Title - CONTROVERSY ON TRACKS Cover up, Shanghai metro tells women

Beijing: An appeal by the Shanghai subway asking its female passengers to dress up in a “dignified” manner to avoid assaults by perverts, has drawn strong protests from women and war cries of ‘we have right to be coquettish’.
    Several women in the Chinese city protested a statement from the municipal subway authority that “scantily clad women attract molesters”. “I can be coquettish, but you can’t harass me,” read banners raised by protesting women commuters who were offended by the subway’s lecturing.
    The women protesters covered their heads and faces with black cloth, walked into metro compartments and on platforms on Sunday to register their protests.
    Some supporters of the metro company said the statement is a reminder of goodwill. “But the tone is far from being courteous,” said Xiong Jing, a senior officer from a Beijing-based non governmental organization committed to properly reflecting women’s needs and concerns.
    More women said molesters wouldn’t be eliminated even if they put on heavy clothes