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VIDEO-NY Transit: Subway Groping Rampant |
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Wednesday, 06 August 2008 |
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VIDEO WCBS-TV NEW YORK New York City is fighting back against subway passengers who can't keep their hands to themselves.
People who get groped on crowded subway trains will be encouraged to report it as part of an anti-groping campaign being launched by New York City Transit next month.
The agency expects to distribute 2,000 posters throughout the subway system that tell people who are sexually harassed on trains to report it to an employee or police officer.
A study by Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer last year found 63 percent of women surveyed reported being sexually harassed while on subways and another 10 percent said they were sexually assaulted.
"Women, in particular, need a strong and smart response from the MTA," Stringer said.
Since the report came out, the MTA had considered various awareness campaigns. Meanwhile, posters stating, "Rob against me and I'll expose you," are decorating subway cars in Boston.
Most women CBS 2 HD talked to said that when they are touched on the subway they feel helpless and do whatever they can to move away from the person touching them.
"I don't know if there is much that can be done about it," straphanger Danielle Cheriff said. "It's sad but kind of true."
Stringer has a suggestion for every woman who feels as if she's been sexually harassed on the subway: "If you get touched you should complain, and the more people that complain the more the MTA will have to develop a set of ways to hear those complaints and respond."
The MTA suggests speaking to a transit employee or calling the police if you are groped on the subway.
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