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Why not let men do the same thing?
Because women have to fear men more than men have to fear women.
Yea but for any normal dude trying to do this as a job this means he gets less rides and less money
Not proportionally though. If the service is less safe for women and non-binary people, then fewer of those people will make full use of the service. So either way, the male drivers probably aren't getting their custom. The safety features increase the size of the rider pool even as they might exclude some riders from some drivers. Women and non-binary drivers might take over the additional riders, but those drivers might have previously been driving men who are now left for male drivers to pick up. The overall impact to male drivers isn't as bad as just losing those opportunities.
Yeah because only men can use knives and guns, or be physically strong, or choke someone.
I'm so sick of sexist bullshit like this. Women can be strong, too. Women can be capable of things, too. It's insulting of you to insinuate otherwise.
Oh fuck off with this disingenuous bullshit. I'm a man and have never had to feel intimidated taking a taxi or Uber.
Maybe as a male passenger, you want to avoid any possibility of being accused of being intimidating.
No, not really.
As a man you are much more likely to be assaulted and murdered than women. As a man, you have much more reason to feel intimidated in a taxi. That said, very few people are assaulted in taxis.
Lmao you calling me disingenuous is fucking hilarious. Fuck off with your thinly veiled sexist beliefs and bullshit virtue signaling.
As if getting in a vehicle with any stranger isn't always intimidating to some extent.
In case you missed the memo, we're striving for gender equality, not whatever the fuck you're peddling.
People like you are literally the problem. You are literally why sexist bullshit like this is allowed to happen. People like you are why no one takes men seriously when they are sexually assaulted, or being abused by their SO.
Just fucking stop.
In case you missed the fucking memo, I am a white man. Look at my post history. Same username on other social media.
You're unhinged.
It's not sexist or discriminatory to give Lyft customers a choice of driver gender.
That's the free market at work, bitch.
So people like me saying customers should have a choice of gender is why no one takes male abuse seriously? You need to have your head examined.
If you hate women, just say you hate women.
You could at least try to hide the incel talking points you're parroting.
"I am a white man" you're loud, obnoxious, misogynistic, and opinionated in matters you clearly know nothing about. You're the worst, most stereotypical iteration of a white man.
"It's not sexist or discriminatory to give Lyft customers [the choice to discriminate based on sex]" I don't think I even need to say anything about this idiocy.
"That the free market at work, bitch" Sexist language, name-calling, and a complete lack of understanding of what the phrase "free market" means.
"So people like me saying customers should have a choice of gender" Lmao thats not at all what you're tring to say, even you don't understand what point you're trying to make.
"If you hate women, just say you hate women. You could at least try to hide the incel talking points you're parroting." Projection.
You're unhinged.
Lol so "I know you are but what am I," "you don't know what point you're trying to make," and "I don't even think I need to say anything about this idiocy" is all you've got?
We can see your shitty strawman comments about how men have to fear false accusations. You can stop pretending you're not an incel. Don't bother replying to me with that weak-ass nothing-burger of a comment.
You don't even know what "strawman" means. You're clearly just a shitty troll. You clearly don't believe any of your own bullshit. Get the fuck out of here and let the people who are genuinely trying to have a discussion speak. Don't bother replying, I'm not engaging with trolls.
Also just noticed you're from feddit.de. nice job getting defederated because your community kept posting nazi shit and cp.
Why won't anyone think of the straight white men!! What about our struggles???
??? Think you replied to the wrong comment, bud.
Check the stastics and come back.
(numbers pulled out of my ass, but...)
99% of men don't need it so won't use it. 99% of the remainder will use it to find a target to harass. Whoever is left might miss out on a great feature, but they're barely a rounding error.
Personally, I'd love a feature that let me pick a driver that would just shut up.
It’s discrimination when a man does it
/s
I'm a little curious how they stop it.
Maybe a gay man feels more comfortable with men driving.... it's not that crazy..
Or even a straight one. Doesn't have to be orientation specific.
What do men have to fear?
Getting shot, stabbed, robbed, beaten, choked, ganged up on, sexually assaulted. Weird, the exact same list that women have to fear.
Oh except men also have to worry about being falsely accused of sexual misconduct, having their names put on the sex offender registry and the entire rest of their lives ruined because no one will believe them.
Choosing the gender of the driver won't give men any more safety, but it will make a lot of difference for women.
Lmao this is just categorically false, and there's so much fucking data to prove it. I've never once felt threatened that a woman would do any of these things to me, but I definitely have feltoke other men would.
While is sadly true, it's so much less common than sexual misconduct happening to women. It's so rare in fact that this has never been a fear of mine because I treat every person I meet with respect and I know for a fact that I'm not a creep. Same goes for all of my male friends. If you have a fear that this may happen to you, I think you need to reassess how you interact with women. I would be willing to bet that things you do to women you see as innocent flirting or something when in reality it makes those women extremely uncomfortable.
"Lmao this is just categorically false" I'm sorry, are you saying women are incapable of wielding a knife? Or pulling a trigger on a gun?
"I've never once felt threatened that a woman would do any of these things" Oh well if you personally have never experienced such a thing, it must not ever happen to anyone.
/S
You clearly have no idea what you're talking about. Just fuck off.
Have you looked up how little this happens to men compared to women? Unprovoked, it's almost non-existent. Again, if you're being threatening to women then I'm not surprised this happens to you.
Your attempts at attacking my character only demonstrate how incapable you are of making a genuine point.
Ummm excuse me I have never felt threatened by a man, so why are women complaining?
Also, are you going to use 13/90 as an excuse to be racist too?
Wait are seriously asking that?
"Too" as in sexist? Why is it sexist to point out the reality that women are disproportionately violently assaulted by men than men are by women? And what does that have to do with race?