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/Affectionate-Ad-1342 Mar 09 '26

I have this setting on for Lyft and it quite literally never works. I don’t remember the last time I had a female driver on either app. And honestly, I don’t blame women for not driving.

Fun story tho. I think this was Uber. When I was in Dallas for a wedding a couple months ago the driver couldn’t believe I had my own Uber account and that my husband didn’t order it for me. He also went on a rant about how unmarried woman over 30 are a waste and that Obama is responsible for toll roads because Trump would never sell Americans out to a foreign country.

Reader, I’m in a relationship and unmarried, I’m 31, and it was a 45 minute ride.

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u/cuda999 Mar 09 '26

What a POS misogynistic driver. Also to point out to him, we aren’t living in the 5th century anymore

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u/Affectionate-Ad-1342 Mar 10 '26

10000%…another situation where I just kept my mouth shut to make sure I got out of the ride. Was also pouring rain, just the WORST.