Mexico City Transit is Gender-Segregated, And I Think I Love It

A radical solution to violence against women in CDMX

Darcy Reeder
An Injustice!
Published in
10 min readMar 17, 2020

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CDMX Metro sign. Includes drawings of brown-skinned women (including one in a wheelchair) and kids, with Spanish words.
Mexico City Metrobus sign: “Let’s respect the exclusive spaces. They’re so women can travel free of sexual violence.” (Author’s photo)

In Mexico City, 9 out of 10 women experience sexual violence on public transit each year.

My American family just arrived in Mexico City. It’s late February; COVID-19 is already a

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