is true, that would make the critics of manspreading guilty of picking on those with a medical condition, which seems like a rather abhorrent crime, by their own standards.

One of my co-workers bragged about purposely siting next to manspreaders. She was really proud of it. I guess she thought it was part of the fight for equal rights? I don't know, I'm so confused by this world sometimes.