KTM Ladies Coach

My brother wanted to go down to Time Square to celebrate his girlfriend's birthday so mum decided to go down to KL as well by TRAIN! She said she wanted to familiarize herself with the public transport system so she can go down to KL by herself next time (I really don't know why she fears driving down to KL =S). Since mum didn't want to go alone, I accompanied her with the thought of going to shop at KLCC =P (though we ended up window shopping only -_-'')

It's been a while since I last took the train down to KL, and for someone like me who seldom pay attention to the news, I was quite surprised by the ladies coach concept.

The middle coach of the Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM) is now reserved for ladies only AT ALL TIMES.

Banners are put up at the station to marked the waiting area for the ladies coach.
The poles were even painted pink in some of the stations.

These stickers can also be seen on the middle coach's windows.

As most of you will know, the train is a great place for perverts to explore, especially during peak hours where you have nowhere to run because everyone is packed like sardines. To reduce the amount of sexual harassments, Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) came up with this ladies only coach solution. Though the reason behind this concept is good, I find it a bit ridiculous and unnecessary.

WHY?

1. It is sexist. Female and kids (little boys below the age of 12 are allowed in the coach if accompanied by a female caretaker) can sexually harass passengers too.
2. Nobody adheres to the rules unless an officer is monitoring at the station. My brother got on the ladies coach along with me and mum. There were a few other male passengers on board too.
3. If officers need to be hired to make sure only females board the ladies coach, the price of the train ticket is most likely going to increase and everybody will start complaining.
4. It is unfair to male passengers during peak hours. But the officers didn't care about them boarding the ladies coach then.
5. Because of No. 4 above, it defeats the purpose of having a ladies coach in the first place. Peak hours are perverts' happy hour.
6. We are going backwards in terms of development. Women did not fight for their rights to vote so they can have a coach all to themselves.
7. It is an insult to women, implying that we cannot fend for ourselves and need such an exclusive benefit to protect us.

All that said, I do quite enjoy not having to rub my ass against unwanted hands, asses and crotches. Maybe I was just lucky to board the train during non-peak hours. I have experienced squeezing myself into a metro in Singapore numerous times before and it was definitely not pleasant even without mysterious hands wandering around.

On a side note, how do you pronounce 'koc'? I'm not sure whether it's because I don't speak Malay very well or I just happened to be thinking dirty...but I pronounced 'koc' as 'cock' when I first saw the word and was wondering what the hell 'koc wanita' means until I read the English translation -_-''