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Interesting idea, but does that mean the few women who ride the now mostly men buses will get treated even worse?

What about this instead? Women at the front of the bus, men at the back, and couples in the middle (to form a barrier).

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@ Karkus -

Rosa Parks would surely have had a field day with your idea.

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Yep, that's exactly what came to my mind too when I wrote that comment #1.
Then again, how are front/back segregated buses any worse than the "separate but equal" type bus separation system that they're now using? Besides, the front/back idea is more efficient, in terms of how many buses you have to run to still provide everyone with frequent service.

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Ugh. This is an astoundingly sexist policy. Giving women special treatment to protect them does nothing to protect them. They're basically just giving up and saying "well, men are like that" instead of trying to *correct* their behaviour, saying "No, that is NOT acceptable" and actually punishing the offenders.

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say what you want.. this is sexist, how dare they segregate, etc. it all comes down to ignorance and the lack of respect that our world has

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why should we women have to put up with cr*p?????? society???? it's well past time to make a stand once again.... MEN DON'T RULE THE WORLD........

WE ALL DO!!!! BOTH SEXES!!!! so grip your little palm together boys and make peace

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Theere should be stricter laws against men who harm women in any way. Also, men should be taught respect and they should ban any movies where women are treated badly! Maybe we women should start getting violent back!

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This story was not about the problems in the usa where your freedom and rights are better protected This story is in Mexico City where murder is more likely the solution to many problems and the police there are powerless to protect the ones who need it the most. So many of the women are VERY gratefull for a bus that they can ride in peace to work or whatever.

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Well, the very attitude that started this system is the same attitude that helps to foster those demeaning and aggressive behaviors towards women.
The whole idea of ;the 'weaker', delicate' sex, Of men saying "we must protect out little wives and homemakers and daughters and in many cases our 'whores' from the all-to-powerful man..."
Wrong!! Punish the aggressors, encourage women to resist and to speak out against that kind of harassment and abuse!

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i agree with #8 this is mexico city not america things are done differently there they do not have the same freedoms we enjoy -and hate- in america.

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"Due to severely inappropriate behavior by some men (groping, verbal harassment) on Mexico City pubic transportation..." PUBIC transportation???!!! What a place to make a typo!!

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Get a grip...don't most of you read the paper...So many women are being attacked in Mexico, they are trying to protect them....

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I think it's a great idea. To all those who think it's sexist, that's ridiculous! they have a choice: Ride the safe all women bus, or ride the regular bus. They aren't mandating that all females ride the all women bus. Youalso have to remember that it's mexico city, not the US. The police don't have as much control, so trying to repremand the men is not a likely solution

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HELLO! That is happening in MEXICO!!! NOT here!! Mexico is a different country, different laws, different rights. If that behavior happened here, in the US, 9 times out of 10 a woman whip out a pistol and shoot the guy! :) So before you go ape and scream 'how sexist!' remember, Mexico is NOT the USA! It's different down there.

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DID ANYONE LOOK AT THE PHOTO'S OF THESE "WOMEN"? MOST OF THEM DON'T LOOK WEAK OR DELICATE TO ME. NO WONDER THE MEN GAVE THEM THIER OWN BUS!!!THE WOMEN WERE PROBLY GROPING AND HARASSING THE MEN.

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THIS IS A GREAT IDEA. THEY SHOULD HAVE THIS IN NY. ALL THOSE STUPID GROPING FOOLISH, MEN. I WOULD RIDE ONE IF THEY HAD THEM HERE. EXCELLENT IDEA.

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The real reason we don't need it in the U. S. is that if anyone groped any women I know, they would be smacked HARD, and probably with a purse or shoe, or kicked where it hurts most.

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6. why should we women have to put up with cr*p?????? society???? it's well past time to make a stand once again.... MEN DON'T RULE THE WORLD........

wow, what fantasy land do YOU live in? sorry babe, men DO rule the world

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I understand that it is not mandatory for women to ride the "women-only buses" it is only for those who choose to do so. However I think those women who rather ride a "women-only" bus need to stop being afraid of men and just deal with them! Yes just deal with all of their crap, because afterall we all live in a world of men and women. So even though mexican women may be able to avoid men in a bus, they can't avoid them at work, school, supermarkets, and especially in the streets. We all have to deal with men and women on a daily basis so I'm just saying: "Mexican women need to just deal wit it!"

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7. Theere should be stricter laws against men who harm women in any way. Also, men should be taught respect and they should ban any movies where women are treated badly! Maybe we women should start getting violent back!

bad idea, 98% of the ladies would lose the fight in 2 seconds or less

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