B Robson wrote:
> Sryn wrote:
> > Excerpt from
http://www.japaninc.com/newsletters/index.html?list=jin
> >
> > <quote>
> >
> > The Saikyo Line of Japan Railways (JR), notorious for gropers,
> > with the highest number of arrests amongst railways in Tokyo,
> > established in April a women-only car during the morning rush hour;
> > men are barred from the first car of ten-car trains. Women in this
> > gender-exclusive car tap out text messages on cell phones, flip
> > the pages of magazines, do their faces.  Men squeezed into
> > contortionist poses in the next car look with envy on the
> > non-strap-hanging sorority.
> >
> > </quote>
> >
> > The last sentence stitched me up.
> >
> > Sryn
> >
> >
>
> My line just started womens carriages, the very last carriage which I

> used to use as it was the least crowded. Now the 2nd and 3rd to last
> carriages are so crowded you have to force your way on to them, the
last
> women's carriage has barely anyone standing. Obviously the chikan
> problem is not so bad that women are prepared to walk a few meters to

> avoid it.

I really had a hard time with this women-only car thing when I was in
Japan recently, because it seemed I always lined up at the wrong door.
I thought I was just lucky to be standing in a line with a bunch of
women. One question I have is, can a male child go with his mother? Do
the rules even consider this?

John W.