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No men allowed! Women-only parking pops up in South Korea

By Cox Media Group National Content Desk
May 27, 2014

There's parking for expectant mothers in the United States, but South Korea has taken the special parking designation a little further.

The country has marked off prime parking for women only.

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According to the Huffington Post, there are thousands of spaces, outlined in pink, that are a little wider and a little longer than the standard parking space.

They're also better lit and closer to elevators and escalators.

Monitoring.com.au reported the city will be spending $100 million to create the spaces which is only part of a bigger push to make Seoul more female friendly.

Monitoring reported there are also 7000 new women-only toilets being installed and walkways are being resurfaced with a spongy material to help women who wear high heels.

The Daily Mail reported that this isn't the first time a town has catered to women drivers.  A German town had a similar initiative in 2012.  South Korea isn't alone either.  China, Kuwait, Malaysia, Indonesia, Austria and Italy also have gender specific parking.

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