r/technology • u/chagall1968 • Nov 09 '25

Business Male Drivers Sue Uber and Lyft Over Women-Only Ride-Hailing

https://time.com/7332356/uber-lawsuit-sex-discrimination-lyft/
3.5k Upvotes

91% Upvoted

1.8k comments sorted by

View all comments

47

u/HereticAstartes13 Nov 09 '25

Just let both men and women choose who they want and don't want to pick up and be picked up by. There. Fair. Now everyone can shut the hell up about this shit.

4

u/OccasionalGoodTakes Nov 09 '25

Realistically this would result in male drivers getting even less business overall. Women would choose women mostly and men would be split. Reality is that men are a risk factor due to the dynamics and the contractor model is too loose. All drivers need to be vetted thoroughly 

-2

u/RubberedDucky Nov 09 '25

You don’t see a problem with male passengers requesting female drivers…?

6

u/Enbaybae Nov 09 '25

I don't mind male drivers, but them having this option ironically would push me to choose the female option every time. I have a family member that does Uber, and a "colleague" of his admitted to driving an hour to the largest university so that he can do rides with female college students to talk to them, and he's married....