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Indian airline tests feature that lets women book seats away from men

India’s largest budget carrier, IndiGo, is the first airline to trial a feature that lets female passengers book seats next to other women to avoid sitting shoulder-to-shoulder with a man in a move designed to make flying more comfortable for female passengers, according to a CNBC report.

The airline’s booking process is fairly standard except for the seat map which highlights seats occupied by women with the color pink. This information is not visible to male passengers, according to the airline, CNBC reported. IndiGo did not immediately respond to CBS MoneyWatch’s request for comment on the new feature.

Grass ,

I mean I don’t want to sit next to a man either, for some reason they tend to be offensive even if they don’t feel like they have to talk to me for some reason. I also don’t really want to sit next to anyone because it feels akward trying not to make eye contact or feeling like I have to say somehing. Most of all though no kicking children behind me. Fuck just introduce boxed in seats so I can fly in silence and solitude. Or don’t, I probably can’t afford travel for the rest of my life.

tunetardis ,

I’ve been on long flights where I wished there had been designated seating for introverts. But then I considered the implications of packing all the extroverts together in one place nearby and thought better of it.

JeeBaiChow ,

Me I don’t want to sit next to a republican.

Deebster ,
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The airline’s booking process is fairly standard except for the seat map which highlights seats occupied by women with the color pink. This information is not visible to male passengers, according to the airline, CNBC reported.

What’s to stop a man from claiming to be female to see the map of where women are sitting, and then booking an adjacent seat themselves?

kippinitreal , (edited )

On Indian flights you can pay to choose your seat or let the operator choose for you for free. I suspect the latter is where the preference choice comes in. So there won’t be a question of seeing where women are sitting.

Annoyed_Crabby ,

They probably need to sign in to book, and required their data to be accurate to board.

buttfarts ,

Okay but then men are allowed to fart openly and take our shirts off in the no-women section while they drink chamomile tea and read thought provoking books about how they are okay just the way they are.

variants ,

Are men allowed to buy a ticket to not sit around nude farting men

AllNewTypeFace ,
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Do Indian men have a reputation for being inappropriately forward with women? There was a meme that read “every app is a dating app if you’re Indian enough”

FlyingSquid ,
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I don’t think that’s an Indian men thing, I think that’s a predatory men around the world thing.

Cagi ,

Indian culture is especially sexiest and repressive.

catloaf ,

“Inappropriately forward” is a very polite way to put it. I feel like at least once a month there’s a new story out of India about a gang rape or something.

FundMECFSResearch ,

To be fair India has the biggest population on earth, like 5+ times US population. Per capita statistics would be more interesting here.

ramenshaman ,

As far as I know, yes. The Internet has taught me to not bring a woman with me if I ever go to the Holi festival in India. I’ve never been to India, I hope the internet is wrong but I had an Indian coworker who told me the same thing.

GregorGizeh ,

Have you like, ignored every second piece of information coming out of india the last decades?

They have a terrible issue with misogyny, there are countless stories of rape and other forms of assault on any kind of women (and girls). Indians, foreigners, none are safe, even with men accompanying them for protection. One or two guys can’t do much against a rape mob.

India is probably the first country I would warn a woman away from if she were looking for vacation destinations. Followed by islamic countries.

kippinitreal ,

Others commented about misogyny etc. in India miss the fact that India is (a) not a monolith & (b) flights are too expensive for 80% of India’s population (yes, wealth disparity in India is that bad). So the men on flights are less likely to grope women than let’s say a man on a train.

I asked my Indian colleagues about this, and they said they’d use this preference for space (not purely safety). One of them also said men smell worse than women so she’d prefer a woman next to her.

baatliwala ,

As an Indian I’ll say yes, but the people who can afford flights aren’t normally the type of people who do that.

myliltoehurts ,

I wish this existed but for avoiding having to sit near children.

Alexstarfire ,

Unfortunately, kids can’t go in the cargo hold. Something about needing air and warmth.

EtherWhack ,
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Overhead?

Alexstarfire ,

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charade_you_are ,

Restraints and a gag

3ntranced ,

Just poke some air holes in the overhead cabin, bingo.

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