Well, Thank God For Some Small Favors

Not only do I not ride public transportation anymore but I also never had more than a couple problems with disgusting pigs when I did ride the bus and train. Other cultures need to catch up (even though America, in many ways, is going backwards).

Rio De Janeiro just started to run women-only subway cars this week...they’re pink striped.

How Brazilian women actually feel about the sex-segregated cars is something that remains to be seen. A Reuters headline screams Women applaud no-men, pink-striped metro cars, but another article says that women aren’t fans:

“Separation (of the sexes) is a throwback to my grandmother's era. It's a big step backward in the fight for women's equality," said Rogeria Peixoto, head of a Brazilian women's group.

I know I’ve said this before, but whatever: while I understand the need for immediate safety concerns, putting the responsibility on women not to get harassed rather than on the men to stop harassing is really problematic.

And I do agree that this might be the wrong approach. Next women will be walking around like those in the Middle East instead of demanding that men keep their hands and their comments to themselves.