Berlin should introduce separate underground train carriages for female passengers to ensure a sense of safety at all times, Antje Kapek, a lawmaker for the Green Party in the city-state, told the Bild newspaper. "There is a really great idea that I have taken from Tokyo, where special compartments for women have been designated in the evening hours," Kapek said, the Bild reported on Wednesday. "They have a protected space that allows them to travel by underground rail even at rush hour, even in

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Berlin lawmaker Antje Kapek of the Green Party proposed introducing women-only carriages on the city’s underground trains to enhance safety, inspired by a similar approach in Tokyo.

Kapek cited rising nighttime attacks on women and crowded evening conditions as reasons for the measure, which is still a proposal without legislative backing.

Her suggestion follows a recent rape case on the Berlin metro. The city’s BVG transport authority expressed doubts, arguing current safety measures, including 250 security staff and emergency contact points, are sufficient.

    • FarceOfWill@infosec.pubEnglish
      341·
      3 days ago

      Yeah. The Japanese women only carriages are 100% necessary and also extremely shameful.

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
          81·
          3 days ago

          Does it have to be molest? Can’t it just be publicly masturbate like on New York City subways?

      • Solumbran@lemmy.worldEnglish
        85·
        3 days ago

        Ah, so you see a lot of efforts to fight rapists? I don’t, on the contrary most celebrities are now linked to some form of sexual assault and everyone defends them.

        Also, if we were to do both, please explain to me how showing gender as such a major thing that you need to discriminate based on it, would make anything better in a world where rapists would actually be fought against,

    • Sundial@lemm.eeEnglish
      118·
      3 days ago

      Its not about fighting rapists, It’s about letting women have an environment where they can feel safe.

      • Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1911·
        3 days ago

        While making young men and boys feel like they’re dangerous wolves who people fear. That’s awesome for self esteem I hear

        • Sundial@lemm.eeEnglish
          86·
          3 days ago

          This isn’t about them. A disproportionate amount of women are victims of violence, sexual assault, and rape. Their safety should take priority over the feelings of others. If a man actually sympathizes with this they wouldn’t have their self esteem take a hit and would instead understand why actions like this are necessary as we work to address this issue in our society.

      • barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish
        4·
        3 days ago

        Another safe environment is one where the woman reflexively punches the assailant’s gob, and the other men around look at him in a “what did you think would happen?” kind of way, backing her up, because self-defence is understood to be completely legitimate and justified.

        Y’all need more shield maidens wherever it is that you’re from.