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India's largest budget carrier, IndiGo, is the first airline to trial a feature that lets female passengers book seats next to other women to avoid sitting shoulder-to-shoulder with a man in a move designed to make flying more comfortable for female passengers, according to a CNBC report.

The airline's booking process is fairly standard except for the seat map which highlights seats occupied by women with the color pink. This information is not visible to male passengers, according to the airline, CNBC reported. IndiGo did not immediately respond to CBS MoneyWatch's request for comment on the new feature.

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[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 60 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Have you like, ignored every second piece of information coming out of india the last decades?

They have a terrible issue with misogyny, there are countless stories of rape and other forms of assault on any kind of women (and girls). Indians, foreigners, none are safe, even with men accompanying them for protection. One or two guys can't do much against a rape mob.

India is probably the first country I would warn a woman away from if she were looking for vacation destinations. Followed by islamic countries.

[–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 month ago

My wife got invited to a wedding in India and I was not invited (long story). She asked the bride if it was safe to travel to the wedding alone and she straight up said "No. You should find a travel buddy."

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Yeah my sister went to India a few years back by herself and while thankfully nothing terrible happened to her, she said she would never go back. Just walking around she said the streets are majority men and they are not shy about staring at any woman (especially someone who was clearly a foreigner). Of course, parts of the trip were cool but definitely not the place to be travelling alone as a woman.

[–] LotrOrc@lemmy.world -5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Mm idk about that. Yes there is a lot of violence against women in India. Generally, the Indians flying are not gonna be the ones doing that. Secondly, there is a lot of violence against women all over the world, it's not just an India thing. Hell half the US political system is trying to give women the death penalty for the consequences of being raped. Or just for deciding they don't want kids.

[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Not denying violence against women is an issue elsewhere too, but you would be hard pressed to find such a staggering density of sexual violence, in rather public areas, committed by groups of men for little to no provocation other than a woman being in the wrong place.

Now I am not saying all Indian men are rapists of course, but there certainly is evidence of a system wide, cultural aspect creating and enabling this behavior in a way rarely seen elsewhere.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

So help you if you’re a lady who wants to be out after 6PM in UP or South Delhi… RIP Jyoti

[–] LotrOrc@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah I mean I can agree with the second paragraph for sure

I dont know the statistics off the top of my head, I'm just wondering how it measures up considering the number of people

But you're right. Especially considering what's just happened this week