JBH, I don't believe that would actually solve the problem.
Women removing themselves from that particular situation would just result in the problem manifesting elsewhere, and where do you draw the line?
If women get hassled on public transport, i.e. they can't catch a bus because of groping men, they resort to private hire taxis.
Women start to get hassled in some of the private hire taxis by some of the drivers, so you suggest they stop using taxis with male drivers.
I've personally been hassled walking through streets in other countries, do you think women should stop walking or being out in public more generally? Where do you draw the line? At what point do you say: It's not up to the women to stop catching buses, it's not up to the women to stop using taxis driven by male drivers, it's not up to the women to stop being provocative (i.e. simply being out in public)?
At what point does someone say that the problem is these men who can't control their urges and they are the ones who need to address their behaviour?
Who's to say that if these men are deprived of a chance to behave in this fashion in their taxis that the problem won't manifest elsewhere? I can tell you the answer right now, if they are deprived of one outlet they will manifest their behaviour elsewhere.
You're putting the onus on women, when women are the innocent parties in all this. You are basically saying that if a woman gets in a taxi with a male driver, then she's partly to blame, she's almost asking for it.
You think you're not saying women are to blame, but on a basic level if you're saying that the solution to the problem is to remove women from the situation, that if only the women were to remove themselves from the situation everything would be okay, then you are saying that it's the women who are the problem.
JBH, I don't believe that would actually solve the problem.
Women removing themselves from that particular situation would just result in the problem manifesting elsewhere, and where do you draw the line?
If women get hassled on public transport, i.e. they can't catch a bus because of groping men, they resort to private hire taxis.
Women start to get hassled in some of the private hire taxis by some of the drivers, so you suggest they stop using taxis with male drivers.
I've personally been hassled walking through streets in other countries, do you think women should stop walking or being out in public more generally? Where do you draw the line? At what point do you say: It's not up to the women to stop catching buses, it's not up to the women to stop using taxis driven by male drivers, it's not up to the women to stop being provocative (i.e. simply being out in public)?
At what point does someone say that the problem is these men who can't control their urges and they are the ones who need to address their behaviour?
Who's to say that if these men are deprived of a chance to behave in this fashion in their taxis that the problem won't manifest elsewhere? I can tell you the answer right now, if they are deprived of one outlet they will manifest their behaviour elsewhere.
You're putting the onus on women, when women are the innocent parties in all this. You are basically saying that if a woman gets in a taxi with a male driver, then she's partly to blame, she's almost asking for it.
You think you're not saying women are to blame, but on a basic level if you're saying that the solution to the problem is to remove women from the situation, that if only the women were to remove themselves from the situation everything would be okay, then you are saying that it's the women who are the problem.