Southern Network News (all-media reporter/Li Yezhen) A few days ago, the "female carriage" in Guangzhou attracted another wave of attention.
Recently, some netizens said that the "female carriages" of Guangzhou Metro are all male passengers in the morning and evening rush hours, but women can’t squeeze in, but the carriages are full. The news quickly detonated the hot spot of public opinion and attracted many netizens’ onlookers and discussions.
Since June 28, 2017, Guangzhou Metro Company has set up a "women’s carriage" on Line 1. During the peak hours from 7: 30 to 9: 30 and from 17: 30 to 19: 30 on weekdays, passengers are encouraged to provide the carriage exclusively for women.
Since its implementation for some time, "female carriage" has attracted both praise and criticism.
Now the "female carriage" has been promoted for nearly nine months. What is the actual experience? Is it really "in name only" as some netizens said? On March 8, the reporter came to Metro Line 1 and experienced it for himself.
During the morning rush hour of Women’s Day, most of the "female carriages" are female passengers.
At 8 o’clock in the morning, the reporter came to Yangji subway station, which is the transfer station of Guangzhou Line 1 and Line 5. At the peak of work, a large number of passengers poured into the station.
Coming down from the escalator, in front of the platform of the women’s carriage, the reporter saw two volunteers standing on both sides with cards in their hands, and the message "Women’s carriage" was clearly written on the cards.
"This is a women’s car, please get on the bus in the next car." Volunteers stopped a male passenger who wanted to go to the "female carriage". After the other person nodded, he went to the next carriage to wait.
After the guidance of volunteers, the male passengers waiting for the bus in front of the "female carriage" in Yangji Station almost "disappeared". The reporter saw that almost all the people waiting for the bus in front of the "women’s car" platform were women, and the queue length was about half less than that in front of other platforms.
The reporter observed the subway going to Xilang and Guangzhou East, and found that most of the "female carriages" were female passengers, and only a few male passengers appeared alone.
The reporter then divided the soldiers into two ways and took the subway in both directions of Line 1. After rough statistics, the ratio between male passengers and female passengers in female carriages remained at around 1:5.
There are fewer people in the queue, and the carriages are not crowded. Many female passengers specially come to sit in the "female carriages". Passenger Miss Chen told us that she found that the number of queues here today was much less than usual, so she came from a distance. "It may be that on Women’s Day, men have paid more attention." Miss Chen said.
The situation with and without guidance is very different.
According to the relevant person in charge of Guangzhou Metro Company, the volunteers in the station are all internal employees or interns. Before the volunteers take up their posts, they should be trained on the standards of dress, guiding caliber, civilized language and service behavior, so as to ensure that every female coach can provide high-quality and standard services for passengers in their posts.
The reporter noticed that after the guidance of volunteers, many male passengers were indeed more "conscious". At the station of Nongjiaosuo, from time to time, male passengers saw volunteers guiding in front of the "female carriage" and turned to other platforms.
However, some people refused to leave after being guided by volunteers. In guangzhou east railway station, an old man was very dissatisfied with being reminded by volunteers, and even called "basking in the air (meaningless)". Another male passenger who was rushing to work quickly walked to the "female carriage" and was stopped by volunteers and even called "no time".
At 9 o’clock in the morning, after the rush hour, the volunteers on duty in gongyuanqian station also left the scene. The reporter noticed that after a few minutes, the number of male passengers waiting for the bus in front of the "female carriage" obviously increased. At this time, there is still half an hour before the end of the "female carriage".
Then, the reporter went to the next station, Nongjiaosuo Station, where there were still volunteers to guide, and most of the people waiting for the bus in front of the "female carriage" were still women.
"I didn’t know there was a female carriage before, and I didn’t notice the logo." A male passenger who walked into the "female carriage" told reporters. He said that he seldom came to take Line 1, and the pink sign of "women’s car" on the ground in front of the platform door and on the glass wall of the screen door at first thought it was an advertisement.
"It is very important to have volunteer guidance. After all, it is during the rush hour and there are so many people. If you don’t notice the sign, you don’t know that it is a female carriage." Passenger Miss Wang suggested that if volunteers can’t guide passengers every day, they should at least set up fixed signs in front of women’s carriages.
Women can squeeze into the "female carriage", but the concept still needs to be popularized.
As for the behavior that many male passengers enter the "female carriage" within a specified period of time, some passengers think that it is understandable for men to enter the "female carriage" after all, during the rush hour of commuting to work. "Among the 10 passengers, there will probably be four or five men. Because the female compartment is not so crowded, people who are rushing to work will enter the female compartment. " The passenger said.
"You don’t have to look at people with colored glasses. When you see men entering women’s carriages, you criticize them." Ms. Yao, a passenger, believes that the goal of setting up a "female carriage" has been achieved when there are more women than men in the carriage.
Some passengers also said that to change the situation of more male passengers in "female carriages", it is not only necessary to rely on passengers’ self-discipline, but the subway company should also make some adjustments to some settings according to the current use situation.
Ms. Huang, a passenger, thinks that because the position of the "female carriage" is too close to the escalators of some subway stations, many men walk straight in without looking at the signs. "This setting may be based on the convenience of women, but I think it is counterproductive." Ms. Huang said.
Some passengers also said that the propaganda and guidance work on women’s carriages cannot be relaxed. Many people report that the logo of the female carriage is inconspicuous, which causes many passengers to pay no attention or care. The subway company needs to continuously cultivate passengers’ travel habits through broadcasting, logo and volunteer guidance.
In the interview, most passengers still support the setting of female carriages. "When it is crowded or hot, it is very intimate to be able to provide more space for women." A passenger said.
In this case, the person in charge of Guangzhou Metro said that it will continue to evaluate the on-site operation, reasonably set up on-site guidance and publicity guidance methods, and collect opinions and suggestions from all walks of life with a positive and open attitude. Guangzhou Metro hopes to continuously carry forward the civilized concept of "caring for and respecting women" by setting up female carriages.
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