Pregnant Woman Awards ‘Decent Dude’ a Statue for Giving Up Seat on Train
(DNAINFO) Carolina Pichardo, Nicole Levy and Gwynn Hogan | March 6, 2017 — Yvonne Lin went through nearly two entire pregnancies before a man offered her his seat on the subway.
Lin, a 38-year-old designer, said she had gotten plenty of seats from women, most of whom were Latino and black women. She wanted to change the situation.
“I was getting no seats from men,” she said, “if I finally get a seat from a guy then I have to celebrate this some way and make sure he knows he’s appreciated.”
Lin purchased what she called a “silly little card” and carried it around throughout the third trimester of her first pregnancy, but no gentleman ever earned the accolade.
When she got pregnant again last year, Lin said she decided to continue her “social experiment,”but raised the stakes: she carried around a 7-inch trophy inside her work backpack.
The bronze statuette — which appears to depict the “Incredible Hulk” tearing his shirt — atop a plaque that reads “#1 DECENT DUDE. First man to offer subway seat to pregnant woman throughout Two Pregnancies.”
“I thought, ‘You know what, it’s worth it to carry it,'” Lin said, adding that she dressed to show that she was “obviously pregnant” to ensure her experiment had the best chance of succeeding.
Lin, who usually takes the A train during the morning and afternoon rush hours, found her winner last month on a ride home, she said. On Feb. 24, she stood in front of a seated man who was playing on his smartphone before he glanced up and noticed Lin standing directly in front of him.