Aim is to foil gropers (no, not Arnold)

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Los Angeles Daily News

Aim is to foil gropers

Women-only train cars get mixed response
By Emi Doi Knight Ridder Newspapers

6/5/05

YOKOHAMA, Japan

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In early May, seven private railways and two subway operators in the Tokyo area decided to introduce women-only cars in order to cut down on the number of groping incidents on crowded trains.

According to the Metropolitan Police Department, the number of cases involving groping or obscene conduct rose from 778 in 1996 to 2,201 in 2004. The department also reported that more than 50 percent of groping cases took place between 7 and 9 a.m., during the morning commute.

A police spokesman said groping has been a problem for many years, but that the number of arrests have gone up because these days most young women carry cell phones capable of sending e-mail and taking pictures, and they're using them to report offenses.

Cars just for women are usually at the front or end of trains, marked with pink plastic seals on their windows and pink signs on the platforms where the cars stop. Women all over the Tokyo suburbs dash to board them.

Some men, however, are protesting... "This system is discriminating against men," he said. "We pay the same fare and yet are labeled as evil persons. Not all men are gropers. This is insulting."

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[CarefullyLiberal]

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"This system is discriminating against men," he said. "We pay the same fare and yet are labeled as evil persons. Not all men are gropers. This is insulting."


Yeah, and women have the right to ride to work on the subway without getting felt up. Get over it.

I think the women only cars are a great idea.


-Fergus

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2. since it is so offensive to males, and so unfair to males

that women dont want to be around them, you woman, get back on those trains to be groped. by all means, we want to be fair to that male

how stupid

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3. As Queen Victoria (supposedly) advised

young brides on their wedding night: close your eyes and think of England..