Women-only commuter rail cars in service |
 Apr 13 2005, 07:43 PM
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 `non;chalance  Group: Member Posts: 700 Joined: Feb 2005 Member No: 95,113  |
QUOTE Women-only commuter rail cars in service JAPAN -- The first women-only carriage on a morning commuter train in Tokyo went into service Monday as part of efforts to cut the incidence of sexual harassment. Japan East Railway Co. introduced trains with the women-only cars on the JR Saikyo Line, known as a route with a high incidence of groping during the morning rush hours. Ten private railways and subways in the Tokyo metropolitan area will follow suit on May 9. On the windows of the carriage were pink stickers that read "For women only." -- The Yomiuri Shimbun credits: star-telegram |
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Apr 13 2005, 07:45 PM
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 dripping destruction Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,282 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 21,929 |
but what about lesbians?
bleh. another example of women getting the better end of the stick again. there's no way a men only train car could be introduced without a women only one. however, a women only one can be there without a men only one? |
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Apr 13 2005, 07:47 PM
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 dakishimetainoni... Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,322 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 75,318 |
^^lesbians are still women
 i don't see what the big deal is, this is probably to prevent rapes. i know that people like my mom would love this idea because she's scared and paranoid about practically everything about public transportation. |
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Apr 13 2005, 07:53 PM
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 ...and this is me.. Group: Member Posts: 3,518 Joined: Oct 2004 Member No: 57,899 |
That's cool..
 I think it's great that they're trying to prevent sexual harassment...
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Apr 13 2005, 07:55 PM
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dripping destruction Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,282 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 21,929 |
QUOTE(chii @ Apr 13 2005, 7:47 PM) ^^lesbians are still women i don't see what the big deal is, this is probably to prevent rapes. i know that people like my mom would love this idea because she's scared and paranoid about practically everything about public transportation.  i meant, lesbians can still grope. |
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Apr 13 2005, 08:06 PM
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 insanitys contagious. Group: Official Member Posts: 4,210 Joined: Feb 2005 Member No: 99,707 |
Woah thats a crazy idea , another way to segregate. I mean society should learn how to deal and find another way to help this situation.
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Apr 13 2005, 08:12 PM
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 SCHGEB!SCHGEB! Group: Member Posts: 1,786 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 66,217 |
so confused... hmm
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Apr 13 2005, 08:13 PM
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Wow. What a great way to bring together a community of men and woman.
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Apr 13 2005, 08:39 PM
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 Class of 2005!!! Group: Member Posts: 1,132 Joined: Jan 2005 Member No: 93,080 |
Wait, didn't we get rid of segregation?? OMG! This is just going to cause an uproar. I don't think there should be these carts. Men can get harassed just as much as women, and vise versa.
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Apr 13 2005, 08:57 PM
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 Its hard for me to tell you Group: Member Posts: 734 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 123,326 |
I don't really agree with that. If women get a women only rail car thing then men should get a men only rail car thingy. And feminists moan about equal rights, pfft. This isn't equal though I doubt they'll kick up a fuss about that.
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Apr 13 2005, 08:58 PM
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 You can call me Jon Group: Duplicate Posts: 878 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 9,806 |
And I admired Japan for their vast lead in civilization and society!
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Apr 14 2005, 02:21 PM
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cool.
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Apr 14 2005, 03:56 PM
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 Je vous aime Group: Member Posts: 361 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 109,078 |
QUOTE(chii @ Apr 13 2005, 7:47 PM) ^^lesbians are still women i don't see what the big deal is, this is probably to prevent rapes. i know that people like my mom would love this idea because she's scared and paranoid about practically everything about public transportation. Yeah, I wish they had those here.. because I'd be a lot more comfortable, there are so many sick and twisted people in the world, if I even cetch a guy whos a lot older than me looking at me I feel really weird.. You guys did you read what chii said? Its probably to prevent rapes.. sexual harrasment.. I know it happens to guys too.. but more often women. Its most likely for women to feel safter on public transpertation. |
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Apr 14 2005, 04:05 PM
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dripping destruction Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,282 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 21,929 |
it made whites feel safer to have white only train cars too.
they were afraid that the blacks would kill them in thier sleep. |
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Apr 14 2005, 04:09 PM
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Je vous aime Group: Member Posts: 361 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 109,078 |
^^ Well maybe I'm just paranoide..
But it scares the crap out of me anytime a 30 year old guy stares at me.. 
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Apr 14 2005, 05:56 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 4,750 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 10,581 |
Yeah I've been on the trains here and there's so many people in a car at peak hours, you'd just have to move you hand five inches and you're touching someone. This is why they made those trains, so during rush hours horny guys don't go touching all over the women on the train that are so close to them.
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Apr 14 2005, 06:00 PM
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 Day's Nearly Over Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,553 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 45,183 |
^ hahahahahaha. :3 sorry .. thought that was funny.
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Apr 14 2005, 06:00 PM
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i actually think it's a good idea. if the amount of sexual cases in trains is so bad, then i guess that's the best way to solve it. atleast women can feel safe and not have to worry about being violated every day. so, basically, men can have their own, and women can have their own. problem solved.
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Apr 14 2005, 06:02 PM
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QUOTE Yeah I've been on the trains here and there's so many people in a car at peak hours, you'd just have to move you hand five inches and you're touching someone. This is why they made those trains, so during rush hours horny guys don't go touching all over the women on the train that are so close to them. That makes sense. I guess I take back what I said? |
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Apr 14 2005, 06:05 PM
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dripping destruction Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,282 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 21,929 |
ok.
i'm going to start a commuter bus service where women must sit in the back. that way men won't ogle at them. it will be completely fair. |
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Apr 14 2005, 06:15 PM
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 highfive. Group: Member Posts: 1,301 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 32,951 |
^ Why can't the woman sit in the front?
 "Lesbians can still grope" - That's what I was thinking. I think it's dumb. Heh. Although it helps decrease rapes, but that's just seperation between man and woman. |
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