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Men won't be able to do so?
by seydor 1y ago
Men won't be able to do so?
- rexxy404 1y agosigh : Please don't pick the most provocative thing in an article or post to complain about in the thread. Find something interesting to respond to instead.
- ectospheno 1y agoParents comment is the most interesting thing about the article to me as well. Equality means something or it doesn’t.
- jobs_throwaway 1y agoIts a fair question. Also likely opens them up to discrimination lawsuits if its only offered to one sex
- nchmy 1y agoAre provocative things not interesting? And how is this provocative? It seems to be a pretty simple question/observation about the core of the matter
- nicce 1y agoOne of the most interesting questions to be fair.
- rs186 1y agoOh, I can assure you that there are many lawsuits filed for gender discrimination against men in workspaces, some of which are notable and made headlines. If lawsuits can happen, I don't see why it is a problem just want to discuss the topic here.
- ryandv 1y agoThey should be able to. I have spoken with several drivers who are afraid of taking female passengers because of spurious assault allegations.
- ujkhsjkdhf234 1y agoHow many frivilous assault allegations against male drivers are there? I've never heard of this happening personally.
- Lionga 1y agoHow many assaults against female drivers are there? I've never heard of this happening personally.
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- ujkhsjkdhf234 1y agoMe neither. I hear about assaults against female passengers but I don't believe I've read or heard about one against female drivers. I've asked a few women I've gotten in Ubers with and they say they've had some dicey situations but no out right assaults. But I don't think you were asking genuinely and just wanted to be snarky without contributing to the conversation :)
- Mawr 1y agoHis is the best response in this thread. The point is that whether you've personally heard of something or not is not a great indicator of anything. To answer the original question, wherever there is any power imbalance, there will be abuse. Priests, teachers, parents vs children; boss vs employee; "vulnerable" females vs "aggressive" males. A man complains about assault by a woman, everyone laughs. A woman complains about assault by a man, he gets thrown in jail.
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- LanceH 1y agoDrunk woman gets in the car, misbehaves, driver attempts to kick her out, she reports him.
- nerdjon 1y agoWhile I can kinda buy the argument for why men may want to do this, it is also complicated and how far do we go. (saying this as a guy for the record) Is it that you are either free for all or you can limit to your own sex or a sex of your choice? So could men say they only want woman? What about trans people. Do we start adding in religion, political affiliation, race, etc etc etc. Woman not feeling safe with unknown (and largely unvetted) Male drivers (or passengers) is a valid concern. It feels more like a bandaid than an actual fix, but it is an "Easy" solution to a problem. The ideal should be that we don't need this, not that we add in more filters like this. But for many reasons we as a society are not there.
- jigguit 1y ago[flagged]
- sneak 1y agoFact of the matter is, this is institutionalized discrimination. It might be beneficial, but it's discrimination. From a purely logical standpoint, if this type of discrimination is tolerated, others should likely also be tolerated. If other types of discrimination are not tolerated, then this type of discrimination should not be tolerated either. It's no different than white people not wanting black drivers, and Uber supporting that.
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- AlexandrB 1y agoI'm curious how that would play out over time. Since it would be male drivers who have no intention of harassing/assaulting female passengers that take this option, would you get a "Dead Sea" effect of proportionally more predators being left in the "accepts riders of any sex" group? Over time this could create an incredibly sex-segregated service.
- AlecSchueler 1y agoTo ask for only women? The biggest threat factor for men is other men.