If You Haven't Heard.....

The Chicago Sun-Times newspaper featured a write up about harrassment of women on CTA buses and trains. The article included testimonies from various women who have fell victim of the unwanted attention by other male passenegers on the CTA.

According a survey conducted by the paper 13% of riders have went as far as to say that they have been sexually assualted on the CTA. But an astonishing 91% of the participants who said that they were sexually assualted stated that they never filed a complaint with police or the CTA. Some say mainly due to the fact that by the time that they report it the harrasser would probably be gone.

After reading the numbers I started to think that maybe it is not as big of deal as people are trying to make it. If 91% of alledged victims on the CTA do not even report it to an officer or CTA personnel why complain about it now? In the article the biggesst complaint that most of the women have was the unwanted verbal attention that male passengers give to them. But in a land where the freedom of speech is a right isn't the easiest thihg to do is simply walk away?