When you see these morons on public transport do you or anyone else ever call this out so they're aware of their antisocial behaviour?
Have you?
As Sardine says, what do you think they're going to say?
The only time I ever confronted one of these creatures on my own behalf - they aren't morons btw, they know exactly what they're doing - was on a 12-hour flight when the man next to me kept finding excuses to get up and shove his crotch in my face on the way past both ways despite my saying: 'Hang on a minute, let me get up to let you past'.
The first time, I thought was an accident, the second time I was peeved that he'd ignored me and pushed past while I was getting up so my face made contact with his groin.
I stewed about it until the third time he tried to push past when I said: 'If you want me to suck your dick, just ask and we can negotiate a price.'
He accused me of being mad and deluded about my level of attractiveness.
Maybe I am but I'm not stupid and he didn't go to the loo again for the next 9 hours.
That's about the only time I've been brave on public transport on my behalf. But it's not the only time I've been harassed or seen it happening to someone else.
A couple of times I've stepped in or seen others do it. The response to women is predictable: 'What? What, me, lady?' which swiftly turns into: 'Mind your own business you lezzer/crazy feminist/dried-up ugly old prune'.
More rarely, I've seen men step in. The response is different: 'Oh, come on mate! I wasn't doing anything.'
I swear there's a FB group out there where they synchronize their responses.
I don't particularly blame men for keeping their heads down. Nobody likes confrontation and you might get it wrong.
I also think men worry that a confrontation with another man might escalate into physical violence.
Between men and women, it's verbal abuse. In public, anyway.
Anyway, when you get past 40 you are generally beneath their attention. Apart from the dried up old prune comments.