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Women worldwide cite public transport systems as spaces where they experience sexual harassment from other passengers. A 2012 YouGov poll found that 31 percent of women in Britain ages 18-24 had experienced unwanted sexual attention while on public transport. A 2000 poll showed that 87 percent of American women ages 18-64 had been harassed by a stranger, and over one half of them had experienced extreme harassment. With approximately 8.7 million people riding the Tokyo metro every day, research has shown that two-thirds of women ages 20-30 have experienced sexual harassment. In Delhi, a 2010 government-backed study found that almost two out of every three women interviewed reported encountering incidents of sexual harassment between 2-5 times in the past year. * * For women only? Issue.1002 April 24, 2013 Honesty key to dorm conflicts General Questions Group Discussion Detailed Study For women only? Group Discussion On the subway, it is said many women are the victims of sexual harassment. Do you think it necessary to designate special “women-only” carriages? Why or why not? Background information Skimming and scanning: Find the answers to the following quesitons as quickly as possible. Instruction 1. Is Shanghai the only cities which have the same proposal? 2.Did the government carry out any regulations to handle this affair? Few of these proposals have so far been adopted. No Similar proposals have surfaced in other major cities in China, especially after a period in which a high number of women reported having been harassed in busy subway carriages. General Questions 3. Do everyone think it is necessary to set this kind of carriage? 4. Why are women vulnerable to sexual harassment in the subway? No, not everyone.Some say that the shortage of subway carriages, especially during rush hour, makes it unrealistic to set aside certain carriages for female passengers only. General Questions Criminal behavior on subways, especially sexual harass