‘Female rage’: Edmonton woman sparks airplane ‘manspreading’ debate

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Less space, more fees, disruptive delays… the list goes on.But one Edmonton woman sparked online debate about airplane etiquette after she was the victim of an annoying case where her two male seatmates refused to stick to their own personal space — in other words, two “manspreaders” were seriously encroaching on her already tight legroom.Erin Rempel began to feel the pinch aboard a Flair Airlines flight from Winnipeg to Edmonton last month, when the two strangers on either side of her assigned middle seat chose to open their legs, leaving the lower half of her body tightly squeezed together.She shared the video to TikTok, captioning the clip “Why would anyone EVER need that much room???”why would anyone EVER need that much room??? i tried to get him to move but he wouldnt ♬ female rage – bel6va In the 17-second video, Rempel is seen trying to uncomfortably reposition her legs with no success.“I kept trying to push his legs lightly back to his side to hopefully have him catch my hints, with no prevail,” she told Global News via text message, referring to the man on her right, whose manspreading is the worse of the two.It took her reaching down between her legs to retrieve something under her seat, which ultimately forced him to reposition his own legs, she said.Rempel, a model who stands six-feet-two-inches tall, said the man to her right was actually shorter than her, making it possible for him to keep to his own space.“I’ve never had a problem fitting in the seats…and I have not much room but I can manage to keep to myself.”Fortunately, it was only a short flight, but Rempel said if it had been longer she probably would have asked the attendants for some help.She said she recorded the video and shared it to TikTok to