Subway faces backlash for blaming harassment victims

Ten male lawyers have urged the company that runs subway trains in Shanghai to establish procedures to prevent and deal with sexual harassment, instead of blaming women who wear sexy clothes in public.

In a joint letter released on Wednesday, they also called on rail transportation companies in five other major cities, including Beijing and Shenzhen, to disclose their own measures to tackle the sexual-harassment issue.

"If you dress like this when taking the subway, no wonder you are being harassed. Girls, have some self-respect, please," Shanghai No 2 Metro Operation Company, affiliated with the Shanghai Shentong Metro Group, wrote on its verified Sina micro blog on June 20. The post was illustrated with a photo of a female passenger wearing a see-through dress.