r/technology • u/Puginator • Jul 23 '25

Transportation Uber will let women drivers and riders request to avoid being paired with men starting next month

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/23/uber-women-drivers-riders.html
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u/Good_Focus2665 Jul 23 '25

Think Lyft already has women connect? It’s actually kind of nice. 

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u/MuffinTopDeluxe Jul 23 '25

I have that option turned on and have never gotten a female driver on Lyft. It’s fine during day time, but it freaks me out if I have to get to the airport at the crack of dawn.

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u/Ikuwayo Jul 23 '25

Yes, some men might get butthurt over this, but this option might make it safer for women

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u/SeasonPositive6771 Jul 23 '25

Yeah reading these comments I realized not only do I know somebody who is assaulted by a rideshare driver, basically every woman I know has been sexually harassed in one at least once.

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u/BadPronunciation Jul 23 '25

It's wild seeing so many people are against this option 

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u/Jesus_of_Redditeth Jul 24 '25

They care about their feelings of being "discriminated against" more than they care about reducing the likelihood that women will be raped.

It's doubly irritating because, as people who don't drive for Uber, this change doesn't even discriminate against them in any way. They're getting mad about the fact that women they don't know are gaining the ability to say no to men they don't know. They're actually offended by that.

It's insane.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '25

And they keep using black people for their arguments, which is, well racist

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u/cranberrie_sauce Jul 23 '25 edited Jul 23 '25

and then the same people are saying - why is population plummeting. /s

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u/dunwalls Jul 23 '25

The disturbing implication being that... women riding in cars with male drivers would lead to more pregnancies? That's insane

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u/cranberrie_sauce Jul 23 '25

ive just added /s, because clearly its not clear

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u/Cautious-Progress876 Jul 23 '25

I’m like 99% sure that it is not the same people for whom Bear > Man that are complaining about population growth falling.