Transportation

The Sad Ubiquity of Sexual Harassment on Public Transit

In an alarming French survey, 100 percent of women said they've experienced it.
Flickr/Susan Sermoneta

For women, the freedom to move around cities comes with caveats. Every time we go out, we make a set of complex calculations to avoid sexual harassment, assault, or worse. Here are just some of the questions women everywhere ask themselves before leaving their homes:

"Should I take the train or the bus to avoid catcalls, casual groping, and flashes of male genitalia?"