Indonesia launches women-only train service

[alp227]

Women-only train carriages have been launched in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, in an attempt to prevent sexual harassment on public transport.

The state-run train operator is running two new carriages for its female passengers on one busy commuter route.

The service has been introduced after a series of complaints of sexual harassment from women who travel on Jakarta's trains and buses.

The carriages are easy to spot - with brightly covered pink seats.

Full story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11028078

Do realize that Indonesia is an Islamic patriarchy that makes pornography illegal. For example, actress Nazril Irham was charged for indecency for appearing in Internet-circulated sex videos.

Apparently that country's solution to idiotic horny men is to pull a "separate but equal" that's making Homer Plessy and Rosa Parks spin in their graves.

[Cassandra]

1. India has similar trains...

for the same reason.

[msongs]

2. repressive religions bring out the worst in people when it comes to sex issues nt

[seabeyond]

3. ya, cause those brazillians don't get their porn. nor japanese, nor taiwanese, nor

Women-only passenger cars (女性専用車両, josei sen'yō sharyō?) are railway or subway cars intended for women only. They are offered on some Japanese train lines. Egypt, India, Taiwan, Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia, Belarus<1>, the Philippines and Dubai<2>, also offer women-only train cars, while passengers in some other countries have demanded their introduction. Such cars are slated to be introduced in Seoul, South Korea in 2008<3>. In Japan, the special cars were introduced to combat lewd conduct, particularly groping (chikan). An exemption is made for men with disabilities, who may ride any passenger car.<4> First offered in 2001, all commuter rail and subway companies in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan's two biggest cities, run women-only cars.

Women-only policy varies from company to company; some are effective during rush hour, others throughout the day, while some limit women-only cars to rapid service trains, as they tend to be more crowded and have relatively longer distances between stops. But in general, the policy is effective only on weekdays, excluding holidays. Platforms and train doors are marked with signs indicating boarding areas for the cars, and the days and times when the cars are women-only. Also, most train operators in Japan allow male elementary school pupils, disabled persons, and their assistants to board women-only cars


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women-only_passenger_car

[Warpy]

4. The only thing spike heeled shoes are good for

is coming down hard on a perv's instep on a crowded subway car while announcing loudly "Take your hand off me, you fucking pervert!"

They invariably limp off at the next stop, usually followed by laughter.

I'd have welcomed purdah cars in my youth. Too many men out there are total fucking assholes who think they have a god given right to the bodies of any women they see.

[seabeyond]

5. +1. nt