The Manspreading Chair meme originated from a university project by British student Laila Laurel titled 'A Solution for Manspreading,' which won a prestigious design award in 2019. The project featured two wooden chairs: one shaped to force men to sit with their knees together and another that encouraged women to sit with their legs spread. Once photos of the chairs hit the internet, they immediately went viral across Reddit, Twitter, and Facebook, sparking polarized debates about gender politics and the practicality of the design. Today, the template is mostly used to satirize extreme solutions to minor social issues or to mock perceived overreach in social engineering through humorously inconvenient furniture.