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Uber will let women drivers and riders request to avoid being paired with men starting next month. (www.uber.com)
submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by Pro@programming.dev to c/Technology@programming.dev
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Riders

  • Request on-demand: When requesting a trip on demand, women riders will see an option called Women Drivers. If the wait time is longer than anticipated, they can always opt for another ride with a faster pickup.
  • Reserve in advance: For more planning and certainty, women riders can use Reserve to pre-book a trip with women drivers.
  • Set a preference: Riders can set a preference for a woman driver in their app settings. While it’s not guaranteed, turning on the Women preference increases your chances of being matched with a woman driver.

For Drivers

Women drivers can simply toggle on the “Women Rider Preference” in their app settings. If they want to receive trip requests from all riders, they can turn the preference off at any time.

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[–] Matriks404@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

In ideal world that would not be needed, but if that increases woman safety, that's a good thing.

[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago

Is this CABRACADABRA?

[–] ShankShill@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 days ago

I'm not mad. A really drunk guy got handsy with my wife when she was driving years ago. She busted his nose and dragged him out of the car in stop and go traffic and left him.

[–] askat@programming.dev 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Can I request only men drivers?

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 13 points 2 days ago

Don't be sexist.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 35 points 2 days ago

Literally the same plot from Bojack Horseman

Next we will see men requesting women drivers specifically, probably followed by the company not actually mediating these interactions.

In the show the company sides with the men who want women drivers exclusively and then it becomes less of a transportation service and more of an "escort service".

[–] rbn@sopuli.xyz 31 points 2 days ago (2 children)

In before perverts registering fake accounts and requesting women-only pickups from remote places.

[–] fodor@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If only there were some measures that the company could take to minimize that risk... Wait a second, I can think of half a dozen.

[–] HasturInYellow@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

But will they use them? No.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

arnt some male drivers exclusively pikcing up woman,

[–] rbn@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

As there are far less drivers than customers, I'd expect it to be much easier to sort out drivers with bad intentions. I guess if you sign up as an Uber driver you have to undergo at least some minimum level of identification (drivers license etc.). A perverted customer can sign up as 'Lisa Nicegirl' today and 'Jenny Innocent' tomorrow.

[–] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Good, people deserve to feel safer.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 6 points 2 days ago

For just an extra $6 a ride!

[–] lowered_lifted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

wondering if they will include me as a trans woman

[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 days ago

I would certainly hope so.

[–] Lauchmelder@feddit.org 8 points 2 days ago

Seems to depend on the rider. The video OP posted shows that you can cancel your trip if your "expectations aren't being met and the driver isn't as expected"

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I think I've had like 3 female Uber drivers ever.

Unrelated, but one of those 3 closed the window I had opened (because she was too cheap to turn on the fucking AC) on my hand. Fuck that removed.

[–] FizzyOrange@programming.dev 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I dunno... I get the motivation but this feels pretty discriminatory.

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Women face higher rates of violence from male attackers so no it’s not.

[–] velxundussa@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

The use above says "it feels" and you answer that it is not.

I understand this is a gendred issue, but acknowledging feelings of people seems like something we should all agree on.

[–] winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

OK but if I'm a dude and I want to request a dude I can't, so it is

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Men do not face the same threats women do.

[–] oplkill@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

as a weak man cant agree

[–] winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I understand that but that doesn't make it not discrimination. They are not mutually exclusive

Discrimination: the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of ethnicity, age, sex, or disability.

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Is it unjust when men don’t have to fear for their safety in the same way?

This is a false equivalence.

[–] 18107@aussie.zone 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So what stops men from using their wife's account to order an Uber?

[–] 13igTyme@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The driver will be looking for the wife.

[–] invertedspear@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago

They don’t really enforce profile pics anymore for riders. That might need to change if this is going to be successful.

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Cool, I expect demand for female drivers is to increase a lot.

[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Is this trans-inclusive? I'm guessing not, stuff like this rarely is; however using services like Uber by myself honestly makes me uncomfortable.

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Women are on average trans-friendlier.

[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 2 points 2 days ago

While that may be true, I'm concerned about the possibility that they'll add some form of ID verification and force people to go off their legal gender. As someone in Texas, it is impossible for me to get that changed. Even federally, because despite the recently ruling that is forcing the feds to allow gender changes on passports, Texas will still get mad about you having the """incorrect""" gender.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Whether or not a driver or rider is a man or woman will probably depend on the opnions of the driver or rider, and will not be properly mediated by the company. They probably won't even have any concrete rules.

So yeah, this will cause more issues for trans people.