While I’ve had my share of…uncomfortable…subway rides in which I could never be sure if I was being groped intentionally or accidentally (did the offender lack control? Or just coordination?), the idea of segregated subway cars never crossed my mind. Poking out the offender’s eyes with my umbrella did cross my mind…however I digress. The feminist, indeed the civil libertarian in me, never saw the value in segregation of any kind. Until now. As one rider of Mexico’s buses so subtly put it: “A woman could enter a metro car a virgin and come out pregnant.” Apparently the rush-hour cars are a gropers’ paradise, leading many women to avoid public transportation. While I’m not sure these fed-up women would rely on less eco-friendly alternatives, such as driving Hummer H2s or anything like that, I maintain that this is an issue that affects Mother Earth, if only because these accidentally pregnant subway riders are burdening the planet with more hungry mouths. Which is why I’m delighted with the notion of women-only buses on 15 of Mexico’s City’s busiest routes.
Women are reportedly pleased by the plan and look forward to a jeer-free, gropeless trip from A to B. Read more here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/01/24/international/i122219S49.DTL