By Seoul is in the process of trying to make the city safer for women:
Women in Seoul may soon have the luxury of pulling into parking spots marked with bright pink lines and pink figures wearing skirts, while men are left to station themselves in dark and less convenient corners.
These pink fixtures — which are starting to pop up around the city and which most people are not aware of yet — are part of an effort to create a safer environment for women after a crime wave hit the country, as well as part of a broader movement called “Women-Friendly Seoul.”
The Seoul city government has committed hundreds of millions of dollars to the four-year project to transform the city into one in which women feel “happy.” [Global Post]
If the Seoul city government is interested in making a safer city for women, I have a suggestion, forget the pink parking spaces, how about putting the sexual predators in jail? Or how about quit giving the victims of sexual assault back to the perpetrators?
5:19 am on June 21st, 2009 1
They have these parking spots outside of gate 20 and there always bongo or delivery trucks parked in them. Looks like everyone got that memo!!
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5:52 am on June 21st, 2009 2
No, no, no!!!
They got the memo- but in Korea, that rule isn’t for the people who actually parked there- it’s for everyone else BUT the person who parked there.
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6:47 am on June 21st, 2009 3
They have them in the underground parking lot of the E-Mart near Yongsan Station also. Same story though…no one payed any attention whatsoever – open (pink) spaces were fair game for anyone looking for a parking space.
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5:06 pm on June 21st, 2009 4
It’s a dicriminatory practice. If you want to protect women, don’t do it at the expense of gender equality.
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June 22nd, 2009 at 10:18 am
I agree with you.
But equal? Not possible. When I come back, I want to be female—a gay female of course 
But we live in a time when those who are seen as having been treated less than equal in the past are now treated as special. they still are not “equal”. They are “in need” of special treatment.
In my Military Days, women were “equal”. They didn’t have to do as many push ups as me, even thou their body weighted less and they were younger. They didn’t have to run as fast, thou they carried less weight and were younger. At last they DID have to do as many situps, but this took time to happen. Oh but they did get the same pay check. Bet your ass they got the same pay, while being held to a lesser standard.
Male and female are seldom equal. Females are generaly smarter
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8:52 pm on June 21st, 2009 5
RE #3, they had them on the upper level of Yongsan Station also. But since they were at the back of the garage (farthest away from the entrance), women weren’t necessarily using them–too far to walk.
I started to park in one, without realizing they were women’s spots (they weren’t pink, but there was a sign posted saying the parking was reserved for women). I moved after realizing my error.
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1:17 pm on June 22nd, 2009 6
God made man. Samuel Colt made them equal.
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June 22nd, 2009 at 3:04 pm
Guns are bad, mmmmkay? It’s morally superior to be a victim of violent assault than it is to use violence to defend oneself.
Please stack your clothing and belongings neatly- you will need them after your shower.
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