Seoul Metro is planning to set up two cars only for women to prevent crimes like sexual harassment making women feel more comfortable and secure. This is, however, drawing fire from the opposition especially from men who think this idea is just ridiculous.In a street interview, a man said he did not agree with this contentious system because it is basically regarding all men as criminals or perverts. He added that he was dubious that it would be helpful to decrease the sexual crime in the subway.
People who disagree with this plan exclaim that it will just bring a segregation and an emotional gap between men and women. To top it off, they said they had no idea why Seoul Metro tries to re-operate the system which had already failed.
It's quite interesting to compare this situation with Brazil. Last April, Brazilian government tried introducing the system in Rio de Janeiro, but faced strong opposition from feminist organizations rather than from men unlike Korea. The organizations reportedly claimed the system would make their efforts that had fought to extend women's rights in vain. As it's improbable that the women only subway is going to reduce the sexual crime, they don't want to bring the controversial system into the society.
In Korea, few feminists are pointing out that it can be seen as semblance of women superiorism of over-protection of women, but most women are seemingly delighted with the plan of women only subway.
