Meaning of she-bagging | Babel Free

Definitions

The practice of women reserving seats in public transport by means of placing bags upon them.

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Examples

“Dear @TorontoStar, I'll see your Man-Spreading, and raise you one She-Bagging.”

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

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

“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.”

“Man-spreading and she-bagging means you are stealing an extra seat that you don’t need.”

“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.”

“Auch Frauen haben eine Marotte entwickelt, die im Englischen unter dem Namen She-Bagging bekannt ist. Diese Verhaltensweise bezeichnet das Platzieren von Hand- und Einkaufstaschen auf einem Sitzplatz, welches insbesondere bei Männern auf wenig Gegenliebe stößt. Vorschlag zur Güte: Manspreading und She-Bagging sind zwei Verhaltensweisen, die im Sinne des Schlüssel-Schloss-Prinzips hervorragend zueinander passen!”

“The bottom image in Figure 3.2 illustrates how men and women use both their bodies and possessions to claim their territory on public transportation: ‘manspreading’ (men occupy two seats by widening their legs) and ‘she-bagging’ (women reserve space with their handbags).”

“Sollten Sie einmal mit Manspreading oder Shebagging konfrontiert sein, können Sie entweder schweigend ihren Platz fordern, indem sie sich ebenfalls breit machen, oder aber Sie sprechen den Mann oder die Frau darauf an, dass er zu viel Platz einnimmt, jedoch ohne Bitte oder Entschuldigung.”

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