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Segregating Women to "Save" Them


The Nation
By Jessica Valenti
Last week Mexico City unveiled women-only buses as a way to battle the increasing sexual harassment on public transportation. Some men treat women so badly that the subway system has long had ladies-only cars during rush hour, with police segregating the sexes on the platforms. But that hasn't helped women forced to rely on packed buses, by far the city's most-used form of public transportation -- until this week. Acting on complaints from women's groups, the city rolled out "ladies only" buses, complete with pink signs in the windshields to wave off the men.

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