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[Pressure points] Should priority seating for pregnant women be kept empty?
Seoul Metro's trains have had priority seats reserved for pregnant women since 2013. These pink seats, located at the ends of some rows, however, have been a source of continuous controversy. Recently, debate erupted online and in local media when one individual proposed that the city install a...
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Seoul Metro's trains have had priority seats reserved for pregnant women since 2013 ... has been criticized for ‘imposing solicitude’ or ‘discriminating against men’.
“There is a widespread perception that it goes against what is fair. We all pay the same price to get on the train, why can’t I sit there? That’s what they think,” said Prof. Kim Bum-soo from Seoul National University.
A priority seat designated for pregnant women (marked in pink) is occupied in a Seoul subway car.
"It might cause gender or generational conflict," a Seoul Metro official said.