Women Find Peace on Commuter Trains in India - NY Times

[shadowkat]

Via work - read the following news clipping that should be of interest to anyone interested in women's rights and how women are perceived around the world.

Go here: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/16/world/asia/16ladies.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=Women%20in%20India&st=cse

Summary - while upper-class or upper-middle class women are treated well, working class women struggle. And have been known to endure groping and harrassment on commuter trains. In order to grant them some relief - the Indian government set up a Ladies Train Special - commuter trains that only have women on board. Here, finally they find some peace.

Comments

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the information on Japan. Most of what I know about the culture over there comes from Japanese film, magna, and anime - but it is hard to tell how well it represents that culture. (Sort of similar to how they view us, I'm certain.)

upskirting

Sigh. This is why I hated wearing skirts or dresses in elementary through high school. That and pants are so much more comfortable. Not sure they have a choice though in Japan. Nor did they here in private schools.

[honorh.livejournal.com]

School uniforms here (always worn to school from middle school on) are always skirts for the girls, trousers for the boys. No, they have no choice at all. And the fetishization is something else. It's a verifiable fact that used schoolgirl panties are sold at some porn shops here--the girls having been paid quite well for them, of course. Oh, Japan! So awesome in so many ways, so very creepy in others.