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Anonymous wrote:The sexual assault numbers are grossly inflated because probably 95% of it is just groups of male teens running around playing “grab-ass”, tapping women on their butts on a dare from their friends. That’s just kids being kids. It hardly qualifies as a “sexual assault” in their community.

Oh.

My.

God.

You can tell the post written by elderly out of date men.

I doubt an elderly man would excuse that kind of behavior. Look to the young men who are engaging in these assaults.

I am not surprised and stopped riding the Metro since back in 2005 when I was held up at gun point and nobody from the Metro station manager to the Metro police were the least bit concerned. They didn't even take my information to follow up. I never rode the metro after that. All the police did was look for them on the train (it had already left the station).

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Anonymous wrote:The report covers the period 2010-2017. That's not an implication, it's literally what the report says.

Evidently you believe that I should feel unsafe on Metro. Notwithstanding your belief, however, I continue to feel safe on Metro.

The point that you don't seem to want to understand is that no one cares how you feel. There is a real problem with the transit system that has nothing to do with you, but all you seemingly want to do is talk about yourself. Speaks volumes.

Are you the person who titled the thread "Ride Metro at your own risk"?

Are you the person who thinks that your personal "it's fine" experience is more important than many sexual assault survivors?

No. Nobody said that.

And yet, they have. The post below is very clear, "I have not had any issues".

Fwiw, I take the red line almost every day and have never have any issues since 2015. In fact, it's been much more pleasant than NYC!

I am not the person who said that. But it doesn't say what you claim it says. Just like, "I had a great dinner at that new restaurant last night" doesn't say, "My personal "great dinner" experience is more important than the experience of many people who are food-insecure."

Interesting that you would use the analogy of a dining experience review in a thread about sexual assaults and crimes. Not even remotely appropriate.

It used to be the jewel in the crown, The envy of other transit systems. It also used to bring a lot of folks + revenue in from Virginia / MD for weekend partying.

Ugh. "Can't have nice things"

Anonymous wrote:The sexual assault numbers are grossly inflated because probably 95% of it is just groups of male teens running around playing “grab-ass”, tapping women on their butts on a dare from their friends. That’s just kids being kids. It hardly qualifies as a “sexual assault” in their community.

Oh.

My.

God.

You can tell the post written by elderly out of date men.

I had a man rub his privates against me and another grab me with his hands. I also had a drugged or drink guy offer to take his pants off right outside the metro entrance.

Men are gross.

I wear a thick winter coat when it’s cold. And when it happens, I begin to narrate VERY loudly what they are doing so the entire car can hear. That gets them off me in a jiffy.

A woman I know looked up to see a man fondling himself while looking at her.

Yeah, I don’t plan to ride metro anytime soon.

I stopped riding metro for 3 reasons- the escalators malfunctioning, fires on the track, rising crime down there. They've pretty much addressed the first two....

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Anonymous wrote:The sexual assault numbers are grossly inflated because probably 95% of it is just groups of male teens running around playing “grab-ass”, tapping women on their butts on a dare from their friends. That’s just kids being kids. It hardly qualifies as a “sexual assault” in their community.

I suspect that this is a troll post. But if not, then no, it is not kids being kids, it is assault.

It's obnoxious. It's not getting punched in the head or worse, which is kids being kids. And assault.

That's horrible, but it's still safer than driving.

Isn’t metro kind of a jobs program? I’m sure the only qualification to work there is a pulse.

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Anonymous wrote:The sexual assault numbers are grossly inflated because probably 95% of it is just groups of male teens running around playing “grab-ass”, tapping women on their butts on a dare from their friends. That’s just kids being kids. It hardly qualifies as a “sexual assault” in their community.

I suspect that this is a troll post. But if not, then no, it is not kids being kids, it is assault.

What does that mean?

Anonymous wrote:The sexual assault numbers are grossly inflated because probably 95% of it is just groups of male teens running around playing “grab-ass”, tapping women on their butts on a dare from their friends. That’s just kids being kids. It hardly qualifies as a “sexual assault” in their community.

I suspect that this is a troll post. But if not, then no, it is not kids being kids, it is assault.

I've been riding it at my own risk for the better part of two decades. Still not surprised by the inability and incompetence. Just par for the course for WMATA!

Anonymous wrote:Jesus. I stopped riding metro back in the days of fire in the tracks and the escalators spitting people two stories. But this is unseemly. Is it Purge down there?

Try and unbubble for a bit.

Anonymous wrote:You see the movie death wish, good history lesson what DC needs to keep the BLM thugs in check

Why does DC want to keep out the Bureau of Land Management? They support a lot of jobs here.