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ladibud 24.08.17 - 12:53pm

Women-only train carriages could combat the rise in sexual offences on public transport, a Labour MP has said.
Shadow fire minister Chris Williamson said it would be worth consulting on the policy after such crimes doubled in the past five years.
However, Labour colleagues have criticised the move as normalising attacks.
Party leader Jeremy Corbyn first suggested the policy during his leadership election campaign in 2015.
Mr Williamson, MP for Derby North, highlighted figures from the British Transport Police, showing 1,448 sexual offences on trains had been reported in 2016-17, compared with 650 incidents in 2012-13.
He told PoliticsHome that women-only carriages - which have been tested in countries including Japan, Brazil and Mexico - could create a safe space. * +

ladibud 24.08.17 - 12:54pm
Pls don't make this abt Muslims, I am only interested in your views of making a woman only carriage .. is this a step backwards? * +

nikkei 24.08.17 - 12:59pm
Travel at night can be scary af. Especially in more populated areas. I think its a good idea. * +

poppyt 24.08.17 - 01:02pm
Good idea....travelling Friday and Saturday nights isn't very pleasant....when the pissed pub people get on.... * +

iilmadme 24.08.17 - 01:07pm
I think there was some debate about how that would make it seem if a woman chose not to use them * +

iilmadme 24.08.17 - 01:08pm
But i do like the option of safe women only places * +

bozzalad 24.08.17 - 01:08pm
it shouldn't be needed n it isn't right, but yes maybe now is the time.
saying that it might help if they actually punished those who commit such acts.
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obi_jon 24.08.17 - 01:34pm
I don't really like the idea but having read about the 18yr old girl who was sexually assaulted twice, by two different men, on one train journey as she returned home from a music festival, maybe there is a need for them. * +

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