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01-13-2017, 06:07 AM
This city is fighting ***ual harassment on the subway with a 24/7 hotline
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If you are female and have ever ridden a train or bus, ***ually inappropriate gestures, words and even contact are things you might be all too familiar with.
**w the Los Angeles public transit system will be the first in the world to address this problem by offering its riders a 24/7 hotline for ***ual harassment, according to a statement from the LA County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (https://www.metro.net/).*
SEE ALSO: Stop using the word 'trolling' when you mean harassment and abuse (http://mashable.com/2017/01/09/stop-trolling-harassment-abuse/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
When riders call 1-844-Off-Limits (633-5464), they can talk through the incident with a counselor from the organization Peace Over Violence (http://www.peaceoverviolence.org/) and receive the resources and information necessary to report it to the police. The group has counseled victims of ***ual abuse in LA County and has hosted its own 24/7 hotline for survivors of rape and battery for over 45 years (http://www.peaceoverviolence.org/organization/events/humanitarian-awards/thank-you/). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/01/12/la-metro-hotline/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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If you are female and have ever ridden a train or bus, ***ually inappropriate gestures, words and even contact are things you might be all too familiar with.
**w the Los Angeles public transit system will be the first in the world to address this problem by offering its riders a 24/7 hotline for ***ual harassment, according to a statement from the LA County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (https://www.metro.net/).*
SEE ALSO: Stop using the word 'trolling' when you mean harassment and abuse (http://mashable.com/2017/01/09/stop-trolling-harassment-abuse/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
When riders call 1-844-Off-Limits (633-5464), they can talk through the incident with a counselor from the organization Peace Over Violence (http://www.peaceoverviolence.org/) and receive the resources and information necessary to report it to the police. The group has counseled victims of ***ual abuse in LA County and has hosted its own 24/7 hotline for survivors of rape and battery for over 45 years (http://www.peaceoverviolence.org/organization/events/humanitarian-awards/thank-you/). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/01/12/la-metro-hotline/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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