Segregating Women on Public Transport Is the Wrong Solution to Crime Problems
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The article argues that segregating women on public transport is not an effective solution to crime problems, and the discussion revolves around the trade-offs between short-term comfort and long-term behavioral change.
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Changing the behavior of a small number of men that causes outsized impacts on victims will not happen overnight, unfortunately.