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Violent attacks on women on UK trains have more than doubled (www.mylondon.news)

submitted 3 months ago by sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

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Can we be better please UK? WTF!

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[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 3 months ago (2 children)

not surprising since the campaign of misogyny waged by terfs, the conservatives, the labour right, and the media.

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 months ago

Add to the the russian bots

[–] Sarahw@mastodon.green 1 points 3 months ago

@cupcakezealot @sabreW4K3
And incels such as Andrew fucking Tate..

[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 10 points 3 months ago

I wonder if the lockdowns skew these figures. I'd imagine there were far less reports on 2021 as less people were using the trains.

I think it would be better to look at pre-pandemic figures and also the number of rail passengers per year vs reports.

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Jesus, Reach Media comment sections are a dumpster fire.

[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's gross!

[–] HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 3 points 3 months ago

Extremely gross.

If it was a judge, police officer or anyone with authority over convictions expressing the view. I'd feel the urge to slap them.

But be honest with ourselves. It is the world we live in. While I hope any of us seeing this sort of behaviour would try to stand up for the victim any way we can. With 0 consideration on how they choose to present themselves.

If giving advice to someone you care about. I would feel I was failing them if I did not point out some arseholes are gross. So safety needs to take them into account.