Julia Morris has called on Australian airlines to introduce women-only rows on planes, saying she’s had enough of men refusing to stand up when women need to get past them during flights.
The I’m A Celebrity host took to Instagram last week to share her frustration with her 309,000 followers.
“Please consider a women-only section on your planes,” Julia wrote, tagging Qantas, Virgin Australia and Jetstar.
“We don’t feel safe with men telling us to crawl over them on flights, while they ignore women’s personal space… Give us the back section. Or at least a few rows of female-only seats.”
She ended her post with a message encouraging women to “stand up to creeps on flights,” admitting she was “over it.”
It’s unclear whether a recent encounter sparked the rant, or if it came from years of built-up frustration.
Morris’s post has reignited debate around passenger etiquette and personal space, with many backing her idea.
“It gets my vote!” presenter and author Shelly Horton commented.
A flight attendant of 34 years also chimed in, saying she “couldn’t agree more,” while others shared their own stories of male passengers refusing to move, even in urgent situations.
“I was asked to respond to a medical emergency on an international flight recently. I had to climb over the male next to me because he refused to get up. On my return, he again refused to stand. [He] told me to climb over again. I made him stand up,” one woman revealed.
However, not everyone agreed with the suggestion, with some arguing that women shouldn’t have to be “banished” to the back of the plane or separated into designated rows because of men’s poor behaviour.
Qantas and Jetstar have no plans to introduce women-only sections, but customers are urged to speak to the crew for assistance, if they feel uncomfortable or unsafe
Virgin Australia also confirmed to Yahoo News they have no plans to create gender-specific seating and declined to comment further.
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