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San Francisco Takes Aim at ‘manspreading’

By Eowyn @DrEowyn

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Let’s see what we’ve got in San Francisco…

On the streets of San Francisco...

On the streets of San Francisco…

Urinating and defecating in public? Check.

San Francisco gay pride celebration...

San Francisco gay pride celebration…

Public nudity? Check.

Homosexual act at the Folsom Street Fair in SF/Photo credit: Americans For Truth About Homosexuality, www.aftah.org

Homosexual act at the Folsom Street Fair in SF/Photo credit: Americans For Truth About Homosexuality, http://www.aftah.org

Live homosexual acts on the streets of a “fair”? Check.

But “manspreading?” San Francisco will have none of that!

The horror that is manspreading...

The horror that is manspreading…

From Fox News: The manspreading menace is sweeping the nation, and threatens to cripple our already crumbling infrastructure, which is why officials in California are taking decisive action to eradicate it.

Men (or women) with problematically wide stances could face hefty fines after the San Francisco transit board approved a strict “one ticket, one seat” policy. Los Angeles transit officials will consider a similar measure in the coming months.

Offenders will be fined $100 for the first violation, $200 for a second offense within a 12-month period, and $500 for each repeat violation within five years. It is unclear how the new rule will be enforced.

Read the whole story here.

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