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The Growing Popularity of Women-Only Transit

Cities in Japan, Indonesia, India, Brazil, and Russia all have some form of women-only trains, while women-only buses have gained popularity in cities in Guatemala, Mexico, and most recently, Pakistan.

“We decided to have women-only cars to protect women from gropers,” says Shiei Kotsu, a spokesman for Midosuji, 

a mixed-gendered subway line that runs through Osaka. 

“The number of groping incidents decreased compared to the time before we had women-only cars, so we think this measure helps curb the problem.”

 

But not everyone agrees.

“We think women-only cars came about more for political reasons than protecting women from gropers,” says Hiroshi Fukuyama, a 41-year-old office worker in Tokyo who heads an opposition group to women-only trains that boasts about 300 members. What these cars really accomplish, he says, is helping politicians curry favor with voters and the train companies sell ads targeting women.

What do you guys (ha!) think about women-only transit? Net positive? Or not a good idea at all?

I certainly understand the appeal of it and the reasons why. 

(Source: theatlanticci ties.com)