The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Boston's public transit system, is starting a new ad campaign which urges victims of groping and frottage (rubbing against another for sexual gratification) to report assaults to law enforcement. The campaign, which started Monday, featured 3 ads, one of which states, "Rub against me, and I'll expose you."
"When it's really crowded on the T and when people are really close to each other, it's often times that gentlemen behind you will try to get closer to you," commuter Michele King said.
"Guys are fresh. They think they are slick, and they rub up a little and if you don't react to it, they go again, and they see how far they can actually get," commuter Sorangie Davis said.
More than 900 billboards warn molesters on trains and buses.
"There is no place for that kind of violence against any body on the MBTA," MBTA General Manager Dan Grabauskas said.
"The whole environment is about taking this seriously, while before, I think the environment was, 'Well, it is just part of life,'" Boston Area Rape Crisis Center spokeswoman Gina Scarmella said.
Commuters are urged to report incidents. The ad featuring the anti-groping message is here.
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