My First time (in 4 years) on the Women's safety bus

My friend 'forced' me to take the women's safety bus tonight (my dear friend... if you are reading this... I must say I really appreciate it... but its this pathological problem with me that I must feel as if I can take care of myself :p).

The women's safety bus is a really great service runned by the Sheffield Students' Union to send female students home after a late night out. It runs from 1130pm till late late. It is definitely something most people see as allowing women to party as much as they want without worrying about having to go home alone. But some how I felt dis-empowered travelling in it today... Its the thing about not being able to choose whether I can walk home by myself at night. I guess there's different standards of what it means to be 'free' for different people.