Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!news.moat.net!news.glorb.com!postnews.google.com!g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: "John W." Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Women-only carriage Date: 11 May 2005 05:57:01 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 42 Message-ID: <1115816221.739339.138690@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.32.36.230 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Trace: posting.google.com 1115816226 1981 127.0.0.1 (11 May 2005 12:57:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 12:57:06 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: User-Agent: G2/0.2 Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com; posting-host=67.32.36.230; posting-account=IGBrEwwAAABPCeBilOMHVky8YEHrk0Ub Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:27258 B Robson wrote: > Sryn wrote: > > Excerpt from http://www.japaninc.com/newsletters/index.html?list=jin > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > 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.