Some times gender separation is a good option

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Pestered Mexican women find safety on the buses
By Andrew Gumbel
Saturday, 26 January 2008


They say that on Mexico City's crowded buses, a young woman could climb aboard a virgin and leave pregnant.


In a city where the manic overcrowding of rush hour does little to dampen the deep-seated male sense of machismo, women learn to dread the constant chat-up lines, the bodies pressed up suspiciously close to theirs, the "dead hand" that just happens to come to rest against their breasts, and worse besides.

Now, though, the women of Mexico City have officially had it. This week, the city inaugurated three bus lines for women only, with plans to add 15 more by April. So far, the experiment appears to be a great success. "With this type of transport, I can dress a little bit better, wear skirts without anyone bothering me," Sandra Jimenez, a 29-year-old commuter, told a reporter from Agence France-Presse. She had previously resorted to taking taxis to work.

The women-only buses have pink signs in the front windows and security guards on board to make sure no male Mexicans – apart from young children and disabled men – try to barge their way on. During rush hour, the dedicated buses pass by every 20to 30 minutes on some of the city's busiest routes.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/pestered-mexican-women-find-safety-on-the-buses-774304.html