In China in the pool there was a separate “women’s” track
Many felt that this idea is sexist.
In one of the pools in the Chinese city of Guangzhou appeared an interesting novelty. The administration decided to make life easier floating women and allocated them a separate path marked in red pointer.
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According to the manual pool Plaza, they were inspired by the example of the Chinese underground, which made a separate cars for ladies to avoid harassment and to make your trip more comfortable.
In the case of a pool, women who have bad or slow swimmers provided a separate track, so they feel more confident, as men-swimmers, they are often pushed, ahead on the tracks. Because of this, some girls and didn’t want to go into the water if it was busy.
Now Xijiao only one “female” track, but in case of need their number will increase. Despite good intentions and a generally positive response from customers, there were those who accused the administration of the pool of sexism.