Cute Illustrations Remind Us Why Pregnant Women Deserve Our Seats More Than We Do
However tired you may feel when you finally get a seat on the bus or train, chances are you’re less tired than the pregnant woman that might be standing right in front of you. Shiyang He, the talented Shanghai-based designer we wrote about recently, created these cute posters for Yili Milk in China to encourage people to give up their seats to pregnant women.
Most public transportation systems ask their riders to extend this courtesy anyway, but it’s nice to have a reminder of why it should be extended. And if these cute posters don’t do it for you, then check out the adventures of the 3 pregnant dads who wore pregnant-body suits for a month to see what pregnancy is like! Spoiler alert – they hated it.
Yili milk, the Chinese dairy company that the ads seem to have been made for, has been involved in a couple of scandals involving tainted baby formula.
More info: Behance (h/t: designtaxi, demilked)
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Share on FacebookI couldn't live with myself if I saw a pregnant woman and NOT give her my seat. Or elderly & disabled. Its baffling that people don't actually. Its just a seat.
Just realize that some disabled people may not look disabledz . I have arthritis in my spine, no ligaments in one ankle, broke my pelvis so have sciatic issues, and have huge spikes of bone in the bottom of my feet. But I look hale and healthy from the outside. That being said I still give up my seat for someone who is pregnant or walking worse than me.
Load More Replies...But what if they look pregnant but are just unfortunately shaped? I'd hate to embarrass someone like that... I would always offer if I was able but I have an invisible disability too, and sometimes I am not able to stand; people judge others but unless someone actually asks for a seat it's not fair to assume someone's need is greater than another's.
I think people are taking the ads a little too personally. They're not suggesting that people with invisible disabilities should have their right to sit trumped by pregnant women, just that otherwise able-bodied people should consider that someone else may need their seat more than they do. To avoid possibly insulting someone who is not pregnant you can just try to make eye contact then ask them if they'd like to sit. If it becomes an issue with them you can easily diffuse it by saying "I've been sitting all day and you've just got on the train so I thought I'd ask just in case." There's no harm in being polite.
Load More Replies...I love the way these illustrations are done. And hell yes, that´s it, now i understand why some ppl give me seat sometimes. I am just unfortunately (that´s the word) shaped, thank you ;)
Tried to give my seat to an elderly lady who just got on the bus. A guy tried to go for the seat... but I managed to run interference for the lady by stepping in front of the guy. He tried to elbow me out of the way but was delayed sufficiently long enough for the lady to sit down comfortably. Ha!
Imagine the kind of person who would do that - try to beat an elderly woman to a seat and even worse try to beat an elderly woman to a seat that someone else had given up. Who raises these people?
Load More Replies...Gosh. I'm very visibly pregnant and I just came home by bus. Nowadays nobody gives up their seat anymore, or move out of the way, or even get up if I'm sitting on a window seat and I need to get off the bus. On top, I had a busdriver close the doors on me (so I was hit by the doors), because I guess I wasn't fast enough to his taste.
my god thats terrible. Next time, dont be nice about it. As you exit the bus, thank everyone for their consideration for a pregnant lady.
Load More Replies...People don't realize and practically don't care if there's a pregnant woman riding the bus/train. As Jovana said I couldn't live with myself if I left a pregnant woman standing. I don't entirely agree on the subject with elderly people, because I had numerous occasions when they arrogantly tell me to get up from their seat, like they own the bus.
you think that a man pregnant with a headless chicken is less important than a woman? o_O
No, they mean that what he has in his stomach is less troubling than a woman who is carrying a baby.
Load More Replies...I was just discussing the same issue yesterday. And by looking at some comments here.. how rude and inhumane can people be:( awful.
Good Manners are supposed (correction, they used to be) to be taught at home. I think that in this fast-paced life of ours people don't teach their kids manners. Some deem it to be 'old fashioned'. In my book good manners has no fashionable time. Good manners are just that: - Good Manners, .. and they need to be taught.
I always give my seat to elderly, disabled and pregnant women. It's better to risk offending someone by offering than not offering at all. Pregnant ladies, if no one offers you a seat ask if anyone is willing to give their seat to a pregnant woman, be assertive – you have every right!
Why do they have a right? It was their choice to get pregnant, not mine.
Load More Replies...I have some balance issues due to multiple sclerosis, but have given up my seat to an elderly person if no one else does. Pregnancy is a choice!
And some disabilities are the result of poor choices that led to injuries. It costs absolutely nothing to be kind and the fact of the matter is if you need the seat you're also entitled to have it. I don't see where this ad or anyone else has said that pregnancy trumps disabilities. It's aimed at those who are able-bodied. As an aside, it's interesting to see the many comments about pregnancy being a choice. Which is true, but I would guess that the Venn diagram of people who scream "pregnancy is a choice!" when the issue of transit seats comes up and the people who scream "abortion is murder!" when a woman chooses to no longer be pregnant is a complete circle.
Load More Replies...Yeah, you heard? Pregnant women, not clumsy stupid girls who can't stan on a bus and fall on everybody haha. That's me, so many times hace been offered a seat just because it's best for humanity, but I'm healthy and energetic and have never seen a pregnant woman on a bus (at least not visibly pregnant) but I always try to see if there is somebody who needs it more than me
I tried to give my seat to a woman who was much older than me. We were on a crowded bus. She did not want it.
Being pregnant is NOT a disability, thank you very much. She could be feeling perfectly fine, I think one should only give up their seat if another seems to be in distress or if one wants to follow old customs, (to elderly or lady).
Why did those women eat those babies? How did men get pregnant? With beer? Cute idea, but there's a series of assumptions here that bug me. Would you give up your seat to someone who wasn't obviously in need - but was all the same? What if a pregnant woman doesn't want your seat, thankyouforasking?
There's a lot of people saying that being pregnant is a CHOICE. Obviously you haven't been pregnant before, and felt the weight and nausea 24/7 for months.
Nice illustrations. In reality it should have be three-four seats reserved (by official rules) for pregnant and disabled people on every bus.It could have be allowed for other people to sit on these with the condition to give up the seats when a pregnant woman, an elderly person step on the bus or a person who asks for it because of a handicap.
I give up my seat for the old and the disabled. Being knocked up is not a handicap.
Natalist garbage, pregnancy is a choice not a disability. In fact, having children in today's overpopulated world is a crime against nature.
A broken leg from a skiing accident is also the result of a choice but I doubt anyone would think twice about refusing their seat to someone with crutches. Please reflect on what is inside you that has caused you to become such an angry, selfish person.
Load More Replies...I am a grey-headed person and people are so kind to me on subways. I always amazed me how kind young men are to pregnant women and old ladies in NYC.
I have a disability that doesn't show either,so I'm not always able to stand as I have spinal problems and walking and sitting and standing are all problems,but I do what I can!
I would like someone to draw up a hierarchy of when to stand, for example I'm disabled (unseen) should I stand for a pregnant woman?
No.pregnancy is not a disability.an invisible disability is still a disability
Load More Replies...While I don't agree that people should give up their seat to pregnant women I do think they should at least offer to elderly people.
Nope. I'm not getting up. You chose to be/stay pregnant, you deal with it.
Natalist garbage, pregnancy is a choice not a disability. In fact, having children in today's overpopulated world is a crime against nature.
@Robyn Scott Pregnancy may not be an illness but it physically taxing and can be straining on a woman's body as well as their ability to stand. Saying "many pregnant women are more than healthy enough to stand" sounds to me like you're trying to justify being a self-absorbed jerk. It is possible to be courteous not only to people with disabilities - visible or invisible - AND women who are currently growing human beings inside their bodies. In fact, most people manage this courtesy quite well. You may do well to try it out for yourself; it may make you a better, happier, less angry person. :)
They should replace the baby image with one of an anchor
Load More Replies...I couldn't live with myself if I saw a pregnant woman and NOT give her my seat. Or elderly & disabled. Its baffling that people don't actually. Its just a seat.
Just realize that some disabled people may not look disabledz . I have arthritis in my spine, no ligaments in one ankle, broke my pelvis so have sciatic issues, and have huge spikes of bone in the bottom of my feet. But I look hale and healthy from the outside. That being said I still give up my seat for someone who is pregnant or walking worse than me.
Load More Replies...But what if they look pregnant but are just unfortunately shaped? I'd hate to embarrass someone like that... I would always offer if I was able but I have an invisible disability too, and sometimes I am not able to stand; people judge others but unless someone actually asks for a seat it's not fair to assume someone's need is greater than another's.
I think people are taking the ads a little too personally. They're not suggesting that people with invisible disabilities should have their right to sit trumped by pregnant women, just that otherwise able-bodied people should consider that someone else may need their seat more than they do. To avoid possibly insulting someone who is not pregnant you can just try to make eye contact then ask them if they'd like to sit. If it becomes an issue with them you can easily diffuse it by saying "I've been sitting all day and you've just got on the train so I thought I'd ask just in case." There's no harm in being polite.
Load More Replies...I love the way these illustrations are done. And hell yes, that´s it, now i understand why some ppl give me seat sometimes. I am just unfortunately (that´s the word) shaped, thank you ;)
Tried to give my seat to an elderly lady who just got on the bus. A guy tried to go for the seat... but I managed to run interference for the lady by stepping in front of the guy. He tried to elbow me out of the way but was delayed sufficiently long enough for the lady to sit down comfortably. Ha!
Imagine the kind of person who would do that - try to beat an elderly woman to a seat and even worse try to beat an elderly woman to a seat that someone else had given up. Who raises these people?
Load More Replies...Gosh. I'm very visibly pregnant and I just came home by bus. Nowadays nobody gives up their seat anymore, or move out of the way, or even get up if I'm sitting on a window seat and I need to get off the bus. On top, I had a busdriver close the doors on me (so I was hit by the doors), because I guess I wasn't fast enough to his taste.
my god thats terrible. Next time, dont be nice about it. As you exit the bus, thank everyone for their consideration for a pregnant lady.
Load More Replies...People don't realize and practically don't care if there's a pregnant woman riding the bus/train. As Jovana said I couldn't live with myself if I left a pregnant woman standing. I don't entirely agree on the subject with elderly people, because I had numerous occasions when they arrogantly tell me to get up from their seat, like they own the bus.
you think that a man pregnant with a headless chicken is less important than a woman? o_O
No, they mean that what he has in his stomach is less troubling than a woman who is carrying a baby.
Load More Replies...I was just discussing the same issue yesterday. And by looking at some comments here.. how rude and inhumane can people be:( awful.
Good Manners are supposed (correction, they used to be) to be taught at home. I think that in this fast-paced life of ours people don't teach their kids manners. Some deem it to be 'old fashioned'. In my book good manners has no fashionable time. Good manners are just that: - Good Manners, .. and they need to be taught.
I always give my seat to elderly, disabled and pregnant women. It's better to risk offending someone by offering than not offering at all. Pregnant ladies, if no one offers you a seat ask if anyone is willing to give their seat to a pregnant woman, be assertive – you have every right!
Why do they have a right? It was their choice to get pregnant, not mine.
Load More Replies...I have some balance issues due to multiple sclerosis, but have given up my seat to an elderly person if no one else does. Pregnancy is a choice!
And some disabilities are the result of poor choices that led to injuries. It costs absolutely nothing to be kind and the fact of the matter is if you need the seat you're also entitled to have it. I don't see where this ad or anyone else has said that pregnancy trumps disabilities. It's aimed at those who are able-bodied. As an aside, it's interesting to see the many comments about pregnancy being a choice. Which is true, but I would guess that the Venn diagram of people who scream "pregnancy is a choice!" when the issue of transit seats comes up and the people who scream "abortion is murder!" when a woman chooses to no longer be pregnant is a complete circle.
Load More Replies...Yeah, you heard? Pregnant women, not clumsy stupid girls who can't stan on a bus and fall on everybody haha. That's me, so many times hace been offered a seat just because it's best for humanity, but I'm healthy and energetic and have never seen a pregnant woman on a bus (at least not visibly pregnant) but I always try to see if there is somebody who needs it more than me
I tried to give my seat to a woman who was much older than me. We were on a crowded bus. She did not want it.
Being pregnant is NOT a disability, thank you very much. She could be feeling perfectly fine, I think one should only give up their seat if another seems to be in distress or if one wants to follow old customs, (to elderly or lady).
Why did those women eat those babies? How did men get pregnant? With beer? Cute idea, but there's a series of assumptions here that bug me. Would you give up your seat to someone who wasn't obviously in need - but was all the same? What if a pregnant woman doesn't want your seat, thankyouforasking?
There's a lot of people saying that being pregnant is a CHOICE. Obviously you haven't been pregnant before, and felt the weight and nausea 24/7 for months.
Nice illustrations. In reality it should have be three-four seats reserved (by official rules) for pregnant and disabled people on every bus.It could have be allowed for other people to sit on these with the condition to give up the seats when a pregnant woman, an elderly person step on the bus or a person who asks for it because of a handicap.
I give up my seat for the old and the disabled. Being knocked up is not a handicap.
Natalist garbage, pregnancy is a choice not a disability. In fact, having children in today's overpopulated world is a crime against nature.
A broken leg from a skiing accident is also the result of a choice but I doubt anyone would think twice about refusing their seat to someone with crutches. Please reflect on what is inside you that has caused you to become such an angry, selfish person.
Load More Replies...I am a grey-headed person and people are so kind to me on subways. I always amazed me how kind young men are to pregnant women and old ladies in NYC.
I have a disability that doesn't show either,so I'm not always able to stand as I have spinal problems and walking and sitting and standing are all problems,but I do what I can!
I would like someone to draw up a hierarchy of when to stand, for example I'm disabled (unseen) should I stand for a pregnant woman?
No.pregnancy is not a disability.an invisible disability is still a disability
Load More Replies...While I don't agree that people should give up their seat to pregnant women I do think they should at least offer to elderly people.
Nope. I'm not getting up. You chose to be/stay pregnant, you deal with it.
Natalist garbage, pregnancy is a choice not a disability. In fact, having children in today's overpopulated world is a crime against nature.
@Robyn Scott Pregnancy may not be an illness but it physically taxing and can be straining on a woman's body as well as their ability to stand. Saying "many pregnant women are more than healthy enough to stand" sounds to me like you're trying to justify being a self-absorbed jerk. It is possible to be courteous not only to people with disabilities - visible or invisible - AND women who are currently growing human beings inside their bodies. In fact, most people manage this courtesy quite well. You may do well to try it out for yourself; it may make you a better, happier, less angry person. :)
They should replace the baby image with one of an anchor
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