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All-Female Ridesharing To Debut In Boston (qz.com)

Posted by EditorDavid on from the apps-for-women dept.

HughPickens.com writes: Scores of women have reported assaults by Uber drivers... Now Jenni Avins reports at Quartz that a ride-sharing service that only uses women as drivers, Chariot for Women, is set to launch April 19 in Boston, featuring more stringent background checks and additional steps to ensure riders correctly match with their drivers.... "[U]nlike other services, Chariot for Women features a patent-pending technology that will provide both users and drivers with a code after a request is made that will need to be verified upon starting the ride," reports Glamour. But "whether it's legal or not is a different question," says Joseph L. Sulman. Quartz reports that "According to civil rights lawyers, Chariot for Women's female-only policies could put it squarely in the crosshairs of gender discrimination lawsuits, which would be difficult to win." Founder Michael Pelletz says he welcomes the legal challenge. "We want to show there's inequality in safety in our industry," says Pelletz. "We hope to go to the US Supreme Court to say that if there's safety involved, there's nothing wrong with providing a service for women."

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  1. Re:This will be fun by 110010001000 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Your microaggressive comments are creating a toxic environment. Please stop.

  2. Re:This will be fun by oakgrove · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It's also worth mentioning that Jim Crow laws were "laws" because had the government not actually put them on the books, most businesses would never had followed them, because, you know, business is there to make money, not give a shit what color you are. Thanks, government!

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  3. Re:As if... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The problem is that some number of the so-called transgender/transsexuals that identify as female are sexual predators. Some people might have legitimate needs for sexual reassignment surgery (such as inter-sexed people), but there's some number of people with other mental problems that want to dress up as women or become them.

    If some of those people become drivers, there could be problems.

  4. Re:This will be fun by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Freak.

    Either cut it off or shut the fuck up.