Comment on Uber is letting women avoid male drivers and riders in the US
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days agoEh, this could easily be exploited though, could it not? Just register as a woman looking for a woman client/driver. Is there a verification process to prove you’re a woman?
Anyone can break any law or regulation, doesnt mean that we give up laws and regulations.
And likely not. Most services already ask you about your gender (even like reddit or tumblr) so I assume that will suffice and we wont have “ID verifying gender”
Or maybe some conservative hack will propose ID verified gender, who knows.
So the answer to someone breaking a law or regulation is… more laws and regulations?
If someone is going to assault another human, they aren’t going to hit a “oh boy I better not lie to uber” roadblock…
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 2 days ago
It probably pulls from whatever’s already on the license. I assume there’s a verification process to drive.
deathbird@mander.xyz 2 days ago
In like, 20 states plus DC you can change your sex on your ID basically demand (no doctor’s note or court order or whatever). There’s enough Uber drivers out there someone will mark themselves F or X to keep their job options open.
sveltecider@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Do you think someone will change their gender legally just so they can make like $15 extra on uber (driver’s perspective) or to get into “female only cars”? (passenger perspective)
deathbird@mander.xyz 2 days ago
I think people will do all kinds of shit for money.
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 2 days ago
That will get interesting. I can’t remember if there’s id verification on the rider end, but there will probably have to be. That could be what this whole thing is about, come to think of it…
Also, I’m wondering how they’ll treat trans and agender people who don’t have m or f, or who can’t mark their actual gender on their ID in their state.
deathbird@mander.xyz 2 days ago
From what I’ve seen in a cluster F and NB as one category separately from M.
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 2 days ago
They still have to treat a trans M to F as if they were an M, unless they transitioned completely, for practical purposes.
Don’t even bother with agender, apparent gender will be used, obviously.
Because a woman does not care what gender you want to be, only how much risk you are to her, obviously.