Poking someone's hand with a hat-pin will hurt as if someone stabbed your hand with a fork.
Which might actually teach the person "no, this is not okay, don't do that", and maybe (just maybe), next time they won't grab at you. Be it when walking to/from the central or city centre, the shops, the bus, the train (etc).
Unlike the current method of issuing pointless fines the aggressor cannot pay, served alongside a warm cup of coffee and a 2-4h rest at the police station, before they're free to seek you out again. Now instilled with revenge. It might help?
Certainly better than the status quo of ignoring the problem as it keeps worsening.
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