Berlin activists show manspreaders who wears the trousers

Elena Buscaino (right) and Mina Bonakdar pose with their Riot Pants with the lettering "Stop Spreading" in a subway on February 5, 2021 in Berlin. - Feminist activists Elena Buscaino and Mina Bonakdar are on a mission to stamp out manspreading -- the habit that some men have of encroaching on adjacent seats without consideration for their female neighbours. (Photo by STEFANIE LOOS / AFP) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY DAVID COURBET

BERLIN (AFP): A man lounges across two seats on a crowded Berlin train, oblivious to his surroundings -- until the two women opposite him suddenly spread their legs, revealing a message on their trousers: "Stop spreading".

Feminist activists Elena Buscaino and Mina Bonakdar are on a mission to stamp out manspreading -- the habit that some men have of encroaching on adjacent seats without consideration for their female neighbours.