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Sexism by any other name.

Bostonian 3y ago
Considering which sex commits the vast majority of sexual assaults against women, it's not irrational for women to prefer not getting into the cars of male strangers, or for women drivers to prefer female passengers. FWIW I am male.
- porkbeer 3y ago
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  - Bostonian 3y ago
    You can make distinctions between race and sex. Long after public bathrooms were desegregated by race, they are still usually segregated by sex.
  - glitcher 3y ago
    "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence" citation please
  - dang 3y ago
    Could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments and flamebait? You've unfortunately been doing it repeatedly. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.
clipsy 3y ago
You feel the same about bathroom segregation, right?
version_five 3y ago
I don't see a problem with it, the real issue is going to be men "identifying" as women to get female drivers. Or drivers "identifying" as women. The whole thing doesn't make much sense if people are allowed to pick their sex.
- cigcig 3y ago
  True but this is a problem more generally. Unfortunately society is being turned this way whether we like it or not, with no thought to effective safeguarding, boundaries or consent.
- ksaj 3y ago
  Pull the car over immediately if the passenger becomes sexual or problematic in any other way, and the taxi/limo/whatever ride is over. The camera is already engaged and has the reason clearly presented. The orange blinkenlight on the back is already blinking for others to intervene. That's what you're supposed to do in such situations as a driver.
ksaj 3y ago
I don't know if you've ever been to a gym, but the ones I've been to all have a women's workout section. It's usually connected directly to the changeroom, so if you're allowed to use the women's changeroom, you also have access to the women's workout section. I am unaware of men having an issue at the gym with such a layout. These are quite overlapping norms that nobody truly has a problem with (except maybe gym builders, but I don't know any to ask.)

Considering which sex commits the vast majority of sexual assaults against women, it's not irrational for women to prefer not getting into the cars of male strangers, or for women drivers to prefer female passengers. FWIW I am male.

porkbeer 3y ago
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- Bostonian 3y ago
  You can make distinctions between race and sex. Long after public bathrooms were desegregated by race, they are still usually segregated by sex.
- glitcher 3y ago
  "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence" citation please
- dang 3y ago
  Could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments and flamebait? You've unfortunately been doing it repeatedly. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.

clipsy 3y ago

You feel the same about bathroom segregation, right?

version_five 3y ago

I don't see a problem with it, the real issue is going to be men "identifying" as women to get female drivers. Or drivers "identifying" as women. The whole thing doesn't make much sense if people are allowed to pick their sex.

cigcig 3y ago
True but this is a problem more generally. Unfortunately society is being turned this way whether we like it or not, with no thought to effective safeguarding, boundaries or consent.
ksaj 3y ago
Pull the car over immediately if the passenger becomes sexual or problematic in any other way, and the taxi/limo/whatever ride is over. The camera is already engaged and has the reason clearly presented. The orange blinkenlight on the back is already blinking for others to intervene. That's what you're supposed to do in such situations as a driver.

ksaj 3y ago

I don't know if you've ever been to a gym, but the ones I've been to all have a women's workout section. It's usually connected directly to the changeroom, so if you're allowed to use the women's changeroom, you also have access to the women's workout section. I am unaware of men having an issue at the gym with such a layout. These are quite overlapping norms that nobody truly has a problem with (except maybe gym builders, but I don't know any to ask.)