Groping on Tokyo trains routine for young women

According to a recent survey, almost 64 percent of Japanese women in their 20s and 30s have been groped on Tokyo trains, subways or at transit stations. Eww.
Women being “groped” (which I’m wondering why they’re not calling it “assault”) has been a problem for some time in Tokyo. In fact, recently women-only train cars were established for the month of December, when drunk men coming from office parties seem to get more rowdy than usual.
Having grown up in NYC, I’ve been taking the subway here since I was 12 years old; nasty-ass men trying to grab you or expose themselves has definitely been a part of my life, and I would imagine many young women’s lives who live in cities.
But I don’t know that sex-specific train cars are the answer. That’s essentially letting these men off the hook, and simply accepting women being assaulted as a part of life.
What do others think?

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