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When I booked a long distance bus in Turkiye and in Azerbaijan, the interface showed me the gender of other people, and prevented me to sit next to someone of the opposite gender. There was also a special case for children. As far as I understand, this is required by law, so Flixbus and other companies had to implement this feature.
> it said it opened 96 in-flight sexual assault cases in 2023. This seems a very low number; roughly on the same order as number of people who die in an air craft accident (that is: dozens or hundreds/year, rather than thousands or more). Total cases opened was 512 by the way: https://www.faa.gov/unruly
Are you saying they are underestimating the number? Or are you saying that the number isn’t high enough to warrant action? Your comment isn’t clear.
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Are you saying they are underestimating the number? Or are you saying that the number isn’t high enough to warrant action? Your comment isn’t clear.
I believe the first, they're saying that it's about as likely to report being sexually assaulted on a plane as to die in a plane crash, which seems extraordinarily unlikely to be true, and if it IS true, it implies that planes are already safe places, safer than most other environments you'll be in.
What happens if no women were ok with sitting next to a man?
When I booked a long distance bus in Turkiye and in Azerbaijan, the interface showed me the gender of other people, and prevented me to sit next to someone of the opposite gender. There was also a special case for children. As far as I understand, this is required by law, so Flixbus and other companies had to implement this feature.
So, gender equality is seen as a moral right and is required by law in some countries, while the same is seen as a sin and is forbidden by law in others.
If you are 6'5 heigh equality could mean that smaller people sit or stand in front of you.
For woman it doesn't mean they have to go to military but could.
When I booked a long distance bus in Turkiye and in Azerbaijan, the interface showed me the gender of other people, and prevented me to sit next to someone of the opposite gender. There was also a special case for children. As far as I understand, this is required by law, so Flixbus and other companies had to implement this feature.
I wonder how this will/would work with trans people. I hope it is done with suitable sensitivity and sensibility.
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I wonder how this will/would work with trans people. I hope it is done with suitable sensitivity and sensibility.
Trans people and trans right are such a US/EU and a few Asian countries issue and some say fad - they literally do not exist anywhere else as a matter of public policy or visibility.
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Really? I'm guessing very much not, given the track record of Islamic countries on LGBTQ+ issues
It’s more complicated than that, for exactly Pakistan recognizes a third sex since years. It’s just rather shitty how they do it…
Hijra (transgender, intersex, or eunuch) are recognized, but live at the margins of society on the Indian subcontinent.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hijra_(South_Asia)#Social_stat...
Given the tightness of airline seating and typical shoulder width for each gender, alternating male / female seating seems ideal space-wise.