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Mexican bus pass…

It’s hard out there for a senorita.

I tell everyone I meet who believes in reincarnation, that I don’t want to come back as a woman. It’s just too hard to go through life that way. Between high heels, a regular monthly hormone fest and lower pay for the same job, I’d go crazy.

But the hardest thing would be coming back and having to deal with all the nonsense from guys.

Sure, somebody might hold the occasional door for you, but on a more regular basis you’d have to deal with getting whistled at, being hit on by every skeezy dude in the bar and turning up missing whenever you go on vacation.

And, up until recently, you couldn’t go to Mexico.

The good news is, due to some very forward thinking on the part of the Mexican government, this is all starting to change. After numerous complaints by women’s groups, Mexico City is rolling out a new service for ladies only.

Is it affordable day care? An additional week of pregnancy leave? Oh, it’s way more exciting and progressive than that. It’s buses.

*in my best smarmy game show host voice…* “Yes, ladies, it’s public transportation juuust for you. Check out the new buses with pink signs in the window. Buses put into service, so you don’t have to get groped like you would on a regular bus…”

Are you kidding me? How bad does the groping situation have to be that you have to have a special fleet of buses for women only? Well, as it turns out, at least as bad as it is on the Mexican subway where they’ve had Ladies Only cars for some time now.

Obviously, the whole conquistador mentality hasn’t ebbed quite as quickly in Mexico as we all might have hoped.

On the other hand, ladies, how great is it that every time you’re feeling lonely and neglected, you can just hop on the bus and immediately get fondled? That’s the kind of genuine warmth and affection you can only find at a strip club or political fund raiser here in the States.

If you think economics is a strong incentive for immigrating to the U.S., where do you suppose being poked and stroked like you were in a petting zoo ranks on the “reasons to move to a country with individual rights” scale?

At least in America, most guys will buy you a drink before they start rubbing your thigh.

Still, there are people who say we should be thankful for some progress. These people are known as optimists because they see the glass as half-full. In reality, there’s just a splash of progress and it turns out these folks are just bad at fractions.

Okay, high fives and an “Ole!” to the Mexican government for at least acknowledging there’s a problem. But, going forward, you might want to work on the underlying idea that women exist only as objects for the sexual gratification of men.

‘Cause you never know when you might be reincarnated….

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Awarded to us by The Cult of Qelqoth