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This picture shows the male passengers who chose to ignore a pregnant woman standing nearby. The photo was published by Xiao Jiang on local online forums in Qingdao on May 18. [Photo: qingdaonews.com] The local newspaper, Qingdao Morning News, reported on Thursday that, inflamed by the behavior of three men who refused to offer her a seat on a public bus, Xiao Jiang, a 9-month pregnant woman in eastern China's Qingdao city, has posted the pictures of the men on the Internet.
Xiao Jiang published several posts in the popular local forums on May 18, describing her experience. She said that she had stood in the bus with her big belly while three men sitting nearby either lowered their heads or turned their heads to look outside. Together with the posts, Xiao Jiang attached the pictures of the three people.
Together, they received 20,000 hits in only a few days and over 200 people left their comments.
About 50 percent of forum users said in their follow-up comments that the men's deeds have shamed all local men.
But, there were another 50 percent netizens who think it's also improper to publicize these photos. Some of them say that offering a seat to pregnant women is a voluntary deed. People should not be blamed just because they don't want to stand up.
The report says that Xiao Jiang has suffered from a premature delivery and since refused to talk. A staff member from her company helped her explain. She says that every day, Xiao Jiang took the bus to go to work, but few passengers gave her a seat.
On May 18, the three people were sitting in the Priority seats, and they chose to ignore the 9-month pregnant woman, a fact which inflamed Xiao Jiang.
The report says that nearly half of pregnant women say that passengers don't voluntarily offer them seats on buses. However, in another random survey, most respondents said they always do, unless they are too tired. |
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