File this, I guess, under "unintended consequences." The feminist movement started with some legitimate beefs; not having the vote was something of an issue, although we might note that the first state to extend the franchise to women was, in fact, deep-red Wyoming. But those legitimate beefs have been wound up; women and men are fully equal in the eyes of the law here in the United States, and the movement that started with suffragettes has descended in large part into pink-haired harpies shouting at us over patriarchy and toxic masculinity.
So, when a young woman on a commuter train feels put out because she's standing there with all her shopping and none of the young, healthy, able-bodied men on the train are willing to remove their fourth points of contact from a seat to offer it to this young woman, well, those same feminists are much to blame for it.
If you watch, you'll see that's exactly what happened:
Get off your butts, punks.https://t.co/mKSHnStGw8
— Ward Clark (@TheGreatLander) December 20, 2025
Katy Olivia shared a TikTok of herself standing in the middle of a packed Tube carriage in London, shopping bags in hand, surrounded by men who were firmly seated.
On camera, she groans: “Owww, my legs hurt so much … I wish I could sit down … owwww,” while the men around her smirk, glance up, then return to their phones.
The caption over the clip reads: “Men used to go to war for women; now they run for a seat on the train”.
The internet was quick to weigh in.
“Chivalry is dead,” one declared, while another joked, “Babes, don’t disturb them, they’re busy wondering why they’re lonely”.
That last commenter probably has a point. Notice that the young, healthy, able-bodied men aren't just ignoring her; they are ignoring everything, almost universally fully absorbed in staring into their phones. The word is "oblivious," with a situational awareness rating of zero. Forget chivalry; that's not a safe way to comport yourself on public transit these days, in case anyone hasn't been paying attention.
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But for years, the more strident feminists have been berating us. They shout at us for being men. They whine about the patriarchy, they complain about toxic masculinity, they weep about the male gaze, even though plenty of them aren't drawing any male gazes from anyone who hasn't been in solitary confinement since the Carter administration.
Well, feminists, here's that piper, demanding payment.
There's an encouraging note; this same story points out that folks are much more likely to yield a seat to someone who is struggling or visibly disabled. I've seen this myself; my wife uses a walker to help with balance, and on the few occasions we've taken public transit anywhere, someone almost always gets up to offer her a seat.
A 2023 transport study on ‘seat-yielding’ behavior found that commuters are far more likely to give up their seat when someone’s vulnerability is obvious – such as an older passenger, a pregnant woman or a person with a disability – and much less likely to do so when the rider appears young and healthy.
However, most see it as a gender-neutral courtesy based on need rather than on whether the other person is a man or a woman.
That's a fair assessment. Most of these trains and so forth have seats designated for the disabled. Some have seating set aside for pregnant women (sorry, only women can be pregnant) and parents with small children. And most folks seem to be pretty decent about yielding a seat to these people.
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This is, then, a win for the feminists? They wanted equality. They got it. Now this young woman, Katy Olivia, is left standing while a bunch of able-bodied young men are perched on their fundaments, watching cat videos on their phones. This is the payment the piper demanded, and all I can say is, you've come a long way, baby.
Now, granted, I'm not young, although I'm pretty able-bodied and healthy, and I would have stood to offer this young lady my seat. I was raised by a man who was a child of the Depression and a World War 2 veteran, and he had very specific ideas about how a man should behave. He always opened the car door for my Mom; he trained me to hold doors for ladies, to never sit while a lady was standing, to tip my hat to a lady, to address a lady with whom I was not acquainted as "Ma'am" if she was older than me, "Miss" if younger. (That balance has tipped to the point nowadays where I find myself saying "Miss" most of the time.) He also taught me to remove my hat when speaking to a lady, to remove my hat when coming indoors, and if I had ever sat down at the dinner table with my head covered, he would have smacked that hat right off my noggin.
I still do all those things. And if I hold a door for a lady who turns out to be not a lady but a feminist harpy, well, I'll tell her I held the door not because of who she is, but because of who I am, and if she doesn't appreciate it, I'm sure she'll appreciate it more when some thoughtless young punk slams a door in her face.
