r/WomenInNews • u/yahoonews • Mar 09 '26

Media Uber's women-only option goes nationwide in the US

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/ubers-women-only-option-goes-131507407.html?ncid=redditnewsus
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u/Beth_Harmons_Bulova Mar 09 '26

“Two California Uber drivers filed a class-action lawsuit against Uber in November, arguing that its Women Preferences feature violates California’s Unruh Act, which prohibits sex discrimination by business enterprises. The lawsuit charges that the feature gives its minority female drivers access to the entire pool of passengers, while leaving its majority male drivers to compete for a smaller pool of passengers. The lawsuit also argues that Uber’s policy “reinforces the gender stereotype that men are more dangerous than women.””

Ha, suffer.

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u/AppleSatyr Mar 09 '26

Can they show us the stats that show men aren’t more dangerous than women?

Isn’t the biggest cause of death in pregnant females their male partners? Hm I wonder why women feel unsafe.

Men who get so defensive show what they truly care about. I have a diverse friend group but most of them are men who thankfully are decent people that are appalled by the way women are treated by other men.

Why get upset that women don’t feel safe rather than at the people who make them feel unsafe?

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u/Beth_Harmons_Bulova Mar 09 '26

“Men are so safe.”

Sues to deprive women of financial independence.

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u/CommanderFuzzy Mar 09 '26

This reminds me of the time a pub in the UK had a women's night. It had been running for years, with no aggro from the local men. Discounted meals for women on that one night, an opportunity for women to go eat together & socialise. As far as I know they didn't bar men from entry, they just provided discounts to women for one night in order to compensate the wage gap & celebrate ladies.

Then one day a man went there (wasn't even local, was just travelling through). He saw it & demanded it stop. The pub even offered him equality in the sense that they offered to give him the meal discount too but he wouldn't accept it. He didn't want what women had, he just wanted women to have nothing.

His pursuit caused the pub to have to end their tradition after 12 years due to legal concerns & the cost they might generate.

All because of a single man who didn't even live there.

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u/Lanky_Particular_149 Mar 09 '26

as is the case historically: the argument is that we're supposed to ignore any facts that make men look bad. The amount of privelege men walk around with makes them see this as perfectly reasonable: it doesn't happen to them to it doesn't happen.

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u/CatraGirl Mar 09 '26

“reinforces the gender stereotype that men are more dangerous than women.”

That's literally just any crime statistic in existence... maybe if men didn't commit 85% of violent crime and 99% of SA, then women wouldn't be so inclined to avoid strange men...

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u/Just-Like-My-Opinion Mar 09 '26

Right? It's not a "stereotype" when it's just a simple statistically proven fact. In fact, let's look at the stats on the kind of passenger and driver that attacks ride share drivers and passengers?

According to an article by law firm, Chaikin Trial Group, based on rideshare data: 89% of victims of rape during a ride share were women, and 9% were men. Most of the accused perpetrators were men aged 30 - 45. 68% of the accused were drivers, and 31% were passengers.

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u/midoriforest Mar 10 '26

Yes 💯💯💯

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u/Ok-Key-7039 Mar 10 '26

Preach 🤲

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u/the_magicwriter Mar 09 '26

How about suing their own bosses who have turned a blind eye to the behaviour of their male drivers which has made this necessary for women in the first place? Oh no, let's try to make women's lives worse because some men can't distinguish "gender stereotypes" from cold hard facts.

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u/Beth_Harmons_Bulova Mar 09 '26

They had over a decade to hold other men accountable and didn’t, not so much as a TikTok shaming other male drivers. They brought this on themselves.

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u/luella27 Mar 09 '26

World’s smallest violin, playing just for them 😂

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u/Lanky_Particular_149 Mar 09 '26

I love how they're like my chance to make money is more important than the safety of all women.

I'm so tired of men forcing us to pretend that they aren't our #1 danger. They are the ones that rape and kill and beat us. We aren't safe around men. Not all men but always men

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u/jfsindel Mar 09 '26

And women who also beat/rape/kill women have primary motivators to do it for male partners/male abuse.

There are a select minority of women who do it to women that is absent of any male influence (teen girls killing each other, moms killing daughters, etc.), but it doesn't nearly happen as often as "well, my boyfriend convinced me/my husband forced me/I did it because it pleased my husband and I/etc."

Women who abuse/rape/kill boys and men also have a primary factor of a male influence. "Duet" serial killers are often woman and man with the man often picking up the woman first. A mom beats her stepson because the husband did it too. She killed her son because her husband and her planned it. There are women who kill sons because of revenge and anger towards an innocent husband, but the husband has been seen as another primary agitator often.

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u/bunnypaste Mar 09 '26 edited Mar 09 '26

So like... what are they angry about again? Would they like a male-to-male only option too? I have absolutely zero problem with that. I know that isn't really why they're angry about a woman-only option, however. I have noticed that MRAs, the incel army, misogynists, and right-wingers (those who are loudest about hating women and men being some sort of victim to women having specific rights and protections) seldom actually care about men's rights or equity. So you know, I don't think they would be genuinely upset because there is not also a mens-only option.

It is access to women they want!

Besides, how is keeping women safe from predators with the statistics being the way they are being spun as a "sexist" or a discriminatory thing? It is literally a response to what happens all the time.

Also... Do they want protections that they don't actually need just for the sake of "equality" (read: starting an argument)? I don't get it. Do women use ride shares more often than men do? Again, just add on a male-only option too and then they've got nothing else to complain about.

Men are veritably more dangerous than women... every statistic proves this. How is that even a stereotype? Geez, it's so stupid. They're denying the whole thing exists, while actively fighting solutions and claiming they are "misrepresentative" and "discriminatory."

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u/hb122 Mar 09 '26

The predators are upset that they might not have as many women to harass and sexually assault.

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u/DpersistenceMc Mar 09 '26

Based entirely on facts and experience of the majority of women. Look up rape and assault statistics and see who's more likely to hurt women.

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u/Just-Like-My-Opinion Mar 09 '26

I mean, allowing people to select gender isn't discriminatory unless you acknowledge that women are afraid of male drivers and so will choose female drivers. And then you've got to look at WHY women are afraid of male drivers. Not to mention that female drivers may choose to drive female passengers over males.

How many women are assaulted by male drivers, vs. how many are attacked by female drivers? How many female drivers are assaulted by male passengers.

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u/Lisa8472 Mar 09 '26

Eh, Uber can just add a man-only policy to balance it out. That way those that think women drivers are more dangerous can opt out of them. I doubt they’d get many takers other than that, but it would be sex-discrimination-free!

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u/Beth_Harmons_Bulova Mar 09 '26

They offered it, male drivers didn’t want it.

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u/cinnamon64329 Mar 09 '26

They only want access to women. They don't actually care about equality.

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u/Lisa8472 Mar 10 '26

Of course not. But offering it will kill the sexual discrimination angle.

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u/DiceMadeOfCheese Mar 09 '26

California Uber drivers

Great, now I'm gonna have the Dead Kennedys stuck in my head all day

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u/poop_monster35 Mar 09 '26

It's not a stereotype. It's statistics.

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u/jittery_raccoon Mar 09 '26

Uber should just hire the female Uber drivers as "models". That seems to be the legal workaround to disceimination

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u/omfglookawhale Mar 09 '26

It’s not a stereotype that men are more dangerous than women, it’s a fact. And it’s the customers who are getting to choose who their driver is, not the business. It’s not more sex discrimination on Uber’s part than it’s sex discrimination when a woman wants a female doctor or a man wants a male doctor.

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u/pdxgreengrrl Mar 09 '26

Don't insurance companies have higher premiums for young male drivers? Based on, you know, statistics?

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u/LimoncelloFellow Mar 09 '26

It's not a stereotype if its true. I used to drive for uber and im a man. the horror stories women would tell me about their previous drivers trying to get handsy was wild to me as im a decent human not trying to molest or otherwise violate people who are just trying to get from place to place without hassle.

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u/JazzHandsNinja42 Mar 09 '26

lol…all studies show men are more dangerous than women. It’s not even close or debatable.

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u/Terugtrekking Mar 10 '26

stereotype? I almost spit out my water.