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What not to wear (to avoid Shanghai’s subway gropers): Outrage after women told to have ‘self-respect’
A subway operator in the Chinese metropolis of Shanghai has caused uproar by warning women not to wear revealing clothes to avoid being groped by the city’s “perverts”.
On its microblogging site, the Shanghai No.2 Subway Co posted a picture of a women in a see-through dress and warned: “If you dress like this on the subway, you will undoubtedly be harassed.
“The subway is full of perverts — women, have some self-respect!”
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