Rebellious

Do you think it is a rebellious act to sit backwards on a tram when there are forward facing seats available?

I see people jump from one seat to the other as soon as the forward facing seat is vacated. 

"I can't sit backwards," she says. Visible chill. She physically shakes at the thought. "I never have been able." Her mother told her the same thing, and her mother too. 

And so it goes...

I think it is learned behaviour, rather than anything innate.

Nobody actually sat with their back to the front of the car to see if it was possible, that's what I think. They just accepted the passed down phobia unquestioned.