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Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Mexico City Starts "Ladies Only" Buses...

Acting on complaints from women's groups, Mexico City has rolled out "ladies only" buses, complete with pink signs in the windshields to wave off the men. Passengers on one of the female-only buses now spend most of their trip down the capital's tree-lined Reforma Avenue chatting or putting on makeup, instead of fighting off unwanted male attention. The director of the city's public bus system said women were asking for the gender-specific service because of sexual harassment, especially groping and leering....

Excuse me, but I find the comment that the women just chat and put on makeup to be deeply insensitive and sexist!