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The end of 'Manspreading'?

The Newsroom

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A new term - womanspreading - is trending on social media and its hashtag is gaining momentum on Instagram. It's a rival to 'manspreading', where men with their legs far apart, often on public transport. It's such a problem that New York banned it in 2014, followed by Madrid this summer. Now, the 'womanspreading' pose is encouraging women to claim their own space too. The Newsroom's Ellie Costello reports on this new social media craze

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