USEUROPEAFRICAASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
    Lifestyle
    Home / Lifestyle / News

    Police advise women to 'cover up'

    By Cao Yin | China Daily | Updated: 2013-06-05 10:47

    Beijing police and public transport authorities have published a guideline to prevent the sexual harassment of passengers on buses and subways, but experts doubt it will solve the problem at its root.

    The guideline, published by the traffic department under the Beijing Public Security Bureau on Monday, says women should not wear minimal clothing, such as mini skirts or hot pants when taking public transportation and should call police promptly if they are sexually harassed.

    Women are advised to not sit on higher levels of buses and to stand on lower stairs, to avoid being the target of inappropriate picture-taking, and they should shelter their bodies with bags, magazines and newspapers.

    In the case of sexual harassment, women can move to areas with more passengers to ask for help, or they can push men as buses and subways brake, the guideline added.

    Xing Wei, a police officer with the department, said on Tuesday that the guideline has been published on the bureau's micro blog, asking that women be informed to increase awareness for protection.

    "It is hard for us to collect evidence in sexual harassment cases despite cameras on buses and subways," Xing said. "It is also difficult to train public transportation workers to assist women in harassment prevention and response".

    Now, police will warn, fine and detain perpetrators of sexual harassment in accordance with a security control regulation in place, he said, adding the heaviest punishment is a 15-day detention.

    Wang Jiansheng, director of the security department with Fourth Transport Company under Beijing Public Transport Holdings Ltd, echoed the police officer, saying the best safety method is to ask conductors to remind women to protect themselves, rather than publish notices or establish a rule.

    "When a woman informs the company that she has been sexually harassed, we'll report to the police and assist them in the investigation," Wang said.

    Currently, the company has no channel or emergency system in place to take complaints from passengers and the majority of buses do not have cameras, he noted.

    "After all, as a transport company, our main job is to take passengers to their destinations," Wang added.

    However, Jiang Yue, a law professor at Xiamen University and an expert in women's rights, refuted the company's opinion and said the advisory from police will not solve the problem at its root.

    "In fact, it's easy and necessary to require transport operators to provide warnings on buses and subways," Jiang said. "Passengers pay to take transport, so they have the responsibly to give them a safe environment".

    Jiang suggested a law to prevent sexual harassment, adding harassment affects men as well as women.

    Lin Lixia, an expert in women's protection with Beijing Zhongze Women's Legal Counseling and Service Center, agreed with Jiang, adding that a law should make the responsibility and punishment of the transport operators clear.

    "Subway companies should establish a complaint channel for passengers and inform the public of what they can do in case of an emergency, including sexual harassment," Lin said.

    Urging public transport companies to take such measures is the most effective prevention for now, because writing law can be a difficult process that takes time, she said.

    Police advise women to 'cover up'

    Police advise women to 'cover up'

     Learning to be a perfect lady proves fruitful  Pole position

    Previous 1 2 Next

    Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
    License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

    Registration Number: 130349
    FOLLOW US
    亚洲AⅤ无码一区二区三区在线 | 人妻AV中文字幕一区二区三区| 久久亚洲精品无码aⅴ大香| 久久中文字幕无码专区| 亚洲AV无码一区二区乱孑伦AS| 狠狠躁夜夜躁无码中文字幕| 国产无码网页在线观看| 亚洲AV无码一区二区乱子伦| 久久精品中文字幕一区| 永久无码精品三区在线4| 国产成人精品无码片区在线观看 | 人妻少妇看A偷人无码电影| 亚洲AV永久无码天堂影院 | 国产乱子伦精品无码码专区| 成人无码AV一区二区| 亚洲国产中文v高清在线观看 | 欧美中文在线视频| 亚洲AV无码成人精品区狼人影院 | 久久水蜜桃亚洲av无码精品麻豆 | 日本中文字幕高清| 欧美乱人伦人妻中文字幕| 亚洲欧美综合中文| 亚洲AⅤ永久无码精品AA| 人妻少妇无码视频在线| 国产成A人亚洲精V品无码| 精品人无码一区二区三区| 日韩网红少妇无码视频香港| 亚洲精品无码mv在线观看网站| 无码AV动漫精品一区二区免费| 爆操夜夜操天天操狠操中文| 精品久久人妻av中文字幕| 国产中文在线观看| 免费在线中文日本| 无码精品A∨在线观看中文| 人妻中文字幕乱人伦在线| 日韩精品一区二区三区中文| 中文字幕精品无码一区二区三区 | 永久无码精品三区在线4| 中文字幕亚洲精品无码| 最新中文字幕AV无码不卡| 精品久久久中文字幕人妻|