Thursday February 16, 2012

While measures against groping, such as setting women-only carriages, have been effective to a certain extent, no measures have been taken against false charges of groping... In the spirit of gender equality, a male-only carriage must be introduced.

A statement by 10 shareholders of Seibu Holdings, which runs trains in the Tokyo area. Many women taking crowded trains in Tokyo opt for women-only carriages during the rush hour to avoid gropers. Now, for fear of being accused of groping, some citizens are asking for carriages reserved solely for men. (The Independent)

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    LFRAgain

    And here's where something ultimately sad and pathetic finally wanders into the untamed expanse of the absurd.

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    griff

    let's apply a little more paper to those cracks...

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