Minor male entitlements

Totally agree with the armrest hoggers, who are always male - on a long flight I pray that they'll get up to go to the loo so that I get an opportunity to regain some of the territory!

And yes, could someone explain how the cloak of invisibility suddenly descends on a female at the bar when there are later-arriving males who get served pronto?

Not so minor - I had a meeting today with clients to devise a plan on a project. All parties had printed copies of my emails (with no replies) dating from May detailing options. Result of the meeting? An email from my boss detailing options, cribbed from my previous ones. Luckily, we are a small team, my boss knows full well what the score is and we both had a laugh at the bunch of cunts. And the fact that they all knew, but their tiny penises got in the way of acknowledgment. It felt like a Fast Show episode.

I can't do minor. Whenever I think of this stuff, it never is minor in the scheme of things. There are a lot of thieves of women's time, space and energy out there.

trying to talk in dh and FIL's company. I can barely get a third of a sentence out before, whoops, there they are talking over me!

Eurgh, the leg-spreading on public transport.

Some men must just have massive bollocks and be unable to close their legs! I can't think of any other explanation why this happens

It actually happened to me on the bus this week - his legs were ridiculously spread, right into my seat, so I just kept inching sideways until he got the point.

Waiting to be served in pub. The male, John-Smiths-glass-shaker or the gregarious anecdotalist who yells over, mid story, "4 more please love," are guaranteed to get served before the woman waiting quietly by the bar.

Arm rests. Twice in two days I have had to nudge the man next to me to make the point that his elbow is not only taking up the entire arm rest but is also a good two inches into MY space. I have never seen a woman do this.

Having the air conditioning up to full blast in a shared office, to suit their wool suit and (generally) warmer body temperature.

I have to say, I don't find men expect me to side step. Perhaps I have a "I'm not moving" sort of face.

(It was an all-girls school.)

Being the one who talks.

My dp claims that I talk a lot ... And I do, but the truth is, he's just never encountered someone who won't just hush down and listen to him without demanding to be Heard in turn

We were expected to walk on the left of the corridor at school. I mostly still do, I think.

Spreading legs wide on the train so whoever is next to them has no room

I always try to walk on the left of a corridor, as per traffic in the UK. Why doesn't everyone just do this?

Haha Wellnow I thought I was the only one to do that! The only time men naturally give way to me, I find, is when I'm on the phone but otherwise they just keep expecting me to be the one to move. It's very frustrating.

Walking towards a man in a passageway, where one person has to give way.

They automatically assume that you will give way to them, when you dont, they look shocked.

I'm not talking about being rude, barging in to them etc. I mean if someone has to side step, or stop, that there is no 'right of way' the assumption is you'll be the one to do it.

I love playing chicken with them, the look of pure confusion and then shock when they realise that you're not going to give way.

Its fun. . . .

The selfish one...but to be fair, this could just have easily been the woman as the man.

This is just rude, but i don't especially view it as sexist behaviour.

In fact many men would turn to the women in the room and say "ladies first" and that might be even more insulting ...