A TikTok trend showing women wearing baggy shirts over their outfits to avoid harassment on the metro is getting mixed reactions.
Another public transit user says she regrets not having their"subway shirt" handy after a night out.
"This trend is positive in the short term, in my opinion, but ultimately, it's quite negative. When you look at the larger context, it's positive in the sense that it makes the person wearing the shirt feel safer, but it's negative because, in reality, they are not truly protected," said Leora Tanenbaum, author of I Am Not a Slut: Slut-Shaming in the Age of the Internet.
"So regrettably -- and disturbingly -- I think that this trend of the subway shirt may be with us for a long, long time," she added. "No, it doesn't matter what you wear, doesn't matter what you're doing, no matter who you are, it's just that you're being targetted because of the vulnerability this society puts you in and someone taking advantage of that to feel powerful, to harm someone, to exert their power over somebody," she said.
In Montreal, the STM is trying to ensure that women won't have to feel the need to cover up for their commute. A collaborative campaign called"Witnesses, Take Action," created by the STM, Montreal police , and the City of Montreal, was launched in June. It focuses on the need to take action if one sees or experiences harassment.
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