how to know if you should give up your seat
i remember when my friend was pregnant with her first child, she declared that chivalry was dead as evidenced by the refusal of dudes riding the blue line from bucktown to downtown chicago to offer their seats on the subway–we of course were all appalled. turns out men are very afraid to offer up their seats because they often get berated if not cursed at for making the fat/pregnant faux pas. to help out these poor fellows a group of british women put together a list of signs to help determine whether the woman on the train is pregnant or fat. is she:
- huffing and puffing (short of breath)?
- rubbing her belly or back?
- wearing sensible shoes (not stilletos)?
- reading some sappy book like a romance novel?
- sportin’ cankles?
- displaying a tummy you could bounce a quarter off of (pregnant bellys are tight, fat ones are mushy)?
some of these items are still signs of fat people so my advice is, look for 50% of the signs in one person.
[bbcnews]
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Easiest choice? Just ALWAYS offer your seat to a lady of ANY sort, but particularly those who seem gravity or years-challenged.
In that Summer of My Discontent, 11 people gave up their seats for me, 7 of them OTHER WOMEN!!
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