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Lyft’s new feature lets women and non-binary riders request their driver’s gender (www.cnn.com)

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Lyft is introducing a new feature that lets women and non-binary riders choose a preference to match with drivers of the same gender.

The ride-hailing company said it was a “highly requested feature” in a blog post Tuesday, saying the new feature allows women and non-binary people to “feel that much more confident” in using Lyft and also hopefully encourage more women to sign up to be drivers to access its “flexible earning opportunities.”

The service, called “Women+ Connect,” is rolling out in the coming months. Riders can turn on the option in the Lyft app, however the company warns that it’s not a guarantee that they’ll be matched with a women or non-binary person if one of those people aren’t nearby. Both the riders and drivers will need to opt-in to the feature for it work and riders must chose a gender for it to work.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So you know that most violent crimes are done by men (for the US is a source this for example: https://bjs.ojp.gov/library/publications/criminal-victimization-2020-supplemental-statistical-tables).

But for some magical reason you belief that specifically when driving a taxi everything we know about crime patterns is suddenly thrown out of the window?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why is that providing statistics that show something like black people commit more crime is considered rascist, but if you want to do it for men it's A-Ok? Also how come if we see something like black people committing more crime we want to know how society caused it, but if it's men we just want to say men are shitbags. This really seems like it boils down to you and others justifying hatred.

If a system is bad for women we blame the the system, if a system is bad for men we blame the men.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No one here is saying men are shitbags. You are building a strawman.

There ist ample of research, articles, comments and posts on the issues that lead to men potentially committing more crime. Social Media like YouTube, Reddit and Lemmy even have more material about the issues men face.

And where exactly do you see hatred towards men here? I see a lot of people hating on a feature that could bring more safety to bunch of people. Simply out of spite.

If men were so interested in the option for men having more male drivers/passengers, why didn't they advocate for it? More men use Lyft and Uber. If that's so important for them why didn't anyone even speak about it before? Why is this only now suddenly a giant problem when people try to make it more safe for women since previous attempts didn't work?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This thread absolutely is saying men are shitbags, both directly and indirectly. Men don't advocate for things because they get called called shitbags for looking out for their own self-interest when they do. Men are in this thread advocating for mens interest by protesting this obviously discriminatory new policy and they're getting shit on for it.