I tell the writer, go get a a boyfriend who drives and will pick her up, send her for supper and then home every night after work.
Asking for more security? What is she going to ask for next? Charging handphone in MRT station?
You are shooting off the tangent. Security consciousness is about prevention and deterrence of anticipated risks.
If nothing bad happens to the late night women travellers, well and good. If a rape or a case of molest happens, it is too late to talk about prevention and deterrence.
The papees typically only acted after something bad had happened. For years, Little India had many cases of drunkenness, molest, sexual harassment but nothing was done. After the riot had occurred, now even the ah pehs and ah sohs selling bottled beers were penalised.
The papees are really quite immature when dealing with foreigners.