Woman wins National Design Award for chairs forcing men to close their legs, and women to spread their legs. Thoughts? (Page 2)

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A British student won a national prize for designing chairs forcing men to sit with their legs closed, and women to sit with their legs spread open. Laila Laurel, a 2019 graduate of the University of Brighton, won the Belmond Award, granted at the New Designers Event in London this week, for her work entitled, “A Solution for Man Spreading.” The men's chair has legs that narrow in width, forcing the sitter’s legs to press into each other, while the women’s chair does the opposite, forcing their legs to be spread widely. According to the New Designers website, the competition’s judges found Laurel’s work to be a “bold, purpose-driven design that explores the important role of design in informing space, a person’s behavior and societal issues of today.” Ms Laurel's prize includes a £1,000 bursary and the chance to design a product for a hotel and leisure company. Laurel said the "concept" chair was inspired by her experiences of men "infringing on my space in public". She also said, "I was also hugely inspired by Laura Bates’ Everyday Sexism Project where I read about the struggles and frustrations of women around the world pertaining to men infringing on their space. I think encouraging women to consider the way in which they move through the world or the space they take up in relation to men is powerful because it is such an intrinsic and huge issue, and yet one that perhaps is not always considered. I think men have a tendency to command space and require women to move for them far more than vice versa. In order to achieve gender equality it is imperative to consider... political gendered issues around seating." Since the award, she says: "I have received a lot of explicit messages from men who seem to be under the impression that I hate all men." The University of Brighton student said this "couldn't be further from the truth frankly". What do you reckon?

Dark93 · Answer

Sounds like she needs to take an anatomy class so she can understand why men need to spread their legs sometimes.

OlderAndWiser · Answer

PC run amok; inanity reigns!

AngelLily · Answer

Straight up dumb.

Ámayas_20 · Answer

How fucking stupid.

oldoldold · Answer

Lol there are two chairs. Just use thevone you want

admles · Answer

This was awarded as a publicity stunt, nothing more.

Anonymous · Answer

This isn't sexist at all. Imagine the vaginal rant and roaring if a male created something to "infringe on how a female" does something.

Agape93 · Answer

Stupid ass chairs.

twoscompliment · Answer

she needs to add a mirrored surface to tbe female chair

MoneyBeets · Answer

I’ll spread my balls on all the girl chairs now. Fug em

Andremoso · Answer

A woman could never be able to accomplish that task, unless there was a male that guided her.

stevejobless · Answer

I'm a feminist but this is so fucking dumb.

Izumiblu · Answer

Don’t care

SuccessfulHornDog · Answer

Wtf. I'll sit how I want to sit.

Anonymous · Answer

It's just more feminist idiocy.

AmANiceGuy · Answer

This is bullshit lol. Anyone can spread

ChefCurry · Answer

I'd turn the chair around lmao

Cuppo_Mode · Answer

That man had small balls

kate52 · Answer

why is this the greatest thing I've ever seen?😂

ROCKS128 · Answer

😂😂😂😂 Who cares.

CaptainSmartass · Answer

Bit sexist, ain't it? Simples...

CT_CD · Answer

She deserves a Nobel Prize

ChiPaPa · Answer

She's dumb.

midnightmoon05 · Answer

Boy cut.

GamerGirlPeeDrinker · Answer

THOT DETECTED LETHAL FORCE ENGAGED

lightbulb27 · Answer

Disgusting!

Badballie · Answer

What a load of crap.

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