Lyft has been doing it for a while and it seems to work out.
This also boosts demand for women drivers
Comment on Uber is letting women avoid male drivers and riders in the US
TwilitSky@lemmy.world 2 days ago
So what happens when the rider can’t find a ride because 99% of drivers are men and it’s the middle of the night? We never ask the hard questions, do we? Should sex discrimination in employment be legal? I’ve always felt bad for male masseuses, nurses and childcare providers having to deal with additional scrutiny.
ripcord@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Deceptichum@quokk.au 2 days ago
More women in the gig economy!
TwilitSky@lemmy.world 2 days ago
You can’t make women want to drive. I get why they wouldn’t want to. Lots of creeps.
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 2 days ago
This is the exact problem it is trying to solve.
anon_8675309@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Maybe you should not be allowed to choose a lady gyno or any other dr too? Or massage therapist? Or therapist in general. Or hair dresser. Or fucking anything else, huh?
Come on…
TwilitSky@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Maybe we as a society need to be a little more understanding to those working to survive.
anon_8675309@lemmy.world 2 days ago
If everyone treated each other better, this entire post and thread would not be necessary.
liuther9@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Yeah I like it, men drive faster and better usually. And if you are really late you can ask to speed a little bit. Can we also choose who will cook our food? I find mens cooking much better. Win win overall.
sveltecider@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
I assume they can still choose male drivers if there are no female ones available.
JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 1 day ago
Have a fallback system that informs the user that there are no woman drivers and that it will be choosing a man driver because of that, most likely I think.
faint_marble_noise@programming.dev 1 day ago
For every women who gets a female driver there will be one, who don’t. The only beneficiary of this change is Uber, they got positive publicity from delusional people unable to add 2 and 2. With regard to your point, I do not see a good solution in general, but adding more of it certainly does not help.
magguzu@lemmy.pt 1 day ago
The solution to your “hard question” will emerge if you think about it for more than 2 seconds
sheogorath@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Well they’ll just show the no drivers available screen and give the rider option to widen the search criteria?
TwilitSky@lemmy.world 2 days ago
That’s not how UberBlack/SUV worked for a while but maybe they’re caught up technologically.