Well, obviously women should use this filter to discriminate for their safety. That's related to, but beside, the point others are making. Others are referring

Well, obviously women should use this filter to discriminate for their safety. That's related to, but beside, the point others are making. Others are referring to Uber's policy, irrespective of the decisions made by their individual customers. (I mean, maybe some others are saying stupid shit, but there's at least some smart shit one can read, too.) The policy for Uber to add this filter is a problem because it means they put a bandaid over the issue instead of solving it by being more strict in their hiring. Adding this filter means, to the corporate brain, they've "solved" the problem and therefore need to spend no more money on it. Frustratingly, that seems to be in a way which perpetuates the problem, when Uber could otherwise train their employees (whom they could also interview prior to hiring...), and even take appropriate action against the ones who act against their policy. It's worth noting that tavavex went over this in their reply to your top-level comment; their point had never been that individual choices made by women are the reason this is a bad policy. In fact, a good summary of the more reasonable negative sentiment was included at the end of said comment: > The checkbox itself is fine by me, but it's just them [Uber] taping over an issue that stems from the way they do business.